#1 2006-12-24 02:19:23
- djw84
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"easy" install
Hi, I recently made the switch to Ubuntu (Edgy) and don't want to deal with complicated linux installs quiet yet. When, if ever, will GCStar be available through my package manager?
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#2 2006-12-24 06:15:15
- morjac
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Re: "easy" install
Can always download a deb file for it, http://ftp.ubuntulinux.org/ubuntu/pool/ … /g/gcstar/
Or simply install from source.
1. Unzip the source
2. Start a console and enter the gcstar folder "$ cd gcstar"
3. Type ./install in your console and gcstar will be instsalled..
Really simple..
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#3 2006-12-26 16:25:37
- mihailis
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- Registered: 2006-12-12
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Re: "easy" install
There's a deb file in the previous link, but that's only for v0.5. What I did to install it on Dapper was to run the .rpm from here: http://download.gna.org/gcstar/Rpm/gcst … noarch.rpm through alien and then install the resulting .deb file with dpkg. So you'd do this:
sudo alien -d gcstar-1.0.0-1.noarch.rpm
sudo dpkg -i filename.deb
The alien process slightly renames the file, and I can't remember what the new filename is but it will be in the same directory as the original rpm file.
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Should you have a problem using GCstar, you can open a bug report or request some support on GCstar forums.