tom,
Tom Cloyd wrote:
Sorry if this is not precisely the right place to ask this question -
it's at least rather close, and I cannot find anywhere else to go.
Just now trying out the Frescobaldi editor
(http://frescobaldi.org/index.html). Installed it from tar ball. And
then... Well, after over a year working with a Linux OS (Kubuntu) I
still haven't figured out what the standard is for starting a program in
Linux. There appear to be a number of them.
In this case, I cannot figure out how to START Frescobaldi. Absolutely
clueless. No /bin subdir. It's a Python program, or maybe just uses
Python. or maybe...well who knows?
At the website, user documentation starts with the assumption that
you've started the program. Not helpful.
So...can anyone clue me in?
if you downloaded a tarball of frescobaldi, i assume that you downloaded
the source package from the google code page. there's a general
convention that tarballs contain a README and/or INSTALL text file with
detailed instructions on how to install the package. in this case, there
are both, and the INSTALL file should walk you through the (generally
painless) installation process.
however, seeing as you're using kubuntu, you might want to avoid the
source compilation and pick up a precompiled .deb package from:
https://launchpad.net/~frescobaldi/+archive/ppa (this link is on the
frescobaldi web-site).
either add the apt sources.list entries to your apt package manager, or
download the .deb file corresponding to your system and install with
'sudo dpkg -i $package-name' (without quotes and replace $package-name
by the .deb file name).
the standard for starting a program once it's installed is to call the
program from the command-line. precompiled packages generally install to
/usr/bin, self-compiled packages to /usr/local/bin or on some
distributions to /opt/bin or /opt/local/bin.
long answer, but i hope this helps to get you pointed in the right
direction. if not, there should be enough buzzwords to help you find the
right parts of the ubuntu docs. :)
regards,
sb
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