Many thanks for that. I managed to install the app, although, like you I was disconcerted to find it a propriety product.
I'll still try it. It may do the job. Again, thanks. William Bennett. > [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 youre using that. > > Ah, and now that you linked us to the actual software, I can see this is > actually not normal tarballed software. Its 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 > > ...doesnt apply. Well 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 wont work. Heres hoping youre 32-bit. > > Hope this helps. > > P.S. The app is proprietary doesnt appear to be open source at all > so if you are still having lots of trouble with it, maybe its worth > finding some free software to do the job instead. > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
