On 31 March 2011 21:12, <geoff.getiplayer_l...@alphaworks.co.uk> wrote: > On 31/03/2011 08:06, Shevek wrote: >> >> On 30 March 2011 20:07,<geoff.getiplayer_l...@alphaworks.co.uk> wrote: >>> >>> On 25/03/2011 01:36, Shevek wrote: >>>> >>>> re-sending previous patch email as text attachment in case gmail mungs >>>> the line endings >>>> >>> Could we have a beginners' guide on how to take all this great work and >>> get >>> it running? At the moment I'm running 2.79 which was installed using the >>> Windows installer. How do I get one of these freshly prepared versions >>> running in that context? >>> >> The easiest way to do it is to wait for one of the people with write >> access to the repository to apply the patches. You can then use the >> --update switch to update your local copy >> >> If you want to try it yourself then you will need to install some >> software and be confident in using the command line to apply the patch >> files. > > I had actually already tried --update but got an error about get_iplayer not > being writable: > > C:\Program Files\get_iplayer>get_iplayer.cmd -u > get_iplayer v2.79, Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Phil Lewis > This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details use --warranty. > This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain > conditions; use --conditions for details. > > ERROR: get_iplayer is not writable - aborting update (maybe a package > manager was used to install get_iplayer?) > > C:\Program Files\get_iplayer> > > I'm not sure what isn't writable, none of the the files in C:\Program > Files\get_iplayer are set to read-only... > > Thanks! >
Ah, that bug is actually fixed in a later commit after the 2.79 tag! You need to download the latest version of the file: http://git.infradead.org/get_iplayer.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/get_iplayer Save this as get_iplayer over the version in your program files directory. --update should then work (but report nothing to update as this is the latest version) _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
