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items: Installing IDL 6.1 on debian linux 2

Installing IDL 6.1 on debian linux 2
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description: Hello, Since so many people replied I felt like I had to give it a try -again-. First problem: installation from cdrom. Again I am confident they are doing something wrong, and it's not not a debian only issue: I have sudo power (no root password): Attempt #1 ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------- $ sudo su - Password: testserver:~# cd /media/cdrom testserver:/media/cdrom# ls adobe apache flexlm info install xinstall.sh testserver:/media/cdrom# sh xinstall.sh You cannot run the Motif-based installer because your DISPLAY environment variable is not defined correctly or you are not running X Windows. Please define your display environment and execute this script again from a machine running X Windows. ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------- -> First problem, xinstall requires you to be logged as root (X session). There is no way a program can require such power (at least in a non microsoft world). Attempt #2 ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------- testserver:/media/cdrom# logout mathieu@testserver $ sudo sh xinstall.sh /media/cdrom xinstall.sh: line 307: /media/cdrom/install/xinstall/xinstall.linux.x86: Permission denied xinstall.sh: line 307: /media/cdrom/install/xinstall/xinstall.linux.x86: Success ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------- -> Nothing happen. I don't know what the install is looking for but I have sudo power. Attempt #3 ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------- mathieu@testserver $ fakeroot sh xinstall.sh /media/cdrom xinstall.sh: line 307: /media/cdrom/install/xinstall/xinstall.linux.x86: Permission denied xinstall.sh: line 307: /media/cdrom/install/xinstall/xinstall.linux.x86: Success ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------- -> Same problem. Nothing happen. Attempt #4 ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------- mkdir /tmp/cdrom c…
creator: Mathieu Malaterre
date: 2005-08-01T16:07:18-00:00