Linux start help

[jossh]

I know this is the Algodoo fourms but the Phun forums are locked so I just posted this here:

I downloaded both the 64bit Linux and 32bit Linux archives, extracted them, and tried to run the Pun file just by double clicking them and selecting Run. Nothing happened. Then I double clicked and selected run in terminal. The terminal flashed on-screen, then disappeared. I can't even tell if it outputs anything.

Any Ideas?

I love these kind of simulators but can never find one that works so I currently just use incredibots but long for something more.

[Gryphen]

you want to run it in the terminal to find the missing libraries. Navigate to the phun folder, if your phun file is in you desktop start a terminal and type

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cd Desktop/Phun

now to execute phun

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./phun

and it should tell you whats missing. you can you your package manager to install them(e.g. synaptic)

[jossh]

here is what I got:

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There are missing dependencies.
  Please make sure that all the required libraries are installed.
  Missing:
   libpng.so.3 => not found

[Gryphen]

What distro are using? do you have synaptic or some other package manager? just use that to install it.

[jossh]

Ubuntu 9.10

synaptic/ Ubuntu Software Center

Is that what you were asking for?

[Gryphen]

I use ubuntu too, open synaptic ctrl + f type in "libpng" without quotes and install "libpng3" or open a termnal and paste in this

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sudo apt-get install libpng3

[jossh]

got it... I think

Umm.. the same problem is still here I am going to check for more missing dependencies.

EDIT the same dependancy is missing same code appears in the terminal.

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There are missing dependencies.
  Please make sure that all the required libraries are installed.
  Missing:
   libpng.so.3 => not found

do I need libpng.so.3 instead of libpng3 ?

[Gryphen]

got it... I think

Umm.. the same problem is still here I am going to check for more missing dependencies.

EDIT the same dependancy is missing same code appears in the terminal.

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There are missing dependencies.
  Please make sure that all the required libraries are installed.
  Missing:
   libpng.so.3 => not found

do I need libpng.so.3 instead of libpng3 ?

Are you sure you installed it? libpng.so.3 is the file it installs. did you use synaptic or the command... have you used synaptic before?

[jossh]

I used command.

[Gryphen]

That's really weird, do you have the universe repo enabled? What happed when you used the command?

[savask]

By the way, there is Phun in the PlayDeb repository, so you can get it from there.

[jossh]

ya but playdeb dosen't seem to work for me either

[Gryphen]

ya but playdeb dosen't seem to work for me either

Have you installed the play deb repository?

BTW which repositories do you have enabled(look in system -> administration -> software sources) if I were you I would enable all of them.

[Gryphen]

So did you get it to work?

[jossh]

not yet my comp died so im on another one that may not have the resources to run Phun anyway.

Btw it is also Ubuntu 10.04.

[Gryphen]

Is the other one that your using currently also running ubuntu?

[Gryphen]

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[Gryphen]

I just had the same problem but on linux mint(based on ubuntu). The solution is to make a link from /lib/libpng12.so.0 to /lib/libpng.so.3 and /usr/lib/libpng.so.3