how to install a .package?

[Ric Moore]

On 09/13/2013 05:01 PM, Mauro Sanna wrote:
> On 13 September 2013 22:46, Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net
> <mailto:kassube at gmx.net>> wrote:
>
>     Mauro Sanna wrote:
>      > On 13 September 2013 22:00, Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net
>     <mailto:kassube at gmx.net>> wrote:
>      > > tail --bytes=1169788 LaCie\ Network\ Assistant\ 1.1\
>     Linux.package |
>      > > lzma -d | tar x
>      >
>      > Sorry for my ignorance, can you explain what that command does?
>
>     The .package file is a bash script with additional data appended. The
>     interesting part is at the end which is a .tar.lzma file. The command
>     consists of several parts:
>
>     "tail --bytes=1169788 LaCie\ Network\ Assistant\ 1.1\ Linux.package"
>     prints the file to standard output but it removes the first 1169788
>     bytes which are the bash script and the downloader for the autopackage
>     files.
>
>     With the "|" the output of the tail command is passed to "lzma -d" which
>     uncompresses the input and prints the result to the standard output.
>
>     The output is passed to "tar x" which unpacks the input (which is
>     actually a tar file now) in the current directory.
>
>     And from your other post I can see that you need these additional
>     packages:
>
>     libssl0.9.8 libgtk2.0-0 libatk1.0-0 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 libpango1.0-0
>     libxinerama1 libavahi-common3 libavahi-client3
>
>     Well, those are the package names for Ubuntu 12.04. If you are using
>     another Ubuntu version, please install the package apt-file and run the
>     command
>
>     sudo apt-file update
>
>     Maybe that is done automatically during installation already, but it
>     doesn't hurt to run it again. Then search for each library with a
>     command like
>
>     apt-file search libssl.so.0.9.8
>
>     etc. - that shows the package names you need.
>
>
>
> Thank you very much.
> I've installed all libraries needed but when I run the script it always
> says:
>
> Sorry, Autopackage only supports x86 32-bit systems, or 64-bit systems
> with compatibility libraries installed. Please install the compatibility
> libraries and rerun install
>
> I've tried to run the bin extracted but it does not work.
> It is bothering me I leave.

It seems like their site gives Linux Users short shrift. Win/Mac users 
have version 1.5 while the beset upon Linux user gets 1.1
Is there something else available that would do the same job? Maybe 
someone on this list knows?

The "package" install method for their LightScribe package references 
Ubuntu 8.4, according to a Google search. If your "package" is library 
version dependent, getting it running might entail making links from the 
lib versions it wants to the versions you have installed (like in 
/usr/lib) and pray nothing major has changed between versions. You will 
have to go through the step-by-step solutions to identify what you 
exactly need.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-networking-3/authentication-problems-on-trying-to-connect-to-share-on-nas-lacie-d2-802698/
suggests that there is the 1.4 version on the CD that should have been 
shipped with your gear. The poster claims it works and 1.1 doesn't. Ric








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