VUE problem -- SOLVED

[Derek Broughton]

Chris Jeffries wrote:

> This problem is fixed. Just posting the solution here to get it in the
> archive. (If that is not an appropriate action, sorry)
> 
> Just had a little struggle to get VUE (Visual Understanding Environment
> from Tufts Uni) to run on Ubuntu.
> 
> (VUE is a mind mapper program, a bit like Freemind, but in many ways
> more flexible.)
> 
> The web site offers a .bin file for Linux, but Ubuntu did not know what
> to do with it.
> 
> It also offers a .jar file. Now other jar files I have just run. but
> this one needs
> 
>     java -jar /usr/share/VUE/VUE.jar

It sounds to me as if neither file is built correctly.  The .bin is probably
a shell script without a shebang line (I haven't downloaded to check), and
the .jar will execute directly if it has the correct entries in its
manifest.

-- 
derek