install from tarbal file

[Colin Law]

On 30 November 2014 at 17:50, Thomas Blasejewicz <thomas at s7.dion.ne.jp> wrote:
> Good evening
> I found that there is this software called "fantasdic" (supposed to be a
> dictionary reader)
> and would like to try that.
> BUT ...
> it is provided online
> https://projects.gnome.org/fantasdic/
> as a "tar.gz" file.
>
> In the readme file it says:
> Requirements
> ------------
>
> Ruby >= 1.8.0: http://www.ruby-lang.org
> GTK+ >= 2.6: http://www.gnome.org
> Ruby-GTK2 >= 0.14.1 [*]: http://ruby-gnome2.sourceforge.jp
> Ruby-GetText >= 0.6.1 [**]: http://ponx.s5.xrea.com/hiki/ruby-gettext.html
> Intltool [**]: http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software_2fintltool
>
> [*]: Required libraries are: Ruby/Libglade2, Ruby/Gtk2 and Ruby/GdkPixbuf2.
> Ruby-GTK2 0.16 is however highly recommended.
>
> [**]: Optional.
>
> Install
> -------
>
> $ ruby setup.rb config
> $ ruby setup.rb setup
> ($ su)
> # ruby setup.rb install
>
> OK. -> I installed each of the "requirements", except for the GTK+,
> where synaptic gives a million files and I have no idea which one to choose.
> Next I did all that command stuff.
> Yet, I still have only a bunch of folders and files.
> Nothing to "run".
>
> WHAT do I have to do to make this thing work?

I don't know, but try typing
fantasdic
in a terminal.

> (why does everything under linux have to be such an incredibly
> complicated and incomprehensible task?)

I think Ubuntu is much more comprehensible than windows.

Colin