I need help installing a program.

Fred_G · 01-31-2006, 08:49 PM

Ok, I got the monitor problem fixed, and and now ready to start learning some Linux! I have researched installing a program, (Folding@Home), but I am lost. Will anyone tell me exactly step by step how to do it? Keep in mind I am ignorant of all things Linux. I have the Linux folding program downloaded in my home directory.

Any and all help is greatly appreciated.

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Penguin of Wonder · 01-31-2006, 09:13 PM

Here, try this page. It has large font, I use it.

(Not that large font will help you, but it excites me!)

abisko00 · 02-01-2006, 04:32 AM

This software does not need to be installed. Read http://folding.stanford.edu/linux.html and http://fah-web.stanford.edu/console-userguide.txt and follow the given instructions. Post again if you run into any problem (be specific on the problem).

Fred_G · 02-01-2006, 07:57 PM

Thanks for the replies. I am still lost though. I need very simple instructions. And as far as not installing it, how do I run it? Linux has me confused, but I want to learn a little.

Any and all help is greatly appreciated, but please keep it simple. I am used to just double clicking on something and it does the work for me, heck I can even mess up my Windoze computer with a few double clicks!

Thanks again

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Penguin of Wonder · 02-01-2006, 09:46 PM

The first link that abisko00 gave you. Just download the file to your home folder, open up a terminal, you don't have to be root. Your terminal should open up to your home folder by default, so don't worry about cd-ing into any directories, and run the commands exactly as they are written on that link. I didn't see any output from my terminal, but I know its working.

1.) Becuase 10 mins later my home dir was full of files I didn't download.
2.) It creates a log of what its done and what it is still doing.
3.) If you open up a list of processes running on your computer, it will be one of them.

So if you don't get any immediate repsonce, apparently thats ok.

Fred_G · 02-02-2006, 04:14 PM

Thanks for your time, I finally got it to work! Is there a way I can start it from a desktop icon?

I needed to ./FAH504, and I was trying ./FAH5. I am assuming the caps vs lowercase is important in Linux commands.

Thanks

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Penguin of Wonder · 02-03-2006, 12:20 AM

Yeah, I've discovered the hard way most of the time in Linux caps vs lower case is very important. Especially in the terminal.

Code:

cd /home/username/desktop

does not return the same thing as

Code:

cd /home/username/Desktop

The first one will give you a "dir dosen't exist" error, the other will take you to your desktop.

You should be able to run it from an icon, you'd have to pass special commands to the termainal upon start, i'm quite sure how to do that, and do it properly though. So you might want to look around for that.

abisko00 · 02-03-2006, 02:35 AM

To create a desktop icon, right-click the desktop and select "New" -> "Link to Application",
select a name (e.g. folding@home), then switch to the "Application" tab and enter the full path to the downloaded file in the "Command" field. From "Advanced options", select "Run in terminal".
That's it, have fun!

Fred_G · 02-03-2006, 05:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by abisko00

To create a desktop icon, right-click the desktop and select "New" -> "Link to Application",
select a name (e.g. folding@home), then switch to the "Application" tab and enter the full path to the downloaded file in the "Command" field. From "Advanced options", select "Run in terminal".
That's it, have fun!

Got it working. Thanks for the info. I am starting to like Linux, it is definantly different, and confusing, but I am learning a little.

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