install xnview on ubuntu

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sisqonrw
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install xnview on ubuntu

Post by sisqonrw »

hi
how can i install xnview on ubuntu.
i have download and unpackt.

but ther is no how-to-install-file
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marsh
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Post by marsh »

After unarchiving, the "install" file needs be set to executable ("chmod +x install" -this function should be in many file managers). Then type "sudo ./install". Run by typing "xnview" in terminal.
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sisqonrw
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Post by sisqonrw »

can u tell me please the exact chmod command. thx
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Olive
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Post by Olive »

Right click the file then "properties", "permission" tab, then tick "allow executing file as program".
I believe you'd be better off with the Windows version on Wine though.
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Darkn00b
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Post by Darkn00b »

How about using alien to convert the .RPM to .DEB and installing by double-clicking? That's how I do it. :)

Plus, I refuse to use wine...
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Cambuci-RJ
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Post by Cambuci-RJ »

# alien -d xnview*.rpm
# dpkg -i xnview*.deb
(# = root )
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carusoswi
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Post by carusoswi »

Olive wrote:Right click the file then "properties", "permission" tab, then tick "allow executing file as program".
I believe you'd be better off with the Windows version on Wine though.
Ok, I right-clicked, changed the permission, then, what? Typing sudo ./install did not work. What am I missing?

I'm running Ubuntu 8.04. Wine is broken in my 8.04 (and for other users, I hear).

Caruso
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marsh
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Post by marsh »

>carusoswi
You may be able to run old version without installing it. Try ignoring the "install" file and find & run "xnview" from a normal user directory with file manager (I'm using "xfe" when trying this- it has better unarchiving functions than some others).

Aside: About 50% of Windows users download installers. For Linux, a "deb" package is expected .
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bernard decock
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Post by bernard decock »

carusoswi wrote:
Olive wrote:Right click the file then "properties", "permission" tab, then tick "allow executing file as program".
I believe you'd be better off with the Windows version on Wine though.
Ok, I right-clicked, changed the permission, then, what? Typing sudo ./install did not work. What am I missing?

I'm running Ubuntu 8.04. Wine is broken in my 8.04 (and for other users, I hear).

Caruso
XnView is running fine under Wine. However if one installs either XnView-x86-unknown-linux2.x-static-fc4.tgz or from XnView-static-fc4.i386.rpm) you only get a dialog
(XnView v.17) with 3 entries; File Option Info, where the Wine-install gives you a full
XnView-dialog. Anyway, the wine-install runs fine.
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WINE = "Wine Is Not an Emulator"

Post by oops66 »

Darkn00b wrote:....
Plus, I refuse to use wine...
This is not always a good idea !

Myth 1: "Wine is slow because it is an emulator"
*... As Wine's name says: "Wine Is Not an Emulator": ...
* ...a well written Windows application can beat a badly written Unix application at any time. The efficiency of the algorithms used by the application will have a greater impact on its performance than Wine...
Myth 2:"Wine is bad for Linux"...
Myth n: .....

see here:
http://www.winehq.org/site/myths
XnViewMP Linux X64 - Debian - X64
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Cambuci-RJ
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Post by Cambuci-RJ »

Download file of this link: http://download.xnview.com/XnView-x86-u ... ic-fc4.tgz
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