[Solved] Acer One OOLITE Linpus Lite

[phildeem]

Hi All,

I've recently found OOLITE for Windows and have been enjoying it immensely.........

..........but i'm going away somewhere remote for Christmas and want to play OOLITE on my Acer One netbook while i'm away (Linpus Lite Linux which I think is Fedora 8 based).........

I've downloaded the latest OOLITE Linux test package and get an install success message..........but can't find it anywhere on the harddisk - trying to run from the terminal command line can't find the program!

I've hunted around the forum and seen reference to hidden files and folders, Fedora execheap changes (advice must be for other versions of Linux)...........and am getting no where..........

Has anyone out there got OOLITE running on an Acer One? If so, how did you do it? I quite like my little netbook and don't really want to change the os................

Guidance / comments appreciated,

Cheers

Phil

[Getafix]

Hello phildeem, and welcome to the friendliest board this side of Riedquat!

Could you post the filename of the package you installed?

[phildeem]

Hi,

Apologies for the hazy posting - i'm new to bulletin boards!

The package I installed was oolite-1.73.4-test.x86.package

Thanks,

Phil

[Getafix]

While I am trying to get my hands on a Linpus box, please:
a. Post the result of the following:

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# cd /
# find . -name *oolite* -print 2> /dev/null

b. Post the result of the following:

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# cd /
# find . -name *autopackage* -print 2> /dev/null

c. If there is a "/usr/bin/oolite" file, please post its contents.

d. How did you try to run oolite? The following should be enough:

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# oolite

e. Did your Linpus box have a working internet connection, when you tried to install?
(The working internet connection is mandatory the first time you try to install an
autopackage package, since it will try to download this runtime library.)

[phildeem]

Hi,

Thanks for your help, I do really appreciate the help...........

The results of the two command line sets as follows:

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[user@localhost bin]$ cd /
[user@localhost /]$ find . -name *oolite* -print 2> /dev/null
./tmp/autopackage.208367395/meta/@oolite-linux.berlios.de
./tmp/autopackage.208367395/meta/@oolite-linux.berlios.de/oolite:1.73.4-test
./tmp/autopackage.208367395/payload/@oolite-linux.berlios.de
./tmp/autopackage.208367395/payload/@oolite-linux.berlios.de/oolite:1.73.4-test
./home/user/Downloads/oolite-1.73.4-test.x86.package
./mnt/home/Downloads/oolite-1.73.4-test.x86.package

[user@localhost /]$ find . -name *autopackage* -print 2> /dev/null
./tmp/autopackage.session.20091126112655
./tmp/autopackage.208367395
./tmp/autopackage.242387181
./etc/autopackage
./usr/share/applications/autopackage-launcher-gtk.desktop
./usr/share/applications/autopackage-manager-gtk.desktop
./usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-x-autopackage.png
./usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-x-autopackage.png
./usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/autopackage-installer.png
./usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-x-autopackage.png
./usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-x-autopackage.svg
./usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/autopackage.mo
./usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/autopackage-gtk.mo
./usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/autopackage.mo
./usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/autopackage-gtk.mo
./usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/autopackage.mo
./usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/autopackage-gtk.mo
./usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/autopackage.mo
./usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/autopackage-gtk.mo
./usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/autopackage-gtk.mo
./usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/autopackage.mo
./usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/autopackage-gtk.mo
./usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/autopackage.mo
./usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/autopackage-gtk.mo
./usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/autopackage.mo
./usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/autopackage-gtk.mo
./usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/autopackage-gtk.mo
./usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/autopackage.mo
./usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/autopackage-gtk.mo
./usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/autopackage-gtk.mo
./usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/autopackage.mo
./usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/autopackage-gtk.mo
./usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/autopackage.mo
./usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/autopackage-gtk.mo
./usr/share/locale/es_ES/LC_MESSAGES/autopackage.mo
./usr/share/locale/es_ES/LC_MESSAGES/autopackage-gtk.mo
./usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/autopackage.mo
./usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/autopackage-gtk.mo
./usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/autopackage-gtk.mo
./usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/autopackage.mo
./usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/autopackage-gtk.mo
./usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/autopackage.mo
./usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/autopackage-gtk.mo
./usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/autopackage.mo
./usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/autopackage-gtk.mo
./usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/autopackage.mo
./usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/autopackage-gtk.mo
./usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/autopackage.mo
./usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/autopackage-gtk.mo
./usr/share/locale/es_CO/LC_MESSAGES/autopackage.mo
./usr/share/locale/es_CO/LC_MESSAGES/autopackage-gtk.mo
./usr/share/pixmaps/hicolor/16x16/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-x-autopackage.png
./usr/share/pixmaps/hicolor/32x32/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-x-autopackage.png
./usr/share/pixmaps/hicolor/48x48/apps/autopackage-installer.png
./usr/share/pixmaps/hicolor/48x48/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-x-autopackage.png
./usr/share/pixmaps/hicolor/scalable/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-x-autopackage.svg
./usr/share/mime/packages/autopackage.xml
./usr/share/mime/application/x-autopackage.xml
./usr/share/autopackage
./usr/share/autopackage-gtk
./usr/share/autopackage-manager
./usr/bin/autopackage
./usr/bin/autopackage-frontend-gtk
./usr/bin/autopackage-launcher-gtk
./usr/bin/autopackage-launcher-gtk-nautilus-wrapper
./usr/bin/autopackage-manager-gtk
./usr/libexec/autopackage
./usr/libexec/autopackage-gtk
./var/packages/@autopackage.org
./var/packages/@autopackage.org/autopackage-gtk:1.4.2
./var/packages/autopackage-gtk-1.4.2
./var/packages/autopackage-gtk

I can find no OOLITE directory and typing OOLITE from the command prompt has no effect!

Thanks again,

Phil

[Getafix]

From what you have posted, i see that oolite is not installed.
Let's do it manually, in order to have control over the installation process!

Please do the following:
1. Download the autopackage runtime from
http://autopackage.googlecode.com/files ... 86.tar.bz2

2. Go to the folder where the runtime is downloaded and execute:

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# tar xjvf autopackage-1.4.2-x86.tar.bz2
# cd autopackage
# su
# ./install
# exit

3. Go to the folder where the oolite package is located and execute:

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# chmod 744 oolite-1.73.4-test.x86.package
# ./oolite-1.73.4-test.x86.package

Note: Provide your password if requested.

4. You should now have oolite installed. Execute:

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# oolite

5. In any case post any error messages that appear in the terminal and also post the contents of ~/.Oolite/Logs/Latest.log

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# cat ~/.Oolite/Logs/Latest.log

I will be waiting for your feedback.

[phildeem]

Hi,

Just a quick response..........

The su did prompt for a password..........but the password I gave it was not recognised! (even though it was correct - I only have the password for the root user!).

I did the install anyway - which didn't error - but I don't think it worked!

The chmod worked on the package..............but then the ./ line gave results like this:

[user@localhost Downloads]$ ./oolite-1.73.4-test.x86.package
FAIL:Install the package with the command 'package install' instead.

I am grateful for your help so far, sorry to be so "needy"!

Regards

Phil

[Getafix]

Let's do what it prompts you to do.

In the folder where the oolite package resides, execute:

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# package install oolite-1.73.4-test.x86.package

As always, post any message that comes up.

[phildeem]

Hi Getafix............

I get the same response again..............

[user@localhost Downloads]$ package install oolite-1.73.4-test.x86.package


FAIL:Install the package with the command 'package install' instead.

It is so frustrating - I'm just glad your here to guide me!

Regards

Phil

[phildeem]

Hi Getafix,

You are a genius............and i've got one very strange Acer One.................

After the latest failure I went back to your original instructions...............and repeated the process from the SU line (where it seemed to go wrong before!)...........and it kept rejecting my password time after time.........just like before..............and then one time it simply accepted the password..............and the rest of the process worked perfectly - just like you described it!

The problem must have been me (i'm embarassed to say!).

Luckily you were very patient and ready and willing to help!

I owe you a virtual pint! Thanks for all your help!

Cheers

Phil

[Getafix]

It was really very interesting for me.
This was my first effort to make oolite run on a netbook.
I am glad we have been successful on this.

Happy Oolite-ing during Christmas!

EDIT: Oh!... and thanks for the pint... hick!