I knew that going in, Mike.
Ubuntu Studio is Ubuntu.
I've been working with computers since 1979.
But I have resistance to learning the CLI, so I'm about to have another
box ready to go, and I'll install Ubuntu Server on it as I think Ubuntu
Server is all CLI.
I did install Scrivener on Ubuntu Studio, but when I clicked on it,
nothing happened.
I thought I didn't get it installed right.
I Google "Scrivener for Linux" and it takes me to a "Free Trial
Scrivener" link that takes me to the free download page at
teaandlatte.com . Down the page about 2/3 of the way and you see a link
that takes you to a forum entry, at the top of the page that shows up
from clicking that link, and there are two files to choose to download,
a debi and a tar. I got the debi because debi package manager is easier
for me than going to the CLI. It installed, and gave me a place to
click on it, but nothing happened after I clicked on it. After enough
frustration, I asked on this forum.
I'm not sure why it's still a beta, as it works fine; I've not had a
stability problem with it - once it's open. I think it's a business
issue, not a technical issue. The app runs perfect on my 12.04 LTS box.
It IS production quality, once it opens. I don't know why they're not
selling it yet.
There's a manual, but I haven't asked on that forum.
If I can make Calligra Author work, Scrivener is no longer an issue.
So I took off Gnome on my 12.04 LTS machine and put on KDE, and the next
thing is to get Calligra 2.8 (another beta) on that box. Then I'll get
it configured and I'm a happy camper, for the long haul.
But Scrivener is a sweet app where it works, and I'll still try to get
it on my Ubuntu Studio box. It's a great place to free-write.
I'm betting that my problem is not having the right 32-bit libraries.
I'll give it another go and report back. Thanks for being willing to
download it and apply your expertise.
Smiles.
Tommy
On 01/10/2014 11:03 AM, Mike Holstein wrote:
On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 11:19 AM, Tommy Tolson
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
That sounds like for sure what it probably is, Steven.
Debi Package Installer said all dependencies were resolved, as I
recall.
I'll install the 32-bit libraries and see what happens.
Thanks.
you also seem to be hung up on a fact. ubuntustudio *is* ubuntu so..
if you can install it into ubuntu, you *can* install it into
ubuntustudio. the issue you are having could be the 64bit/32bit issue
above.. could be you are using different releases, 13.10 vs 12.04 for
example.. i was going to go and download and install and test and make
scrivener work, but i dont see a linux version where search.. where
are you getting what version exactly? i will try something for you in
ubuntu if you share what exactly im supposed to try. i only see
referenced a linux beta version, where i would expect, since its beta,
to have issues such as you mention. is that the case? are you running
beta software and expecting production release quality? have you asked
them for support since it seems to be a commercial product that you
pay for? ubuntustudio, linux, nor main ubuntu is not doing anything to
prevent you or the scrivener team from making scrivener work on
ubuntustudio. let me know where to get the installer, and i will make
it run, and share my experiences...
Smiles.
Tommy
On 01/10/2014 09:51 AM, Steven Grace wrote:
On 01/08/2014 04:42 AM, Jimmy Sjölund wrote:
On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 6:49 AM, Tommy Tolson
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
<mailto:[email protected]>
<mailto:[email protected]>>
wrote:
We're having a bit of a miscommunication, I'm afraid. I would like
to get Scrivener for Linux to run on Ubuntu Studio. So I'm
interested in finding out how to properly install Scrivener for
Linux on Ubuntu Studio. Can that happen? Thanks again.
Smiles. Tommy
Ok, so after reading some more of the conversation at the
Scrivener
forum it suggested there are some issues with QT and 64 vs 32
bit.
I could not get it to run in my Ubuntu Studio 14.04 64-bit,
however
when running the installation on my Ubuntu Studio 14.04 32-bit it
runs just fine.
I suppose you have a 64 bit installation of Ubuntu Studio?
On 01/10/2014 05:52 AM, Tommy Tolson wrote:
Yeah, I finally decided that's what it is, too. It does still work
on the 12.04LTS machine, but not on the Studio machine. I guess
that
12.04 LTS will run 32-bit apps. Both my currently operating
machines
are AMD64. The 12.04LTS is 64-bit. I don't know. Confusing.
But a
lot about Ubuntu is confusing, after working on Macs for a few
years. Thanks for the response. I'm checking out some
alternatives.
Calligra Author is my goal, now, in Calligra Office 2.8, the beta.
Switching from Gnome to KDE was more involved than I thought.
Studio
is neither of the above, isn't it? The adventure continues.
Thanks
again.
Since you're trying to run 32-bit software on a 64-bit machine,
the problem may be that you don't have the 32-bit libraries that
Scrivener needs. Does it indicate its dependencies? In any case,
you might try installing package "ia32-libs" from the repository;
it contains many of the most commonly used 32-bit libraries.
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