Trying to install propelleride

Shawn Lowe

Hello all-
Im trying to install propelleride on my linux machine, Cutting and pasting the commands on the download page and I get this error:

dpkg: error processing archive propelleride-0.33.3-amd64.deb (--install):
 cannot access archive: No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
 propelleride-0.33.3-amd64.deb

Im not the brightest when it comes to linux (which is why i installed it to get better), can anyone help?

Thanks
Shawn

Heater.

You need to run the dpkg command from the directory that contains the package file.

Presuming you downloaded version 0.33.3 to your Download directory then:

$ cd Download
$ sudo dpkg -i propelleride-0.33.3-amd64.deb

Or you could specify the path and do it from whichever directory you are currently in, for example:

$ sudo dpkg -i /home/yourUserName/Download propelleride-0.33.3-amd64.deb

Shawn Lowe

Heater. wrote: »

You need to run the dpkg command from the directory that contains the package file.

Presuming you downloaded version 0.33.3 to your Download directory then:

$ cd Download
$ sudo dpkg -i propelleride-0.33.3-amd64.deb

Or you could specify the path and do it from whichever directory you are currently in, for example:

$ sudo dpkg -i /home/yourUserName/Download propelleride-0.33.3-amd64.deb

Ohh, okay got ya. Thanks so much

frida

I usually use a double click on a *.deb file after it is downloaded.
I am using Linux Mint.

Shawn Lowe

frida wrote: »

I usually use a double click on a *.deb file after it is downloaded.
I am using Linux Mint.

where does it put the program? I tried that and it said it installed but darn it if i can find it in my system

Heater.

Try typing "prop" into a command line terminal window and then hit TAB. If it's installed on the PATH then it will show up.

Sorry I have never installed it from a deb package so I'm not sure exactly where it gets put.

Francis Bauer

Shawn Lowe wrote: »

frida wrote: »

I usually use a double click on a *.deb file after it is downloaded.
I am using Linux Mint.

where does it put the program? I tried that and it said it installed but darn it if i can find it in my system

If it did install you should be able to use the 'which' command to show you the location, assuming it was installed into a location that is in your $PATH environment variable.

You could also try:

To find a specific package's location you can use the dpkg command with the -L flag. For example if you wanted to find all of the installed files for Apache2, you could run:

dpkg -L apache2

frida

It's hiding here.

Shawn Lowe

Thanks everyone for the help. When I get some time I will investigate. BTW, im running ubuntu. I am unsure of the version.

Shawn Lowe

Well thanks to all your help, i now have propelleride on my linux desktop. It has no example library!? Oh well, thank you again

avsa242

The spin-standard-library is a good start, IMO. I think, sadly, it's unmaintained now, but I think it is a good idea that has a lot of the basics in it.

Cheers

frida

If you go to Edit Preferences, then Browse Library, you will find a lot.