How can I install the following packages in Ubuntu or Kubuntu?

izquierdista · 07-07-2007, 10:45 AM

Hello I am trying to install a program that uses a .sh file to install it whenever I press the .sh file a text editor window comes up and says that I need to have certain packages to install the program. From the looks of it I need to have:

uudecode, tar, and bzcat how do I install these in Ubuntu or Kubuntu?

just for reference I have posted the error message:

Code:

#!/bin/sh
function error()
{
	kdialog --error "$1" --title "Could not install Digital Handwriting Page Viewer"
	exit 1
}

if [ -z `which uudecode` ]
then
	error "You must have uudecode installed to run this installer."
fi

if [ -z `which tar` ]
then
	error "You must have tar installed to run this installer."
fi

if [ -z `which bzcat` ]
then
	error "You must have bzcat installed to run this installer."
fi

INSTALL=`kdialog --getexistingdirectory $PWD`
if [ -z $INSTALL ]
then
	error "You must specify an install directory that already exists."
fi

if [ `which kde-config` ]
then

#DESKTOP=`kde-config --expandvars --install xdgdata-apps`
DESKTOP="`kde-config --localprefix`/share/applnk"
mkdir -p $DESKTOP
touch $DESKTOP/DHWPageViewer.desktop || error "Could not create menu entry."
( cat > $DESKTOP/DHWPageViewer.desktop ) << DESKTOP_END
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Type=Application
Exec=/bin/sh $INSTALL/DHWPageViewer2.0/wrapper
Icon=$INSTALL/DHWPageViewer2.0/icon.png
Name=Digital Handwriting Page Viewer
Categories=Qt;KDE;Graphics
DESKTOP_END
kbuildsycoca --menutest &> /dev/null
fi

mkdir -p $INSTALL || error "Could not write to install directory."
cd $INSTALL
(uudecode -o /dev/stdout | bzcat -c | tar -xv ) << ENDOFWRAPPER
begin-base64 644 encoded.dat

MS3FGX · 07-07-2007, 11:21 AM

That isn't an error message, that is the program itself. You need to execute the .sh file as a program, not open it in a text editor.

To make the script executable, run the command: chmod +x ./filename, and then run the now executable script.

izquierdista · 07-07-2007, 01:17 PM

Ok this is what I did:

Code:

chacmool@link:~$ chmod +x DHWPageViewer.sh
chacmool@link:~$ sh ./DHWPageViewer.sh
./DHWPageViewer.sh: 2: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
chacmool@link:~$

It still didnt work, did I do anything wrong? I know the program works because whenever I had SUSE linux I would just double click the .sh file and the program would be installed.

Is there anyway I can send you the file to see if you can install it? I really need to get this program to work because it allows me to view notes that I have on a Digital notepad, what the program does is it converts the stored notes into image files.

Here is the information on the application that I am trying to install: http://www.compamerica.com/digimemo/...cex-viewer.htm

XavierP · 07-07-2007, 04:21 PM

Either do
./program.sh
or
sh program.sh

In my experience you don't need to do both. In fact, for .sh files, I usually do the second option.

izquierdista · 07-07-2007, 04:44 PM

Well I tried both commands and it still didnt work this is what I got:

Code:

chacmool@link:~$ cd /home/chacmool/
chacmool@link:~$ ./DHWPageViewer.sh
./DHWPageViewer.sh: 2: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
chacmool@link:~$ sh DHWPageViewer.sh
DHWPageViewer.sh: 2: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
chacmool@link:~$

Maybe I am missing something that it needs? I hope someone can help me out. Unfortunately I cant download the targ.gz file nor the .sh script again because the server where it was at has been shut down.And this is the only application that I can find that can do what I need.

Another option that I tried was installing the Windows XP program using WINE, the program installed but when I tried opening it the program would come up for a few seconds and then it would close.

Maybe someone can try to see if they can figure out how to install the program on WINE, I dont have any experience at all with WINE, maybe someone can be successful at it.

Here is the link to get the Windows XP version of it:
http://www.acecad.com.tw/digimemo-dl.html

I will be happy to try any route.

How hard is it to write a program to do this I dont know how to code that is why I ask?? All it needs is to convert the native format which is .DHW to .BMP or .jpg or any Pdf.

izquierdista · 07-07-2007, 05:43 PM

Ok after searching and searching on the internet I think I found a plausible solution to my problem I just need to know how to do it.

There is a perlscript program that is mentioned in a blog that I found. I downloaded the zip file that has the script and some sample pages, I guess they are to test out the program.

The guy says that to run this program you need ActivePerl.

here is the URL where you can download the .zip file:

http://www.kevlindev.com/blog/images...o/DigiMemo.zip

I downloaded the file and now all I have to know is how I can run it on Ubuntu linux? Also where can I download ActivePerl or something similar for Ubuntu.

I hope someone can help me
thanks,

fragos · 07-07-2007, 05:44 PM

The shell script has a syntax error in it. Check back with the source of that script.