Installing program?
Can anybody please explain where I go from here?..............Downloaded e.g. scrabble and did a search:
scrabble: /usr/games/scrabble /usr/share/man/man6/scrabble.6.gz I haven't a clue what to do next? I would be more than grateful for some simple instructions. Thank you ! |
the command to run scrabble would just be scrabble
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Cheers for the reply Mos - that was the first thing I tried to no avail. Nothing happened:confused:
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open up a console and try running that command from there, tell me the exact output you get
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I am a tad embarrassed with this but it will help me in the future I'm sure ! I was expecting it to open in the gui when I try to initiate it through K > run command. Also, not in the menu. Thank you once again for your help.
Use: /usr/games/scrabble <level> (where level is 1 to 9) Level #1 (easiest) assumed... Reading words... (168074 found, 2038 w/ definitions) 86 letters remain 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0| @ - @ - @ |0 My Words: 1| * + + * |1 2| * - - * |2 3| - * - * - |3 4| * * |4 5| + + + + |5 6| - - - - |6 7| @ - * - @ |7 8| - - - - |8 Your Words: 9| + + + + |9 A| * * |A B| - * - * - |B C| * - - * |C D| * + + * |D E| @ - @ - @ |E - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E me:0 R T A M I K R you:0 I go first... Looking............... Thinking. I placed: 16 WIDE for a total of 16 points. 82 letters remain 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0| @ - @ - @ |0 My Words: 1| * + + * |1 wide(16) 2| * - - * |2 3| - * - * - |3 4| * W * |4 5| + + I + + |5 6| - - D - - |6 7| @ - E - @ |7 8| - - - - |8 Your Words: 9| + + + + |9 A| * * |A B| - * - * - |B C| * - - * |C D| * + + * |D E| @ - @ - @ |E - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E me:16 R T A M I K R you:0 Enter word as "YXd <word>" (Y=row, X=col, D=a/d) or "help" for other commands. : |
This may seem a bit simplistic, but did the website where you got the program from mention anything about a gui? This seems to be a ncurses (text-based) application.
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Now I know I'm stupid ! Never thought of that. Got it from synaptic package manager and didn't give it a thought.......duh - you have saved me a lot of time..............Ta!
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LOL Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted.
That's how we learn. :) |
Thank you for that masonm......lol. Don't feel quite as stupid now.....Haaaaa:D
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