Re: [LUG] Installing

Thanks, Rob. How do I run the .sh file..?

Cheers. Jack.

> Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 22:08:31 +0100
> From: rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [LUG] Installing
>
> >
>
> Yep you're a bit closer.
>
> When you extract a .tar.gz file or build something from source generally
> it will not automatically install itself. Sometimes there is an install
> script which you may need to run as root (or with the sudo command) and
> other times you may need to run the make command with the install option
> (this can be the case if you build something from the source code).
>
> From what you have listed it looks like it might just need extracting
> into a folder and then to run it you need to run the eldy.sh file, but I
> haven't downloaded it so I'm not entirely sure.
>
> I do remember seeing something about this though, there was a company in
> the UK selling a PC running Ubuntu with this on top.
>
> I'll give it a download and have a play.
>
> Oh and there is also a howto page which might offer more instructions on
> how to install it (although if you're looking for ease of use for
> yourself then this might not be the best way of going about it, it looks
> like it might be complicated to get running).
>
> The howto page can be found here: http://howtos.eldy.net/
>
> Rob
>
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