Step by Step to Install Picasa 3.8 on Debian Linux
Stephen
OK Folks here is the URI; http://goo.gl/4BTbL Please review and correct or suggest corrections/additons on the KNOL itself. Thank-you.
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Patrick Shanahan
> OK Folks here is the URI; http://goo.gl/4BTbL Please review and correct or
> suggest corrections/additons on the KNOL itself. Thank-you.
jfyi, I am on opensuse 11.2 and I installed w/o the 3.0 version. I have
no problem with crashing when initiating "Places" or any other object
that I have tried. My install was:
wine ./picasa38-setup.exe
period.
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The Real Bev
> * Stephen<stephen...@gmail.com> [01-03-11 10:43]:
>> OK Folks here is the URI; http://goo.gl/4BTbL Please review and correct or
>> suggest corrections/additons on the KNOL itself. Thank-you.
>
> jfyi, I am on opensuse 11.2 and I installed w/o the 3.0 version. I have
> no problem with crashing when initiating "Places" or any other object
> that I have tried. My install was:
> wine ./picasa38-setup.exe
Let me get this straight...
I installed the newest version of wine (unused for anything as yet)(wow,
that took a long time!) and have downloaded picasa38-setup.exe. I'm
using slackware 12.1 instead of one of the more popular distributions.
I am increasingly gun-shy about installing updates to programs NOT
contained in tarballs or slackware packages.
I'm looking for reassurance. Can you give me any?
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The Real Bev
> Well if using Slack then you shouldn't have too much trouble altering
> the Step x Step for tarballs. Everything else should be very similar
> other than using a package manager. ;)
If that was snide, it fell a bit short.
I was unable to locate a tarball at the website. Does such exist?
I USE linux, I'm not an expert. My live-in consultant, the long-time
(1965) systems programmer, doesn't deal with X or windows or even C++.
It's a moral thing :-) Accordingly, my comment: "I have always
depended upon the kindness of strangers."
Converting rpms to tgzs is iffy. Attempting to do a normal rpm -i
install invariably results in the inability to find libraries actually
included in the library paths. Installing rpms --nodeps is iffy. I've
never used any variety of debian, but deb2tgz likewise doesn't work.
I actually used the copy of wine that came with picasa 3 to run
'notepad' -- a pretty simple thing. That's the only wine success I've had.
What I really don't want to have to do is re-do all my picasa 'albums'
-- containing thousands of edited photos. Yes, I have backups. No, I
don't want to lose what I have even if I DO have backups.
I most especially do not want to go through my entire system to select
which subdirectories picasa notices/follows/ignores.
If you weren't being snide, I apologize. Never mind.
Cheers, Bev
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> On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 1:15 PM, The Real Bev <bashl...@gmail.com
> <mailto:bashl...@gmail.com>> wrote:
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> On 01/03/11 09:09, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
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> * Stephen<stephen...@gmail.com
> <mailto:stephen...@gmail.com>> [01-03-11 10:43]:
Patrick Shanahan
you already have wine installed. You have no need for a tar-ball.
Install picasa 3.8:
wine ./picasa38-setup.exe
It will work!
I do not know why one would want to go thru the extra steps or *what*
that would enable/enhance.
for a screen-shot of a running picasa 3.8 installed as I noted above:
http://wahoo.no-ip.org/~pat/picasa38.jpg
caldercay
> On 01/03/11 10:43, Stephen wrote:
>
> > Well if using Slack then you shouldn't have too much trouble altering
> > the Step x Step for tarballs. Everything else should be very similar
> > other than using a package manager. ;)
>
> If that was snide, it fell a bit short.
>
> I was unable to locate a tarball at the website. Does such exist?
WINE, but you've already installed it. Now
all you need to do is install Picasa 3.8.
After downloading "picasa38-setup.exe", simply execute:
wine ./picasa38-setup.exe
Stephen
If you weren't being snide, I apologize. Never mind.
Stephen
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Patrick Shanahan
> Will doing it like this without first installing 3.0 install menu support?
>
> On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 4:11 PM, caldercay <calde...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > The tarball being referred to would be for WINE, but you've already
> > installed it. Now all you need to do is install Picasa 3.8.
> >
> > After downloading "picasa38-setup.exe", simply execute:
> > wine ./picasa38-setup.exe
> >
Maybe/Probably not, but not a big thing. You can always edit the menu by
hand or add an appropriate picasa3.desktop file to /home/<user>/Desktop, ie:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Picasa 3
Exec=env WINEPREFIX="/home/pat/.wine" wine C:\\\\Program\\ Files\\\\Google\\\\Picasa3\\\\Picasa3.exe
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
Path=/home/pat/.wine/dosdevices/c:/Program Files/Google/Picasa3
Icon=/home/pat/.local/share/icons/7acd_picasa3.0.png
Patrick Shanahan
>
> [Desktop Entry]
> Name=Picasa 3
> Exec=env WINEPREFIX="/home/pat/.wine" wine C:\\\\Program\\ Files\\\\Google\\\\Picasa3\\\\Picasa3.exe
> Type=Application
> StartupNotify=true
> Path=/home/pat/.wine/dosdevices/c:/Program Files/Google/Picasa3
> Icon=/home/pat/.local/share/icons/7acd_picasa3.0.png
note: the "Exec" line may wrap, it should end with "Picasa3.exe" (no
quotes).
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>
seems like a lot of extra work and many possibilities for error to keep
from makeing a file with 7 lines of text.
And you end up with a dysfunctional program, crashes when trying included
functions :^(!
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The Real Bev
> Will doing it like this without first installing 3.0 install menu support?
>
> <mailto:calde...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> <mailto:bashley...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> > On 01/03/11 10:43, Stephen wrote:
> >
> > > Well if using Slack then you shouldn't have too much trouble
> altering
> > > the Step x Step for tarballs. Everything else should be very
> similar
> > > other than using a package manager. ;)
> >
> > If that was snide, it fell a bit short.
> >
> > I was unable to locate a tarball at the website. Does such exist?
>
> The tarball being referred to would be for
> WINE, but you've already installed it. Now
> all you need to do is install Picasa 3.8.
>
> After downloading "picasa38-setup.exe", simply execute:
> wine ./picasa38-setup.exe
OK, you've convinced me that everything will be OK and that I will lose
nothing in the process. Tomorrow. If things blow up, though, I have
friends in Homeland Security and the NSA who wil be happy to do me a few
favors... :-)
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Patrick Shanahan
>
> OK, you've convinced me that everything will be OK and that I will
> lose nothing in the process. Tomorrow. If things blow up, though,
> I have friends in Homeland Security and the NSA who wil be happy to
> do me a few favors... :-)
>
the worst case failure would only require you to remove ~/.wine and then
reinstall wine (that is the simplest correction I can envision).
above only applies if you do the:
wine ./picasa38-setup.exe
installation.
installing picasa 3.0 first puts files in other places than ~/.wine.
Patrick Shanahan
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> > seems like a lot of extra work and many possibilities for error to keep
> > from makeing a file with 7 lines of text.
> >
> > And you end up with a dysfunctional program, crashes when trying included
> > functions :^(!
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Refresh my aging memory. How/what failed and what were the conditions?
Remember that generalities differ sometimes greatly between different
distros. Perhaps we can get your system up in a more straight-forward
manner and alter your blog instructions in a manner that work for nearly
anyone/everybody. Even people my age :^).
Stephen
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> > anyone/everybody. Even people my age :^).
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Nowhere did I deride your *system*. My comments were *only* about the
convoluted installation for picasa38 you present.
But, you appear content with your picasa install and uninterested in
alternatives. I have other things to do than to research bits and pieces
of a path you have detailed knowledge. Have fun!
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> > > > manner and alter your blog instructions in a manner that work for
> > nearly
> > > > anyone/everybody. Even people my age :^).
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> >
> > convoluted installation for picasa38 you present.
> >
> > But, you appear content with your picasa install and uninterested in
> > alternatives. I have other things to do than to research bits and pieces
> > of a path you have detailed knowledge. Have fun!
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One last comment, re: early days of linux, and I will go back to sleep.
My first linux install was a great man floppy disks downloaded at
7500baud and installed on i286 w/3mb onboard memory and a 40 mb hard
drive. Slackware iirc, but it was credited to Patrick Volkerding. I had
also tried minix w/o much appeal.
Dan Christensen
Patrick,
Can you trim your posts to only quote relevant material? Scrolling down
240 lines to see a short message is a pain.
Thanks,
Dan
Patrick Shanahan
> Can you trim your posts to only quote relevant material? Scrolling down
> 240 lines to see a short message is a pain.
I agree and apoligize. I normally do but get a wild hair when I reply to
someone who doesn't and on occasion exhibit one of my other half's strong
traits :^)
gud luk,
caldercay
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> My first linux install was a great man floppy disks downloaded at
> 7500baud and installed on i286 w/3mb onboard memory and a 40 mb hard
> drive. Slackware iirc, but it was credited to Patrick Volkerding. I had
> also tried minix w/o much appeal.
author /founder and who continues to be the project owner.
MINIX was originally developed as a teaching tool for
higher-education institutions - it was never meant to be
an operating system for "general consumption", as
GNU/Linux has become.
Edward Comer
My question is to whoever said that places does not crash their system. Beyond not crashing, does the places feature actually do what it is supposed to do, or does it simply not freezes Picassa while not functioning properly?
Either way, do you have any idea what is needed to duplicate your results?
The Real Bev
> On Jan 4, 4:33 pm, Patrick Shanahan<ptilopt...@gmail.com> wrote:
> [snipped]
>
>> My first linux install was a great man floppy disks downloaded at
>> 7500baud and installed on i286 w/3mb onboard memory and a 40 mb hard
>> drive. Slackware iirc, but it was credited to Patrick Volkerding. I had
>> also tried minix w/o much appeal.
>
> Had to be Slackware, since Volkerding is the original
> author /founder and who continues to be the project owner.
As an aside, any idea what's happened to the package browser? Somebody
in Italy was doing it and then apparently was struck by lightning or
something...
> MINIX was originally developed as a teaching tool for
> higher-education institutions - it was never meant to be
> an operating system for "general consumption", as
> GNU/Linux has become.
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