Linux and Amikit

[oceancrafts]

So, I've purchased AmigaForever from Cloanto. A great product imo. I want to install amikit on my ubuntu based laptop. Trouble is I'm a Linux dummy. Apparantly the installer requires Xdialog which is not available through the ubuntu software installer. I downloaded Xdialog from its site, but moving the files to their proper location isn't allowed I guess. I tried to do it using text commands with sudo, but that wouldn't work either. But then I don't know if I did it correctly. Could someone please teach me how to get it to work?

[the_leander]

So, I've purchased AmigaForever from Cloanto. A great product imo. I want to install amikit on my ubuntu based laptop. Trouble is I'm a Linux dummy. Apparantly the installer requires Xdialog which is not available through the ubuntu software installer. I downloaded Xdialog from its site, but moving the files to their proper location isn't allowed I guess. I tried to do it using text commands with sudo, but that wouldn't work either. But then I don't know if I did it correctly. Could someone please teach me how to get it to work?

Try this.

[oceancrafts]

Try this.

It won't work. sh can't open the file apparently.

[oceancrafts]

Good thing I don't give up easily. Ubuntu does indeed give you access to otherwise restricted actions through its root-terminal. I managed to copy Xdialog and it reports a missing library: libgtk-1.2.so.0. That doesn't appear to be easily installable through the software center either. Jeez.

[mike-]

It won't work. sh can't open the file apparently.

You need to make it executable, chmod +x whatever-script.sh . Damn i created a shell script some time ago that installed amikit on linux and osx, but sendfile swallowed it and now i cant find the latest version, perhaps i have it stuffed away somewhere but thats on my box, and hours drive away... (hm, found one in gmail, ill have to check it out before i re-re-reublish it, but if anyone has the Amikti-latest.sh that is around 41 kb please holler)

Any version of libgtk will do, you can also symlink a newer version to it, ln -s /usr/lib/libgtk-1.x.x.so /usr/lib/libgtk-1.2.0.sh

apt-cache search lbgtk
apt-get install libgtk-x-x-x

[oceancrafts]

Any version of libgtk will do, you can also symlink a newer version to it, ln -s /usr/lib/libgtk-1.x.x.so /usr/lib/libgtk-1.2.0.sh

apt-cache search lbgtk
apt-get install libgtk-x-x-x

Linux is hard, man... I should reinstall Vista.... Nope. Never!:furious:

[mike-]

Linux is hard, man... I should reinstall Vista.... Nope. Never!:furious:

oops. .so, not .sh (the symlink) naah, its not linux thats hard this time, its the way the stinkin installer is written. With largely unavailable and outdated software(xdialog), which sucks squirrels anyway, and to top it of the xdialog script requires a masters in patience peace love and harmony of the soul and a not too fasty-clickidy-fingery to successfully accomplish the install... Words of wisdom, zen out before install

[oceancrafts]

Words of wisdom, zen out before install

Aum... Aum...