How to install Wink for Ubuntu 8.04 [64-bit]

[anantshri]

download link is not working on first page

at this point the direct working download link is http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubunt...060-6_i386.deb

hope this can help someone

[lenn-art]

download link is not working on first page

at this point the direct working download link is http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubunt...060-6_i386.deb

hope this can help someone

Yes, you helped me! Thanks a lot. I needed also the libstdc++5 package, which i found here http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty/i3...dc++5/download

[cadcam]

so, i also can't run wink. I took care of the c++5, but i can't find a ia32-lib for an i386 arch. i can find amd versions......

help?


thanks,
A

[linuxed]

This guide is only meant to be used for 64-bit systems. If you're using a 32-bit system then you can just install the wink and libstdc++5 packages without any modifications or extra steps. The ia32-libs package contains 32-bit libraries for use on a 64-bit system so don't worry about installing that package for an i386 system.

If you are using a 64-bit system then just type:

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs

[cadcam]

right, i'm running lucid 64 (intel, not amd). i can't get the 32 libraries.

mantra@mantra:~$ sudo apt-get install ia32-libs
[sudo] password for mantra:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package ia32-libs
mantra@mantra:~$

all repositories are activated.

thanks,
A

[linuxed]

Try running "sudo apt-get update" and then "sudo apt-get install ia32-libs". If nothing else works you can download the package and install it manually here.

[cadcam]

i tried sudo apt-get update more than a few times. the link you sent me is also one I found, but again, only for amd and not intel architecture.

i just can't seem to find an intel one....

A.

[linuxed]

What does the following command output on your system?

uname -m

The ia32-libs package can be installed on either amd64 or ia64 systems. There aren't separate packages for 64-bit Intel cpus. Have you tried to install the amd64 package on your system using dpkg?

wget -P ~/Desktop "http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/universe/i/ia32-libs/ia32-libs_2.7ubuntu26_amd64.deb"
sudo dpkg --force-architecture -i ~/Desktop/ia32-libs*.deb

If nothing else works you might try using the getlibs package.

wget -P ~/Desktop "http://frozenfox.freehostia.com/cappy/getlibs-all.deb"
sudo dpkg -i ~/Desktop/getlibs*.deb

With getlibs installed you can then try to download any missing libraries for wink.

wget -P ~/Desktop "http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/multiverse/w/wink/wink_1.5.1060-6_i386.deb"
sudo dpkg --force-architecture -i ~/Desktop/wink*.deb
getlibs /usr/lib/wink/wink

[cadcam]

yeah the forcing architecture install ended badly. didn't like it.

mantra@mantra:~$ uname -m
i686
mantra@mantra:~$

i tried the other stuff, and it was error filled as well, but now when I open wink, i get

/usr/lib/wink/wink: error while loading shared libraries: libexpat.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
mantra@mantra:~$
mantra@mantra:~$ aptitude search libexpat.so.0
mantra@mantra:~$ aptitude search libexpat
v libexpat-dev -
p libexpat-ocaml - OCaml expat bindings
v libexpat-ocaml-14p41 -
p libexpat-ocaml-dev - OCaml expat bindings
v libexpat-ocaml-dev-14p41 - dp
i libexpat1 - XML parsing C library - runtime library
i A libexpat1-dev - XML parsing C library - development kit
mantra@mantra:~$ sudo apt-get install libexpat1
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
libexpat1 is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
mantra@mantra:~$ sudo apt-get install libexpat-dev
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting libexpat1-dev instead of libexpat-dev
libexpat1-dev is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
mantra@mantra:~$ wink
/usr/lib/wink/wink: error while loading shared libraries: libexpat.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
mantra@mantra:~$

unsure whats happening here, i have this wink installed (though not functioning)
ii wink 1.5.1060-6 Tutorial and Presentation Creating Software


i searched the ubuntu packages site, but i can't find anything useful
http://packages.ubuntu.com/

more thoughts?

[linuxed]

Well, I don't think you have a 64-bit OS installed. The version of Ubuntu you're running appears to be the 32-bit version. Regardless of whether your cpu supports 64-bit you still have to install the 64-bit version of the OS. Since you appear to be running a 32-bit OS you shouldn't have to install the ia32-libs package which would also explain why it wasn't found in the software repository when you ran "apt-get install ia32-libs."

I would recommend running the following to purge the ia32-libs package from your system.

sudo dpkg --purge ia32-libs

Then make sure you have libexpat1 installed.

sudo apt-get install libexpat1

And finally create a symlink to the libexpat library. If the first command throws an error just ignore it. I can't remember if there is a symlink installed in the wink folder by default so it may state something like "file not found."

sudo rm /usr/lib/wink/libexpat.so.0
sudo ln -s /lib/libexpat.so.1 /lib/libexpat.so.0
sudo ln -s /lib/libexpat.so.0 /usr/lib/wink/libexpat.so.0