Help running software
Forum: USB booting
Topic: Help running software
started by: felix
Posted by felix on July 11 2006,18:29
Hello,I am a new user to this program (DSL) and I am having a horrible time trying to install this software I am using. It is a software not the DSL itself. I am using the pendrive version of DSL.
DSL is GREAT, by the way!
The only reason I needed Linux was to run this program.
These are my problems with this:
-The first step in the installation of the software is this:
"Log in as root." I do not know how to do this.
-The next step is "Identify an install directory (e.g. /usr1) on a file system with 15GB+ of free disk space"
How do I identify an install directory?
-The next step is "Load and mount the install CD.
e.g. “mount /media/cdrecorder” if the CD doesn't automatically mount." I do not know how to do this either.
-The step after that is "Cd to your cdrom device (eg. “cd /media/cdrecorder”)." What does this mean?
-Run “(FILE NAME)<your_install_directory>”.
I took out the file name for privacy purposes. How do I run this?
Your help is GREATLY appreciated!!
Posted by kerry on July 11 2006,21:39
to be root just type> sudo su < in console. for mounting use the mount tool in the right corner. cd is short for change directory.
Posted by u2musicmike on July 11 2006,21:58
felix,I am new to DSL so my advice might not be the best. If you are running from a pen drive and install 15G of software it will run out of room. It might work if you have room on your harddrive. Open up emelfm and do some double clicking in the /mnt directory to see what harddrives to mount (should be like hda1 or something like that) Click on it and do a right mouse button and select mount from the menu. Now click on DF in the lower right corner to see if you have 15G. To mount your cdrom you would go to /mnt/auto/cdrom and mount just like the harddrive. To get to root I think you can do sudo su or better right click on emelfm and select open as superuser. I don't know what your software does but DSL is trimmed down and might not run it. Tell us if it works.
Posted by felix on July 11 2006,22:06
| Quote (u2musicmike @ July 11 2006,17:58) |
felix,
"I am new to DSL so my advice might not be the best. If you are running from a pen drive and install 15G of software it will run out of room. It might work if you have room on your harddrive. Open up emelfm and do some double clicking in the /mnt directory to see what harddrives to mount (should be like hda1 or something like that) Click on it and do a right mouse button and select mount from the menu. Now click on DF in the lower right corner to see if you have 15G. To mount your cdrom you would go to /mnt/auto/cdrom and mount just like the harddrive. To get to root I think you can do sudo su or better right click on emelfm and select open as superuser. I don't know what your software does but DSL is trimmed down and might not run it. Tell us if it works."
How do you open emelfm?
"to be root just type> sudo su < in console. for mounting use the mount tool in the right corner. cd is short for change directory."
Where is console?
Posted by felix on July 11 2006,22:25
| Quote (u2musicmike @ July 11 2006,17:58) |
| felix, I am new to DSL so my advice might not be the best. If you are running from a pen drive and install 15G of software it will run out of room. It might work if you have room on your harddrive. Open up emelfm and do some double clicking in the /mnt directory to see what harddrives to mount (should be like hda1 or something like that) Click on it and do a right mouse button and select mount from the menu. Now click on DF in the lower right corner to see if you have 15G. To mount your cdrom you would go to /mnt/auto/cdrom and mount just like the harddrive. To get to root I think you can do sudo su or better right click on emelfm and select open as superuser. I don't know what your software does but DSL is trimmed down and might not run it. Tell us if it works. |
Ok.. My hard drive is ready. I have 25 GB available.
I found emelfm. Now, for the other... How do I specify a directory?
Posted by kerry on July 11 2006,23:56
console should be the first icon in the upper right corner.it woulb be> run "your program" /mnt/hda?<(location of were you want it installed,replace the ? with the partion #)
Posted by felix on July 12 2006,01:24
| Quote (kerry @ July 11 2006,19:56) |
| console should be the first icon in the upper right corner. it woulb be> run "your program" /mnt/hda?<(location of were you want it installed,replace the ? with the partion #) |
Ok... On the desktop screen the first icon is ATerminal. I do not see Console...
Any ideas?
Posted by kerry on July 12 2006,01:37
Yep that's it, i'm just use to calling it console.
Posted by felix on July 12 2006,02:01
| Quote (kerry @ July 11 2006,21:37) |
| Yep that's it, i'm just use to calling it console. |
I get this message...
"It appears you are not running the FILENAME script from the cdrom drive. Consequently, the script will fail when it looks for the datafiles.
Either copy the entire contents of the CD to /home/dsl or you can change directory to the location of the distribution CD."
Any ideas?
Posted by kerry on July 12 2006,05:32
did you cd(change directory) to the cd in terminal. think it's something like> cd /mnt/cdrom
Posted by felix on July 12 2006,14:19
YAY! I got the program installed. (I think!) Now it says "Please log out, and log back in as fxa to verify a successful installation.
How do I do that?