[SOLVED] linux mint cinnamon

alpizzuto · 12-07-2014, 09:38 AM

I am trying to install tar.bz file, and have tired various methods from other sites, none of which work.

JeremyBoden · 12-07-2014, 09:57 AM

A bit more detail on your distro and on why you are resorting to installing a tar.gz file would be helpful.
Have you looked for a .deb install file?
Do you have Mint installed?

jdkaye · 12-07-2014, 11:06 AM

Whether you're using Ubuntu or Mint you have a package manager to deal with managing (installing, removing, updating, etc.) packages. If you're installing something that is not a package then you'd do well to give us some details about what it is.
jdk

alpizzuto · 12-07-2014, 11:40 AM

Thanks for the reply. The application is Photonic, an Image manager which I thought might be worth trying. I have Mint Cinnamon 17.1 installed on an HP laptop. The only file I could find for this app was this tar ile - phototonic-1.5.tar.gz. Now I notice that it is a gz, not bz file, but still don't know exactly how to install it. Any help would be appreciated.

TB0ne · 12-07-2014, 11:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alpizzuto

Thanks for the reply. The application is Photonic, an Image manager which I thought might be worth trying. I have Mint Cinnamon 17.1 installed on an HP laptop. The only file I could find for this app was this tar ile - phototonic-1.5.tar.gz. Now I notice that it is a gz, not bz file, but still don't know exactly how to install it. Any help would be appreciated.

Assuming you downloaded it from their website, did you look at the installation instructions, on their main page???
http://oferkv.github.io/phototonic/

Quote:

Originally Posted by Installation Instructions

Installation

Code:

General instructions:$ tar -zxvf phototonic.tar.gz
$ cd phototonic
$ qmake PREFIX="/usr"
$ make
$ sudo make install

Example for Ubuntu:

Code:

$ sudo apt-get install build-essential
$ sudo apt-get install qt5-default libexiv2-dev
$ tar -zxvf phototonic.tar.gz
$ cd phototonic
$ qmake qt=qt5
$ make
$ sudo make install

The Ubuntu instructions may be a good thing to follow since you're using Mint, if the general instructions don't work.

jdkaye · 12-07-2014, 12:13 PM

I notice that Debian has a phototonic package.

Quote:

~$ aptitude search phototonic
p phototonic - image viewer and organizer
p phototonic:i386 - image viewer and organizer

If that package is available for Mint (I assume it is) then just install it like you would any other package. No need to download a tarball from their website.
jdk

alpizzuto · 12-07-2014, 12:47 PM

Yes, I tried the instructions for Ubuntu and get the following after the qmake command:

Failure to open file: /home/alan/Downloads/phototonic-1.5/Makefile
Unable to generate makefile for: /home/alan/Downloads/phototonic-1.5/phototonic.pro

alpizzuto · 12-07-2014, 12:51 PM

To jdkaye: Tried that and get this

alan@alan-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC ~ $ ~$aptitude search phototonic
~: command not found
alan@alan-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC ~ $ ~$ aptitude search phototonic
~$: command not found
alan@alan-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC ~ $

alpizzuto · 12-07-2014, 01:38 PM

Gentlemen - to all who have been so helpful on this topic:

I have solved my problem by adding a new ppa that I found (don't remember where any more) and installing phototonic thru the Software Manager. Hope is has been worth all this effort. I did learn quite a bit during this, so thank you for that.

al

jdkaye · 12-07-2014, 01:42 PM

1.

Quote:

To jdkaye: Tried that and get this

alan@alan-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC ~ $ ~$aptitude search phototonic
~: command not found
alan@alan-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC ~ $ ~$ aptitude search phototonic
~$: command not found
alan@alan-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC ~ $

You have to install the aptitude package in order to use that command.
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jdk