How to get Veetle working on Ubuntu
 

Cannot get veetle working on ubuntu

What have you tried?
http://www.techheadz.co.uk/121.html

ive download the Linux package by visiting
http://www.veetle.com/download.php

Downloaded this to my desktop then closed Firefox.

After this i issued the following command in the terminal:

sudo sh veetle-xxxxx-linux-install.sh

Entered my root password but got error message

Can't open veetle-xxxxx-linux-install.sh

To run the script, you need to set the executable permission like so:

chmod +x filename

I don't think you need the "sh"---i.e. you can just do sudo ./filename

There's more to the error message than that. Did it say "no such file" or "permission denied" or something else.

The "xxxxx" part is supposed to be replaced by the version numbers in the actual file. Like this:

sudo sh veetle-0.9.16-linux-install.sh

for the self-contained installer on the download page at time of posting.

(Pix: FYI - ubuntu likes to make downloaded .sh files owner-executable by default.)

I had the 32 bit Veetle plugin working on my AMD64 Mythbuntu 8.10 system 0just fine using the instruction described in this thread.
At the time I had 32bit Flash 10 plugin installed and working fine with nspluginwrapper at the same time.
I then upgraded to the 64 bit Flash 10 alpha and it worked just fine. I think all I did was to put the .so into the ~/.mozilla/plugins directory and remove the flashplugin-nonfree package through Synaptic.

However, now the Veetle plugin no longer seems to work and I get the following errors when opening a Veetle site from Firefox in the terminal:

Does anyone have any idea how to resolve this?

veetle
 

i get this messgae in terminal:



sudo sh veetle-0.9.16-linux-install.sh
[sudo] password for j:
sh: Can't open veetle-0.9.16-linux-install.sh

Show me the output of:

ls -l veetle*

Actually, what I expect you do is copy and paste the line with the command as well as the entire output - that way there is no confusion about what you have done.

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I'm going to try to teach you, by example, basic concepts of commandline. Notice in what follows how I paste the command as well as the result.

$ ls -l veetle*
ls: cannot access veetle*: No such file or directory

... this result tells me that I am in the wrong directory. ls lists the content of the directory that corresponds to what comes after. I am asking the computer to tell me what files in the current directory start with the word "veetle" and and in anything at all.

I can tell what the current directory is with the pwd command

$ pwd
/home/simon

If I try to do what you did I get:

$ sudo sh veetle-0.9.16-linux-install.sh
Password:
sh: Can't open veetle-0.9.16-linux-install.sh

... this is expected - sh cannot open the veetle script because it is not there. The bourne shell (sh) is not that great with error messages. If I tried using bash (the default terminal in Ubuntu) I'd get:

$ sudo ./veetle-0.9.16-linux-install.sh
Password:
bash: Can't open veetle-0.9.16-linux-install.sh: No such file or directory

Notice the ./ that replaces "sh" of the previous example? This is to tell bash to look in the current directory. The output provides more information - so is more helpful.

note: sh is short for Bourne shell, bash, which came after, is short for bourne-again shell.

What happened was: I actually put the veetle install script in a subdirectory of my home directory called "scripts" so I have to cd into that directory first vis:

$ cd scripts

$ ls -l veetle*
-rw-r--r-- 1 simon simon 3266 2010-01-10 01:48 veetle-0.9.16-linux-install.sh

... this result shows me the version of the script as well as its permissions. You'll see that the script is not executable, so I need to change it's mode thus:

sudo chmod +x veetle-0.9.16-linux-install.sh

before I can run it.

To run a script in a shell, you have to have permission to do so, and you have to have access to the script... you get access by telling the shell where the script is (the ./ in bash when you are in the same directory) or by putting the script someplace that is in your PATH. You can tell which directories are in your path by doing: echo $PATH - in this case, stick to changing directory.

Our ability to help you is being hampered by your insistence on providing minimal or no information at all. We are forced to guess from a wide range of possibilities. You have also shown no willingness to try to work anything out for yourself - you seem content to blindly follow exact directions rather than think around the problem or even learn the basics of what is needed to carry out your desired task. As a result, this problem is taking too long to solve.

Perhaps you are worried that if you reveal more detail you will make yourself look stupid? Relax, you are among friends: we've all been there and nobody will judge you.

That would be expected - you've changed the OS in a fundamental way so you can expect unsupported applications to break.

Please note: your question is only periferally related to this one. I know we prefer you to post to an existing thread rather than start a new one, but that makes no sense when you have a new question.
Sorry, your error message did not appear.

Invesigating this question I began to wonder why not use VLC to access veetle streams.

It turns out that this is what veetle actually does. Since veetle is distributed under a non-free license (see below), there have been concerns raised about compliance with the GPL (VLC code).

The issue was brought to the attention of VLC maintainers in November last year ... and to Veetle shortly after. The issue was still in the process of being resolved as of January this year.

The discussion continues. VLC and veetle code are asserted to run side-by-side so the non-free licence applies to the veetle part and the gpl applies to the vlc part. Its just that the documentation in the tarball says the opposite... it says that all the programs accompanying it are covered, and that it is the only relevant agreement involved.

Since Veetle is really just VLC, then VLC must be a veetle player - and it should be possible to stream veetle channels in VLC. And, indeed, this seems to be the case.

Licence distributed with veetle 0.9.16 (released Jan28)

Veetle Installation
 

I am using Linux Mint and just installed Veetle in just a few steps. Linux Mint is really Ubuntu in a different look so this should work for Ubuntu also.

In the terminal first cd to the directory where you have the Veetle file.
Then do this: chmod +x veetle-0.9.17-linux-install.sh
Then do this: sh veetle-0.9.17-linux-install.sh
The install will start.
You will have to go through the terms of agreement by hitting 'enter' about a dozen or more times and then it will finish up.
Exit out, start Firefox and enjoy.
The above is the latest version of Veetle that I used. Any newer versions should make the necessary changes but the steps should be the same.

thanks a lot for this post, i was having the same problem with veetle and this fixed it right up. i really appreciate these boards for learning about how linux works. could someone post a quick description on what those commands actually mean? i like knowing what the actual steps meant, instead of just blindly following commands. thanks!

Please help me. I'm a complete newbie and I followed what simon bridge said to do and I successfully installed veetle. now my home directory has a lock emblem on it and I can't delete the veetle install file which is in my home directory.

I know I changed some permissions but can someone help me change them back.

I really only did the following commands:
sudo chmod +x veetle-0.9.16-linux-install.sh
sudo sh veetle-0.9.16-linux-install.sh

The easiest way to install veetle player for ubuntu for newbie
 

just follow the easy steps here:

http://veetle-ubuntu.blogspot.com/20...ubuntu-11.html

hope this helps
have a nice day