Step by step installation on Linux?

[Troken]

Hello, can someone plz explain for a total linux dummie like me how to install a program in Linux? I have installed Zenwalk linux on a old computer, and would like to install XnView on it. I have downloaded XnView, but now what happens? Its not like in Windows I recon...

[xnview]

You can click on xnview.sh in the xnviewmp folder

[Troken]

Thank you, yes it works fine. Its a new world to me, but it looks very intresting so far!

[joneall]

Yes, opening xnview.sh does start the program.

But when I try to put that into the KDE start menu, it never manages to start. You see it running in the start bar for a few seconds, then it disappears.

What's the trick?

Thanks.

P.S. It looks great!

[marsh]

What's the trick?

There is item called 'Work path' in KDE's menu editor. It needs to point to the directory where you have unarchived your files.

[joneall]

Setting the work path solved the problem.

Thanks a lot for the help and for XnView!

[Troken]

There is item called 'Work path' in KDE's menu editor. It needs to point to the directory where you have unarchived your files.

Is it the same for Xfce?

[oops66]

Hello,
FYI: you can also modify the xnview.sh batch file like that:

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#!/bin/sh
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=./
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
cd /home/your_user_name/your_path/XnViewMP-linux-a0.12
./xnview

Instead the xnview.sh by default:

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#!/bin/sh
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=./
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
./xnview

[marsh]

There is item called 'Work path' in KDE's menu editor. It needs to point to the directory where you have unarchived your files.

Is it the same for Xfce?

Some different steps are needed with the other window managers. Either the easier oops66 example shown above, or by using the submenu called 'Debian' (which is usually hidden/unchecked in Gnome/Xfce). A package called 'menu' populates that section and provides the needed functions. The summary of it is: menus can be customized placing text files in /etc/menu, edit as needed, then run "update-menus" command.
Here is the custom menu item which I use with 'Fluxbox' window manager.

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?package(local.xnview_alphatest):needs="x11" section="Custom/Image" \
	title="xnview_alphatest" \
	command="cd /home/username/XnViewMP && sh xnview.sh"