On Fri, Dec 27, 2019 at 9:50 AM Ralph
Palmer <address@hidden>
wrote:
I confess that I'm a bit of a novice regarding installation via tarball.
I'm running Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS.
I cannot find Frescobaldi 3.1 in my Ubuntu Software app.
I downloaded the tarball, but I'm unsure where to put it and/or extract it. I tried putting it in its own directory in my /home directory, then extracting it there, but I still cannot figure out how to install it, even after reading the install file. I would greatly appreciate some further advice about how, what, and where I need to install Frescobaldi 3.1 and associated required files. For example, do I need to separately download and install Python 3.8.1? If I'm installing on my machine, do I need QtWebEngine? (I can't find that through Ubuntu Software, either.) Or should I wait until the Ubuntu Software application recognizes Frescobaldi 3.1?
(I *am* trying to learn Linux from the command line, but it takes a while and my elderly brain is slow on the uptake.)
Hi,
The basics:
A tarball is like a zip file. What I
usually do from the command line:
tar tzvf frescobaldi-3.1.tar.gz |
less
That will show what's in the tarball
without extracting anything. (t=test, z=compress and
decompress with gzip, v=be verbose, f=the following is the
name of the file to act upon). The "| less" on the end
makes sure that it doesn't scroll off the screen faster
than you can read. (I actually use "| most" but that
requires you to "sudo apt install most" first.) Cursor up
and down through the list to get an idea about where it
will put all those files. Sometimes (rarely) packagers
will do something silly, like not putting all the files to
be unpacked in their own subdirectory. So, when you
unpack, it clutters up whatever directory you're in. Being
able to test first, will help you determine if you need to
create a subdirectory yourself, and move the tarball into
it before unpacking. Once you're satisfied that the
tarball is "sane", type "q" to quit either "less" or
"most". (In this case you will see that the tarball is
sane: The tarball will create a subdirectory
"frescobaldi-3.1/" with all the files. So, to actually
unpack, change the "t for test" to "x for extract":
tar xzvf frescobaldi-3.1.tar.gz
In the tarball you'll find a file
named INSTALL. Read it to get the "lowdown" on how to
manually install it on your system. You will also find
that file at:
Hope that helps.
--
P.S. I have a musically-inclined,
technically-inclined buddy in Barre, VT who on occasion
wanders south to Brattleboro.
A bit of a wild man, Paul "Hurricane" Flint, as I like to
call him. He's the "proprietor" of http://bosivt.org/
and http://docbox.flint.com:8081/geekland
which he believes to be sanely organized. ;-) And host of
the Monday night Linux "Adult Swim" every week.
Physical