Installing Bkchem on the Acer Aspiere One

Installing Bkchem on the Acer Aspiere One,

BKChem is a chemical drawing program running under python. More information you can find on the following internet page: http://bkchem.zirael.org

download bkchem from http://bkchem.zirael.org/download/bkchem-0.12.5.tar.gz
go to the download folder
enter the terminal (File => Terminal) and untar it by entering "tar xzf bkchem-0.12.5.tar.gz"

Enter root password if necessary
Type "sudo su" at the command prompt and hit Enter.
Type "passwd" and hit Enter.
Enter a new root password. Your password cannot be a dictionary word, but rather a combination of letters and numbers. Press Enter.
Retype your password. Your new password
enter xfce-setting-show
Click on Desktop to get to the Desktop Preferencs and choose the Behavior tab.
Now mark under Menus the Show desktop menu on right click option and close the window.
Closs Terminal
Make a right click on the main desktop and select system => ad/remove software
Enter root password
Select List an search Tkinter and install Tkinter

Go to the folder of bkchem “bkchem-0.12.5/bkchem”
Enter the Terminal
Enter python bkchem.py
Bkchem starts up

You can also install BKChem by entering python setup.py install in the bkchem-0.12.5 folder.
This I have not tried out.

Thomas

PS: Tank you Beda Kosata for the support