Sorry it took me so long to try this out after asking for it. I tried out the binary (leocad-0.75.1-test.zip), and when I ran it with root privileges (with sudo) I imported the complete unofficial parts package(update_unoff-2008-03-20.zip from philohome) and everything worked like a charm.
One bug I noticed: when I upen the parts manager and select a category, the right hand window shows me all the parts from the category just below the one I selected. This means that if I have not done a search and I select "wings" LeoCAD crashed with a segfault since it is trying to list the next category which does not exist. Another example: if I want to see the animal pieces then I have to select "Groups" As to the best way to handle Linux library updates, It seems that I just need to run it a root (sudo) once to import the pieces and then running it a user thereafter is fine, so it is not too big of a deal, but I liked the earlier suggestion (of Danny Staple) of being able to have a local piece library, local to a user, as an option. Thank you Leonardo. brett p.s. I do not know much about making .deb packages, but the documentation for the command "alien" might help: http://kitenet.net/~joey/code/alien/ Leonardo Zide wrote: > > I've uploaded a new Linux test binary that can handle piece updates > to the website, it would be great if someone could give it a try and > see if they can use it to import Philo's updates (it worked fine for > me). Make sure you have write permission to the directory where you > have the library installed (usually /usr/local/lib/leocad/), it > currently doesn't show any error messages if you don't but I plan to > add one before I make this version official. > > What's the best way of handling Linux library updates? I know people > won't like if I tell them to run LeoCAD as root and I doubt anyone > wants to make a directory under /usr/local/lib writeable by everyone. > > This binary also includes several bug fixes since the last stable > version was released and the option to export VRML files. I'll upload > a Windows version with the same fixes and features later this week. > > Does anyone have any experience making deb packages? > > Leonardo > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Leocad mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.gerf.org/listinfo/leocad > -- Brett Stevens Associate Professor School of Mathematics and Statistics Carleton University 1125 Colonel By Dr. Ottawa ON K1S 5B6 Canada (613) 520-2600 x2125 FAX: (613) 520-3536 ``[Using] `Anarchism' indifferently with `anarchy' ... is a hardly more correct use of words than saying that a Conservative is one who makes jam.'' -- George Orwell _______________________________________________ Leocad mailing list [email protected] https://list.gerf.org/listinfo/leocad
