Installing a Tarball

[bobestes]

I've found a program that I would like to use but it is not yet in the repositories.  It is a tar.gz file.  I have extracted it, but the configure command gives me an error.  My version of PCLOS is 2009.1 with the latest updates.  I'm attaching a snapshot of my terminal window so that you can see my problem.

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[muungwana]

why dont you make a request for it to be included? making a request will help others users of pclinuxos who may also want to use this application

what is the url for the zipped file

[wlan]

why dont you make a request for it to be included? making a request will help others users of pclinuxos who may also want to use this application

what is the url for the zipped file

good idea. make sure the version you link to is for Linux. it appears that the one you have is for windows. (note the .exe file)

[kjpetrie]

You don't need to compile this. It is pre-compiled for Windows. You might be able to run it in Wine.

[bobestes]

why dont you make a request for it to be included? making a request will help others users of pclinuxos who may also want to use this application

what is the url for the zipped file

I have already made that request, but I have no idea how long it will take for it to become available in the repositories.

The file can be downloaded from http://en.smath.info/forum/default.aspx?g=posts&t=202.  The download section is near the bottom of the page.

Bob

[bobestes]

why dont you make a request for it to be included? making a request will help others users of pclinuxos who may also want to use this application

what is the url for the zipped file

good idea. make sure the version you link to is for Linux. it appears that the one you have is for windows. (note the .exe file)

The url is http://en.smath.info/forum/default.aspx?g=posts&t=202  The download section is near the bottom of the page.  

The file I downloaded was the one designated for Linux, and it was the only one with tar.gz extension.

Bob

[Old-Polack]

bobestes:

Do you have Mono installed, and have you made smathstudio_desktop_mono executable?

[bobestes]

bobestes:

Do you have Mono installed,

Yes.  According to synaptic the installed version is 2.4.2.3-1pclos2010.

 and have you made smathstudio_desktop_mono executable?

I'm not sure.  How do I do that?

Bob

[Old-Polack]

bobestes:

Do you have Mono installed,

Yes.  According to synaptic the installed version is 2.4.2.3-1pclos2010.

 and have you made smathstudio_desktop_mono executable?

I'm not sure.  How do I do that?

Bob

Right click the file, choose Properties, click the Permissions tab, and check the appropriate box. Then run the script from the command line.

[prompt]$ ./smathstudio_desktop_mono

[bobestes]

 and have you made smathstudio_desktop_mono executable?

I'm not sure.  How do I do that?

Bob

Right click the file, choose Properties, click the Permissions tab, and check the appropriate box. Then run the script from the command line.

[prompt]$ ./smathstudio_desktop_mono

That didn't seem to help.  I set the permissions so that the file is executable, but I still get the error message.  I'm attaching a screen shot of my latest attempt.

Bob


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[MBantz]

Hi bobestes,

your last screendump is not from the command in mention, but from a configure attempt.

Please send output from the command, and alternatively, try this also mono ./smathstudio_desktop_mono

[bobestes]

Hi bobestes,

your last screendump is not from the command in mention, but from a configure attempt.

Please send output from the command, and alternatively, try this also mono ./smathstudio_desktop_mono

OOPS, my mistake! 

The command  './smathstudio_desktop_mono' generated a large error message.  If I understand it correctly, it seems someone zipped up the Windows version in the tarball instead of the Linux version.  If you can confirm this, I'll post a message on their forum advising them of the mistake.  Here's the latest attempt.

Bob



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[MBantz]

Best advice is to include this link in a package suggest:

http://mirror.yandex.ru/mirrors/EduMandriva/educontrib/2010.0/SRCRPM/non-free/smathstudio-0.85-2edm2010.0.src.rpm