SLUG Mailing List ArchivesSLUG Mailing List Archiveswbennett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx said: > I cannot find the .tgz file. I can only find > CptCrosswords-1.2.Linix.x86.tar at > http://freshmeat.net/projects/cpt-crosswords Not sure what went wrong there. I clicked ‘Download’, and I got the .tgz file. I know Internet Explorer 7 likes to de-gzip tar files when you download them, but I doubt you’re using that. Ah, and now that you linked us to the actual software, I can see this is actually not normal tarballed software. It’s written in Java, and Java programmers have a horrible habit of reinventing the wheel everytime they do anything. What that means is this: > I intend to use > > ./configure && make && make makeinstall ...doesn’t apply. We’ll need to do it differently. In fact, I will show you how I got it going right after downloading the .tgz file to my desktop: $ sudo apt-get install openjdk-6-jre (the above line makes sure Java is installed) $ cd Desktop $ tar xvf CptCrosswords-1.2.Linux.x86.tgz $ cd cpt_xw12/ $ ./install (The graphical install wizard begins at this point, which looks a lot like a 1990s-era Windows installer) Note that despite the program using Java, it links 32-bit libraries, which means that if you have a 64-bit system (and thus 64-bit Java), the program won’t work. Here’s hoping you’re 32-bit. Hope this helps. P.S. The app is proprietary — doesn’t appear to be open source at all — so if you are still having lots of trouble with it, maybe it’s worth finding some free software to do the job instead.
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