[email protected] said: > I cannot find the .tgz file. I can only find > CptCrosswords-1.2.Linix.x86.tar at > http://freshmeat.net/projects/cpt-crosswords
Not sure what went wrong there. I clicked ‘Download’, and I got the .tgz
file. I know Internet Explorer 7 likes to de-gzip tar files when you
download them, but I doubt you’re using that.
Ah, and now that you linked us to the actual software, I can see this is
actually not normal tarballed software. It’s written in Java, and Java
programmers have a horrible habit of reinventing the wheel everytime
they do anything.
What that means is this:
> I intend to use
>
> ./configure && make && make makeinstall
...doesn’t apply. We’ll need to do it differently. In fact, I will show
you how I got it going right after downloading the .tgz file to my desktop:
$ sudo apt-get install openjdk-6-jre
(the above line makes sure Java is installed)
$ cd Desktop
$ tar xvf CptCrosswords-1.2.Linux.x86.tgz
$ cd cpt_xw12/
$ ./install
(The graphical install wizard begins at this point, which looks a lot
like a 1990s-era Windows installer)
Note that despite the program using Java, it links 32-bit libraries,
which means that if you have a 64-bit system (and thus 64-bit Java), the
program won’t work. Here’s hoping you’re 32-bit.
Hope this helps.
P.S. The app is proprietary — doesn’t appear to be open source at all —
so if you are still having lots of trouble with it, maybe it’s worth
finding some free software to do the job instead.
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