HOWTO: Install LDOCE5 on Ubuntu 64-bit

[eltama]

I'm the newbe, i've just install ubuntu 10.10 a few days ago, I try to install Longman dictionary LEOCD 5 ( I copied the disk in to the computer) but i can't not install, could please show me in detail how to install it. Thanks alot

I will try to be more detailed, let me know if you get stuck at some point.

1. Open a terminal (Applications -> Accessory -> Terminal)

2. On the terminal change the directory to the place where you have copied the CD. For instance if you copied it in your home directory and it's called LDOCE5 the you have to do

cd LDOCE5

3. Go to the linux subdirectory

cd linux

4. Then execute the installer

linux32 ./setup.sh

[ngadung]

I have LDOCE5 in iso file. I mounted this file.

In the When i click on : Places/ Computer

I see the disk LDOCE5, I tried with the command cd LDOCE5 and cd /Computer/LDOCE5
I got the notice: " no such file or directory"
Please tell me what is my problem. Thanks a lot

[eltama]

I have LDOCE5 in iso file. I mounted this file.

In the When i click on : Places/ Computer

I see the disk LDOCE5, I tried with the command cd LDOCE5 and cd /Computer/LDOCE5
I got the notice: " no such file or directory"
Please tell me what is my problem. Thanks a lot

How did you mount the iso?
Can you see it on Nautilus (the file manager)?
You just have to navigate to the linux directory of the CD and execute setup.sh, but if you have a 64bit OS you have to do it from the command line with linux32 ./setup.sh

I also have it on an iso. This is what I do.

1. Open a terminal: Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal (on Ubuntu since 10.04 the shortcut is ctrl-alt-T).

2. Mount the iso
a. Create the directory where you will mount it if you didn't before. In the terminal execute:

cd /media
sudo mkdir iso

b. Mount the LDOCE iso

sudo mount -t iso9660 -o loop <path_to_LDOCE.iso> /media/iso

You have to replace <path_to_LDOCE.iso> with the actual path to where you have the LDOCE iso.

3. Navigate to the linux directory of the iso:

 cd /media/iso/linux

4. 4. Then execute the installer

linux32 ./setup.sh

Note: Unlike in Windows, it will not check that you have original CD. That's great because I don't need to have the CD around. It's also easier to install illegal copies, but let's not get there

5. Once you have installed it, you can unmount the CD:
a. First get out of the iso directory

cd /media

b. Then unmount it

sudo umount iso

If the command line is still difficult to you, try this:

1. Install the package nautilus-open-terminal. You can use the Ubuntu Software Center, Synaptic or even simpler, the terminal

sudo apt-get install nautilus-open-terminal

2. Mount it like you did before or as I just explained.
On Nautilus there is an option "Open with Archive Mounter", but for me it doesn't work.

3. Using Nautilus navigate to the contents of the iso. If you mounted as I told you, you will see a new entry called iso under Devices on the left panel. Click on it.

4. Enter the linux directory. Once there right click (but not over a file) to show the context menu and choose Open in Terminal.

5. Then execute

linux32 ./setup.sh

I hope this time you succeed, good luck!

[ngadung]

Great, it worked. I'm so happy about this. Thank you so much.
Happy new year

[eltama]

Great, it worked. I'm so happy about this. Thank you so much.
Happy new year

Great! Happy new year

[terrywang]

Thank you for the post.

Recently I got a new Dell Latitude E6410 and installed Ubuntu 10.10 x86_64. After data migration (easy shot using tar & netcat & untar ^^), I found the LDOCE5 setup script doesn't work on 64-bit Linux due to the same error.

Your tip really helped to work around the issue

I just copied the linux and ldoce5.data folder to the HDD and renamed the ldoce5/linux/setup.data/bin/x86 to amd64 and it worked.

I've been stuck with uninstalling ldoce5 on one of my arch linux installation with error "Could not find a usable uninstall program. Aborting." I did something similar, looked into the uninstall scripts in the installation folder and was able to manually uninstall completely.

It's the same path construction problem.

if which loki-uninstall 2> /dev/null > /dev/null || type -p loki-uninstall 2> /dev/null > /dev/null; then
UNINSTALL=loki-uninstall
else
UNINSTALL="$HOME/.loki/installed/bin/`DetectOS`/`DetectARCH`/uninstall"
if test ! -x "$UNINSTALL" ; then
echo Could not find a usable uninstall program. Aborting.
exit 1
fi
fi
"$UNINSTALL" -L ldoce5 "/usr/local/ldoce5/.manifest/ldoce5.xml" "$1"

This /usr/local/ldoce5/.manifest/scripts/preun.sh can be used as reference to manually uninstall ldoce5.

I have to say LDOCE5 rocks, works perfectly on all OS (Mac, Linux and Windows), unified UI (thanks to Mozilla framework). But some minor issues with their scripts LOL

[eltama]

Thank you for the post.

Recently I got a new Dell Latitude E6410 and installed Ubuntu 10.10 x86_64. After data migration (easy shot using tar & netcat & untar ^^), I found the LDOCE5 setup script doesn't work on 64-bit Linux due to the same error.

Your tip really helped to work around the issue

I just copied the linux and ldoce5.data folder to the HDD and renamed the ldoce5/linux/setup.data/bin/x86 to amd64 and it worked.

I've been stuck with uninstalling ldoce5 on one of my arch linux installation with error "Could not find a usable uninstall program. Aborting." I did something similar, looked into the uninstall scripts in the installation folder and was able to manually uninstall completely.

It's the same path construction problem.

if which loki-uninstall 2> /dev/null > /dev/null || type -p loki-uninstall 2> /dev/null > /dev/null; then
UNINSTALL=loki-uninstall
else
UNINSTALL="$HOME/.loki/installed/bin/`DetectOS`/`DetectARCH`/uninstall"
if test ! -x "$UNINSTALL" ; then
echo Could not find a usable uninstall program. Aborting.
exit 1
fi
fi
"$UNINSTALL" -L ldoce5 "/usr/local/ldoce5/.manifest/ldoce5.xml" "$1"

This /usr/local/ldoce5/.manifest/scripts/preun.sh can be used as reference to manually uninstall ldoce5.

I have to say LDOCE5 rocks, works perfectly on all OS (Mac, Linux and Windows), unified UI (thanks to Mozilla framework). But some minor issues with their scripts LOL

Thanks for your tip!

[terrywang]

BTW: I have to manually mount the LDOCE5 DVD, it won't mount automatically like other CD/DVDs, not sure why.

mount -t iso9660 /dev/dvd /media/cdrom

Anyway manual labor works. In case other Ubuntu dudes run into the same problem.

[emanamini]

HI
I use Archlinux 64 Bit
I want to execute it but I receive an Error like this

[eman@eMan-PC linux]$ linux32 ./setup.sh
./setup.sh: line 201: /home/eman/.setup15066: No such file or directory
./setup.sh: line 201: /home/eman/.setup15066: No such file or directory
The setup program seems to have failed on x86/glibc-2.1

Fatal error, no tech support email configured in this setup

what can I do ?

[eltama]

HI
I use Archlinux 64 Bit
I want to execute it but I receive an Error like this

[eman@eMan-PC linux]$ linux32 ./setup.sh
./setup.sh: line 201: /home/eman/.setup15066: No such file or directory
./setup.sh: line 201: /home/eman/.setup15066: No such file or directory
The setup program seems to have failed on x86/glibc-2.1

Fatal error, no tech support email configured in this setup

what can I do ?

Try the other solution:
Copy the whole cd to the hard disk, and rename ldoce5/linux/setup.data/bin/Linux/x86/ to ldoce5/linux/setup.data/bin/Linux/amd64/. Then run ldoce5/linux/setup.sh (after adding execute permission to setup.sh)