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[tulsa_sr5]

Thought we could have a thread listing different software that installs ok, and how it was done.

edit: links to posts of reported working apps
google earth http://forum.eeeuser...id=14602#p14602
real player 10 http://forum.eeeuser...id=14602#p14602
blender 2.45 http://forum.eeeuser...id=11818#p11818
vpnc http://forum.eeeuser...id=12082#p12082
scumvm http://forum.eeeuser...id=12085#p12085
azereus http://forum.eeeuser...id=12085#p12085
gimp http://forum.eeeuser...id=14240#p14240
ufraw/dcraw http://forum.eeeuser...id=14240#p14240
Picasa (with minor mod) http://forum.eeeuser...id=14290#p14290
aMSN http://forum.eeeuser...id=14290#p14290
RSYNC http://forum.eeeuser...id=14290#p14290
3D Desktop http://forum.eeeuser...id=14290#p14290
vlc http://forum.eeeuser...pic.php?id=1164
xmms http://forum.eeeuser...pic.php?id=1164
wine http://forum.eeeuser...opic.php?id=897 -- no DirectX
ZSNES http://forum.eeeuser...pic.php?id=1220
audacity http://forum.eeeuser...id=14938#p14938
gftp http://forum.eeeuser...id=15073#p15073
freemind 7.61 http://forum.eeeuser...id=15513#p15513



My main thing so far was getting Opera running. The fit to width view is really great to prevent left-right scrolling on the small screen, plus all the other stuff I love about it. Anyway, the regular Xandros download wouldn't intall, but getting the beta of Kestral from Opera's site in tar.gz format, extracting it with the file mamnager, and running install.sh in a terminal window did work,and it seems to be working great.

hope this helps someone.

Edited by tulsa_sr5, 08 November 2007 - 04:27 AM.

[dleuen]

I just installed Blender 2.45 :). I had to add the debian mirror as for a dev environment and apt-get libalut0. After that, just downloaded blender from the web site and untared to my ext2 sd card. Sweet.

[tulsa_sr5]

how is blender running for you? I can not figure out how to work that software.

Oh, and thanks to a tip in the mythfrontend working thread (thanks adamn!) I got vpnc to install by using the command line
apt-get install vpnc
after adding debian repositories

This is great for me, as I do a lot of remote work using krdc to vnc to my automation pc's at work. Scaling a 1600x1200 remote pc on an eee looks pretty funny, but full screen mode works nicely, it auto scrolls when the pointer hits a screen edge.

EDIT: had an email from another forum member about a problem I always assumed was just me. If you are able to connect with vpnc, but have trouble hitting servers on the remote network afterward, take a look at your /etc/resolv.conf file. vpnc-connect will alter that file to use the dns servers that your vpn server gives it. It seems like it doesn't always work though, in my case it typically leaves one of my ISPs dns servers at the top of the list causing lookups to fail. My fix is to have a script that calls the vpn-connect program, sleeps for a few seconds, and then copies the special resolv.conf.vpn file i created over to resolv.conf.

This seems like a hack to me, so I'm open to better solutions. Also, vpnc-disconnect will try to restore the original resolv.conf file when you end your vpn session, manually changing the file can break that too, so my vpn_disco script adds a call to the dhcp client app which should repull all that from your local router.

Edited by tulsa_sr5, 12 November 2007 - 11:57 PM.

[elwood]

I installed scumvm and azureus from the debian rep., both work witout problems.

[rayman]

I'm very new to Linux but I would love to run Opera as my browser. Could you give more specific instructions as to just how the install happens. I found the Opera file you noted and downloaded it but now I am somewhat lost. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

A step by step approach would be best as I have NEVER installed a Linux program.

[tulsa_sr5]

First a warning - I can't guarantee that I haven't broken something by doing this. It seems fine but a problem may pop up that means I will have to reinstall the OS at some point. Any time you mess around with installing stuff on linux there is this risk.

you can use the File Manger on the work tab to find your downloaded tar file
right click on it, select extract all
another window will open asking where to save the extracted file - i chose the user folder
once that finished I opened a terminal window with ctrl+alt+t (all 3 keys at once)
you should be in the user folder, the 'ls' command is like 'dir' in windows and will list the files. There should be a folder named
opera-9.50-20071024.5-shared-qt.i386-1643/ or something like that
type
cd oper (hit the tab key at this point, it should finish the rest of the directory name for you) and hit enter to change into that directory
do another ls command to see the files here, there should be an install.sh
i did
sudo sh ./install.sh
to run the install script, answered 'y' to all the questions, and it installed. Only quirk is that I have to launch opera from the terminal window. I'm still trying to figure out how to add desktop icons, but that may not be possible. To launch it anytime, use ctrl+alt+t to get a terminal window, type 'opera' and hit enter to launch it. You'll have to leave that term window open too while opera runs.

[rayman]

Thanks for the quick reply. I may give it a try later. Would I be correct to downliad the Xandros 4.0 file in TAR.GZ format?

I can see this will be a bit of a learning curve but I really do like the Opera browser and use it on both my Windows and Mac machines.

Every time I played with Linux in the past I always was a bit put off by the Application install hoops you seemed to have to get past... getting lazy I guess.

I noticed you were also working on getting a working Opera desktop icon... I wish you success and please keep the forum posted on your efforts.

Thanks again for your help.

[ohyes]

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Only quirk is that I have to launch opera from the terminal window. I'm still trying to figure out how to add desktop icons, but that may not be possible. To launch it anytime, use ctrl+alt+t to get a terminal window, type 'opera' and hit enter to launch it. You'll have to leave that term window open too while opera runs.

Thanks for your helpful directions. I got it installed. Did so under the KDE desktop ( http://wiki.eeeuser.com/howto:getkde ) and was delighted to see that Opera shows up on the Launch menu automatically, hence no need to run it in the console window.

That 'fit to width' function is really great!

[mikeatboduel]

I've got the Gimp (image manipulation) and UFRAW/DCRAW (RAW photo file editing) workin fine under bothe Easy and Advanced mode.

For details see the Wiki, "Photography using the Eee - The Gimp, RAW Editing".

[rbeer]

If this is becoming a thread on software that works with no issues, i'd like to add:

Picasa (with minor mod)
aMSN
RSYNC
3D Desktop

Edited by rbeer, 06 November 2007 - 02:02 PM.

[bradlinder]

How do you uninstall an application if you use sh to install it? I want to make sure that I can upgrade to the next version of Opera without leaving gunk lying around eating up memory.

[mikeatboduel]

Synaptic is your friend here. If you install using synaptic, uninstall is simple; just click on the package and select "Uninstall"

[Allan_Jones]

Has anyone managed to install Audacity (an audio editor)? That's one I'd like to install when my eeepc arrives.

Allan

[thatgadgetgirl]

I've installed Google Earth and RealPlayer 10...no probs

[bradlinder]

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Synaptic is your friend here. If you install using synaptic, uninstall is simple; just click on the package and select "Uninstall"

Right. The problem is that Opera doesn't want to install through Synaptic, so I followed the directions above to download and install it from Opera's site. Unfortunately, I can't figure out how to uninstall it.

Allan_Jones: Audacity installs just fine through Synaptic.

[tulsa_sr5]

really I don't think there's anything to uninstalling it other than removing the files and folders it creates in your user folder.

[bradlinder]

Hmm, I removed everything it said had been installed, but I still have an Opera shortcut in my start menu. I suppose I can just delete that, but it makes me thing I must have missed something, since the shortcut has an icon, meaning there must be an icon file lying around somewhere, right?

[mkrishnan]

Just as a suggestion, is it possible to edit the list of working apps as they're reported into the first post? This would make a great sticky. Perhaps if people can also report apps that have worked under WINE.

[tulsa_sr5]

you are right, it sounds like a few wiles still lying around. I guess they are wasting a very small amount of disk space, but they shouldn't be causing any perfomance hit.

[tulsa_sr5]

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Just as a suggestion, is it possible to edit the list of working apps as they're reported into the first post? This would make a great sticky. Perhaps if people can also report apps that have worked under WINE.

yeah, that's a great idea - I will do that

edit: yeah it's obvious to me know that more stuff works than doesn't, prob need to start something i the wiki?

Edited by tulsa_sr5, 07 November 2007 - 02:40 AM.