How to Install Guitar Pro 6 on 64-bit install.

[wicki]

Hi I have followed the thread here and installed GP6 on my system, it appears in the menu but when I start it I get the initial splash screen and then nothing ...I am totally new to Ubuntu and if GP wont run its back to Winblows ...any ideas what may be wrong?

[arkeyn]

sudo /usr/bin/getlibs /opt/GuitarPro6/GuitarPro 
No match for libportaudio.so.2
No packages to install

help plz.
though I'm newbee using Linux Mint 10 x64, but it's ubuntu based.

[wicki]

Hi sorry I am not really sure what your asking ...but then i know next to nothing about linux....I reverted to a 32 bit install and all my problems disappeared...I don't really need 64 bit for anything I am aware of so it was the easiest solution.

[arkeyn]

Hi sorry I am not really sure what your asking ...but then i know next to nothing about linux....I reverted to a 32 bit install and all my problems disappeared...I don't really need 64 bit for anything I am aware of so it was the easiest solution.

trying to use getlibs utility to get some libraries to start Guitar Pro 6, but I get no match output.
though somebody could help to install missing library manually or something else to get it started.

[bloozguy]

SEE ALSO http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...t10865630:sad:

[bloozguy]

Finally got it to work after I got ahold of the GP people.

The solution is to dumb down the 32 bit libraries for any version of Ubuntu newer than Maverick.

"It seems a bug in the latest ia32-libs causes some trouble to applications that uses 32bit libraries (GP6 use 32 bit libraries too).

A workaround exists, simply downgrade the ia32-libs package.

Follow these guidelines to downgrade ia32:
- download the package from this page http://packages.ubuntu.com/maverick/...-libs/download
- run a terminal and go to the directory where the .deb is stored
- execute this command line: sudo dpkg --force-downgrade -i ia32-libs_20090808ubuntu9.1_amd64.deb "

[arthur.duarte]

This worked for me smoothly =)

Thank You very much.

[yggdrasyl]

1) Download the latest .deb from Guitar Pro's website.
2) Goto http://frozenfox.freehostia.com/cappy/ and install getlibs-all.deb
3) Run this in terminal
You will get some errors but ignore.
4) Run this in terminal

Very usefull on my 10.04LTS x64!
Thanks!
Pasquale

[SiDas]

sudo /usr/bin/getlibs /opt/GuitarPro6/GuitarPro 
No match for libportaudio.so.2
No packages to install

help plz.
though I'm newbee using Linux Mint 10 x64, but it's ubuntu based.

After installing getlibs and updating GP 32bit dependencies and downgrading the ia32 libs
I also had this issue as well as a wrong ELF CLASS for libportaudio2 error when trying to run GP
I fixed it by using getlibs to fix the libportaudio 32bit depencies
I did this for libportaudio0 and libportaudio2 but was probably only necessary for 2

$ getlibs - p libportaudio2
I don't know if downgrading the ia32 package was necessary as it was the command above that finally fixed.

So in summary (all as root so su or sudo): download required debs (had to google for getlibs)
Force install of 32 bit package (some error messages) -
$ sudo dpkg -i --force-architecture Downloads/gp6-full-linux-demo-r10558.deb
installed getlibs using package manager (just click deb)
$ getlibs /opt/GuitarPro6/GuitarPro
$ sudo dpkg --force-downgrade -i Downloads/ia32-libs_20090808ubuntu9.1_amd64.deb
$ getlibs - p libportaudio0
$ getlibs - p libportaudio2

Hope this helps somebody

[BFris]

Ladies, forget about getlibs. At least for 12.04 (precise).

1. install ia32-libs (sudo apt-get install ia32-libs)
2. edit the deb file for guitar pro 6 to REMOVE the
gksu dependency. Check out this forum post for a script:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=636724
3. install guitarpro (sudo dpkg -i <modified debfile>.deb)

shazam. now you're rocking!