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Hi. Is there a dummies guide to installing LiveCode on Ubuntu? I'm brand new to the OS and can't get it to install. I'm running 64 bit and installed the ia32 libs but I get an error every time saying the file cannot be opened. I was able to get the Windows version to install with Wine but non of the icons show up.

I use LiveCode daily on Ubuntu.

Note that the executable permissions on the installer may not make it over the wire - right click on the Installer, choose Properties, and set the Executable bit.

Hi,

What is the exact text of the error?

Are you sure that the LiveCode executable has sufficient permissions to be executed?

Which file are you trying to open? What is the exact path?

Kind regards,

Mark

FourthWorld wrote:I use LiveCode daily on Ubuntu.

Note that the executable permissions on the installer may not make it over the wire - right click on the Installer, choose Properties, and set the Executable bit.

Thanks for the replies. That worked perfectly. After trying for an hour I'm a little frustrated it was so simple. Thought Ubuntu might breath some new life in my struggling laptop.

lithium630 wrote:

FourthWorld wrote:Thought Ubuntu might breath some new life in my struggling laptop.

It's done wonders on most of the machines in my office.

Glad the permissions thing worked out. I've come across that question more than a few times from my Linux friends, so I just submitted a bug report against that, suggesting that they either find a way to preserve the executable bit in transit or deliver the Linux installer as a Zip file which can preserve it.