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 <div> On 8/8/07, Cyber Term <<a href="mailto:cyberterm@yahoo.com">cyberterm@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">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 <a href="mailto:support@lokigames.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">support@lokigames.com</a> The program returned an error code (1) --------------------------------------------------------- $ I just have no idea what to do on this! CyberTerm <div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> ----- Original Message ---- From: cj <<a href="mailto:debiani386@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">debiani386@gmail.com</a>> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <<a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a>> <div>Sent: Tuesday, August 7, 2007 11:39:34 PM Subject: Re: A software issue <div>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 > > > > > -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users </a> </div></div></div> </div></div> <hr size="1">Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=48246/*http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/;_ylc=X3oDMTE5cDF2bXZzBF9TAzk3MTA3MDc2BHNlYwNtYWlsdGFncwRzbGsDZ3JlZW4tY2VudGVy" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> Visit the Yahoo! 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