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Discussion in 'Acer Aspire One' started by Jason G, Oct 22, 2008.

  1. Jason G

    Jason G

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    Hi,

    I have unzipped a new App and am trying to install it, so I open the folder I uncompressed the Tar.gz to. I open Terminal and then type ./configure.ac to compile it but it says Permission Denied.

    I've seen the line always starts off with $ which I think means User, so how do I make each line start with #, which I think means Root or Admin?

    Thanks :)
     
    Jason G, Oct 22, 2008
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    Use "sudo" before the command. That will give you temporarily root rights. So it would look like "sudo ./configure.ac".
     
    hjongste, Oct 22, 2008
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    Duncan_Rowland, Oct 22, 2008
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    Jason G

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    Um, no, presumably not... 'What compiler?!'

    I got this when trying to install LiVES...

    ... so I think I have a long way to go :(

    EDIT: I've downloaded Autoconf 2.6, attempted to install it...

    [user@localhost autoconf-2.63]$ sudo ./configure CC=/usr/local2/bin/gcc
    configure: error: cannot find install-sh or install.sh in build-aux "."/build-aux


    ...and it says it can't find install-sh or install.sh even though it's in the folder it was uncompressed to!!!

    I don't know what to do :(
     
    Jason G, Oct 22, 2008
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    sudo yum install gcc make

    But I see you're trying to install LiVES...
    http://lives.sourceforge.net/index.php?do=downloads
    The requirements stated on this page are quite extensive
    (and these will need installing before it will compile/run), but
    also it says 5gb disk space minimum is required to run...
    ...do you have this?
     
    Duncan_Rowland, Oct 22, 2008
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    Jason G

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    Oh, what would an executable look like? I have INSTALL, INSTALL-SH, etc. I've downloaded the GCC compiler and Autoconf, uncompresed but get the same problems 'installing it' :roll:

    I'm trying to install LiVES, the video editor app.

    Thanks for your help BTW, it's genuinely appreciated!!!
     
    Jason G, Oct 22, 2008
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    Thanks, I've got this far:

    So, what's the next stage? I take it this was just to download 'dependencies', and now any subsequent installation attempts WILL work??
     
    Jason G, Oct 22, 2008
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    hmm... I've done some snooping and I'm not sure it will be easy to get this software running on the aspire.
    You now have a compiler installed, but there are lots of libraries that are also required.

    I did find a pre-compiled rpm file here (meaning you would not need to compile it yourself)
    http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/4/ ... 6.rpm.html
    Download
    ftp.pbone.net lives-0.9.9.2-6.fc8.i386.rpm <-- I downloaded this file

    However, when I try and install it I get failed dependencies...

    rpm --install lives-0.9.9.2-6.fc8.i386.rpm

    error: Failed dependencies:
    cdda2wav is needed by lives-0.9.9.2-6.fc8.i386
    dvgrab is needed by lives-0.9.9.2-6.fc8.i386
    libmjpegutils-1.9.so.0 is needed by lives-0.9.9.2-6.fc8.i386
    mpg123 is needed by lives-0.9.9.2-6.fc8.i386
    mplayer >= 1.0-pre5 is needed by lives-0.9.9.2-6.fc8.i386
    transcode is needed by lives-0.9.9.2-6.fc8.i386
    vorbis-tools is needed by lives-0.9.9.2-6.fc8.i386
    xmms is needed by lives-0.9.9.2-6.fc8.i386

    You could download and install each of these pre-requisits, however I'm getting out of my depth now and I think you might be better asking people who have already got this software running on the aspire (try the software forum as this is beyond beginner).
    Good luck -Duncan.
     
    Duncan_Rowland, Oct 22, 2008
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    OK, thanks so much for your help, Duncan :)

    EDIT: I got...
    I'm now in the oprocess of using RPMFind.net to get the remaining dependencies. Sometimes it feels like you're just constantly downloading and getting nowhere fast!!!
     
    Jason G, Oct 22, 2008
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    Actually Jason, one last thought...

    I looked up video editing in the software forums and they say the Aspire One is underpowered for a full on video editing app...
    viewtopic.php?f=23&t=4377
    But they do suggest something a bit lighter might work for small editing tasks, like avidemux
    You can install this from the livna repositories like this...

    sudo rpm -ihv http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-8.rpm
    sudo yum install avidemux
    and then run it with
    avidemux2_gtk

    Hope that helps,
    -Duncan.
     
    Duncan_Rowland, Oct 22, 2008
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    Thanks, d'loaded no prob, now getting used to it.

    Thanks again :)
     
    Jason G, Oct 22, 2008
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