Hi Ralph,
Frescobaldi 3.1 will *eventually* end up in the repositories of the
various distributions, but that's beyond our control.
On Ubuntu 18.04 it is very simple to "install" Frescobaldi directly from
the Git repository. The section "Step-by-step Instructions" on
https://github.com/frescobaldi/frescobaldi/wiki/Run-Frescobaldi-3-on-Linux
should quickly walk you through the process. Depending on the Desktop
you have the section "Menu or Desktop Starter" should work too to get
you the usual Desktop experience.
This would allow you to regularly update Frescobaldi without waiting for
new releases. And it would enable you to do feature testing when new
stuff is available.
HTH
Urs
Am 27.12.19 um 16:25 schrieb Kevin Cole:
On Fri, Dec 27, 2019 at 9:50 AM Ralph Palmer
<palmer.r.vio...@gmail.com <mailto:palmer.r.vio...@gmail.com>> wrote:
I confess that I'm a bit of a novice regarding installation via
tarball.
I'm running Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS.
I cannot find Frescobaldi 3.1 in my Ubuntu Software app.
I downloaded the tarball, but I'm unsure where to put it and/or
extract it. I tried putting it in its own directory in my /home
directory, then extracting it there, but I still cannot figure out
how to install it, even after reading the install file. I would
greatly appreciate some further advice about how, what, and where
I need to install Frescobaldi 3.1 and associated required files.
For example, do I need to separately download and install Python
3.8.1? If I'm installing on my machine, do I need QtWebEngine? (I
can't find that through Ubuntu Software, either.) Or should I wait
until the Ubuntu Software application recognizes Frescobaldi 3.1?
(I *am* trying to learn Linux from the command line, but it takes
a while and my elderly brain is slow on the uptake.)
Hi,
The basics:
A tarball is like a zip file. What I usually do from the command line:
tar tzvf frescobaldi-3.1.tar.gz | less
That will show what's in the tarball without extracting anything.
(t=test, z=compress and decompress with gzip, v=be verbose, f=the
following is the name of the file to act upon). The "| less" on the
end makes sure that it doesn't scroll off the screen faster than you
can read. (I actually use "| most" but that requires you to "sudo apt
install most" first.) Cursor up and down through the list to get an
idea about where it will put all those files. Sometimes (rarely)
packagers will do something silly, like not putting all the files to
be unpacked in their own subdirectory. So, when you unpack, it
clutters up whatever directory you're in. Being able to test first,
will help you determine if you need to create a subdirectory yourself,
and move the tarball into it before unpacking. Once you're satisfied
that the tarball is "sane", type "q" to quit either "less" or "most".
(In this case you will see that the tarball is sane: The tarball will
create a subdirectory "frescobaldi-3.1/" with all the files. So, to
actually unpack, change the "t for test" to "x for extract":
tar xzvf frescobaldi-3.1.tar.gz
In the tarball you'll find a file named INSTALL. Read it to get the
"lowdown" on how to manually install it on your system. You will also
find that file at:
https://github.com/frescobaldi/frescobaldi/blob/master/INSTALL
Hope that helps.
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he believes to be sanely organized. ;-) And host of the Monday night
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