A software issue

[Robert Stockdale IV]

To me it looks like a PATH problem. Is the installation looking in a
directory where libgtk-1.2.so.0 is not present? If so create a soft link to
it from where it is. Just my 2 cents.
Bob


On 8/8/07, Cyber Term <cyberterm at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the answer,
> It did NOT give any error message and exactly as you guessed, strangely,
> just sat there and did nothing. Now I'm installing it again and here's the
> procedure:
>
> 1. I input "sh installation.sh" // (Installation begins, everything seems
> fine)
> 2. It asks if I want to install symbolic links to a directory in my path.
> I choose Yes (/user/local/bin).
> 3. Installation in progress -- takes a while (11% ... 90%... done!)
> 4. The icon appears on the desktop AND when I double-click it, nothing
> happens!
>
> Strange! Isn't it? I mean if there is something extra needed, why it's not
> included with the CD itself and yet there's not even any instructions.
> On the one hand, The Longman did just as I described, and on the other
> hand, Oxford software just complained as follow (right in the terminal):
>
> $ sh installation.sh
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> Verifying archive integrity... All good.
> Uncompressing ..........................
> /root/.setup3817: error while loading shared libraries: libgtk-1.2.so.0:
> cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
> Couldn't load 'atal'
> The setup program seems to have failed on x86/glibc-2.1
>
> Please contact Loki Technical Support at support at lokigames.com
> The program returned an error code (1)
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> $
> I just have no idea what to do on this!
>
> CyberTerm
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: cj <debiani386 at gmail.com>
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <
> ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 7, 2007 11:39:34 PM
> Subject: Re: A software issue
>
> Eberhard Roloff wrote:
> > Hi Cyber Term,
> >
> > Cyber Term wrote:
> >
> >> Nope, it isn't! In fact, I did install the Longman software (it was an
> .sh file, for which I used sh command), everything went on well and finally
> its icon appeared on my desktop, but it just doesn't even start whatsoever!
> >>
> Also, did it give you an error message when you tried to run it? or did
> it just sit there and do nothing?
> --cj
> >>
> >
> > Please try to answer linux-like BELOW the previous post. Otherwise it is
> > very hard to follow the progress of the discussion.
> >
> > In regard to your problem:
> > Can you find out what the icon on your desktop is supposed to do? In KDE
> > You would simply right click on the icon and choose "properties" and
> > then see, which command is (meant to be) executed.
> > I assume, gnome will handle this similarly.
> >
> > After you got this, open a terminal and type the exact command there.
> > My hope is that the resulting error message might shed some light on the
> > cause of your problem.
> >
> > Also it could possibly reveal whether your software is meant to be used
> > with Wine, which is a software-layer that vendors and users frequently
> > use to use their windows applications on Linux.
> >
> > kind regards
> > Eberhard
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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