Install Tomighty In Ubuntu 10.10

[demonboy]

Can anyone give me a clue as to how I install this in Ubuntu 10.10? I
have no experience of this kind of installation. All I have is a whole
load of files/folders dloaded from the Tomighty website. Now what?
Thanks.

[Dominik Obermaier]

Hi,

I would recommend to downlaod the tomighty Jar File. (http://tomighty.googlecode.com/files/tomighty-0.6.jar)

The next step is to make sure, that Java is installed on your computer. To check this, open a terminal and type "java -v". Then you should get some info like Java Version and so on.

Then navigate via console to the folder tomighty.jar is located and type into terminal: "java -jar tomighty-0.6.jar". This should open tomighty.

I hope this helps :)

Dominik

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[demonboy]

Hi Dominik,

Thanks for the prompt reply. That all worked but when I got it up and
running I closed the Terminal window and the app disappeared too. Do I
have to cd and run this command every time I want to run Tomighty and
leave a Terminal window open? Can I not get it to run when I boot up
or provide a shortcut to it in my menu? Sorry if these sound like
stupid questions but I'm not a programmer - my life in Ubuntu exists
purely using GUI (I find line commands an inconvenience).

Cheers,

Jamie

On Apr 20, 5:03 pm, Dominik Obermaier

[Dominik Obermaier]

Hi Jamie,

regarding the terminal issue: type "java -jar tomighty-0.6.jar &" and tomighty should run in background.

If you want tomighty to start at startup, you could write a Bash script which is executed every time the system boots up. If you are not familiar with bash scripts, i would recommend to search google for the basics. Essentially you write a file which has the command i wrote and you have to make it executable.

I am not on a Linux machine right now, so I hope I could get you started with what you want to achieve. I also would recommend you the ubuntuusers forum (just google for it :) ), there should be many tutorials and entries which explain how to write simple bash scripts and execute them at startup.

P.S. I wonder why you cannot execute the jar files with a doubleclick on your ubuntu machine. This looks like an ubuntu problem.

Dominik

[demonboy]

Hello again, Dominik,

I just replied via email but I forward my mail by proxy so it may not
be posted.

Just to let you know (and anyone else who may have the same problem)
the .jar file had to be set as an executable file (right-hand mouse
click, Properties, Permissions) and then set to open with the Java Run-
time app (Permissions/Open With). I had it set to open with my archive
manager, which is probably the default, so that's that problem solved.

I've never done bash scripting but it doesn't sound too difficult. I
use the ubuntuusers forums a lot so I'll have a nose around there to
find a solution.

Thanks for your quick replies and for a nice, neat little app.

Cheers,

Jamie

On Apr 20, 5:23 pm, Dominik Obermaier

[demonboy]

Just as a follow-up:

Bash scripting not necessary. Just go to System/Preferences/Startup
Apps and create a new entry with this as the command:

java -jar /home/jamie/.tomighty-app/tomighty-0.6.jar

Changing, obviously, the path to the file.

Cheers

[Célio]

Another tip: you can create a launcher in the Applications menu by
right-clicking on it and then selecting Edit Menus. I don't remember
the exact steps (I'm running Windows now) but it's pretty easy to do.

Well, by the way I think it's time to create a Ubuntu (deb) package so
that people don't need to go through these manual steps.

Célio

2011/4/21 demonboy <ja...@followtheboat.com>: