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Install Rocrail under Linux
Installers can be downloaded from:
Ubuntu Example
The screen shots were made under Ubuntu 18.10, 64bit, and minimal installation.
Open WEB Browser
Open FireFox and goto https://wiki.rocrail.net.
Select on the side bar Dowmload macOS & Linux:
Select the installer
Select the installer for Ubuntu:
Open the installer
Click on the installer and let it be opened by the default application:
Install Rocrail
Click on install. Be sure you are administrator, sudoer.
Start Rocview
Type in "roc" to find the Rocview application, and select it:
Open the Demo Workspace
Select from the menu: File → Demo Workspace:
Ready
Directories
Meta directory names
- {app} = Common application directory: "
/opt". - {home} = User data directory: "
$HOME".
| Directory | Components | Uninstall |
|---|---|---|
| {app}/rocrail | Binaries; rocrail, rocview, *.so | yes |
| {app}/rocrail | Scripts; *.sh | yes |
| {app}/rocrail/icons | Toolbar icons; *.png | yes |
| {app}/rocrail/svg | SVG Themes | yes |
| {app}/rocrail/web | RocWeb files | yes |
| {home}/rocrail | Layout files; *.xml | no |
| {home}/rocrail | Ini files; *.ini | no |
| {home}/rocrail/images | Image files; *.png, *.xpm, *.gif | no, some example files will remain |
| {home}/rocrail/stylesheets | Stylesheets for documentation | no |
| {home}/rocrail/decspecs | RocPro decoder definitions | no |
Short Cuts
Short cuts are copied in /usr/share/applications and will mostly show up in the Games menu.
These short cute will call the shell scripts found in the {app}/rocrail.
Package install
After downloading the *.deb package to your personal folder (or any other suitable folder), open the package by right-clicking on it and choose "Debian package Manager". This will bring up the package manager. You might need to give your root (or superuser) password at a certain stage of this installation process. Choose to install the package. The rest will be done by the package manager. It might appear that you need to install wxwidgets 2.8. If the package manager does not automatically download and install it for you, use the Synaptics package Manager to get it (see brief instruction below).
After installation with the debian package manager, you will find the links to the rocrail and rocview in the games section.
(Screenshots to be added)
In case you might experience problems with wxwidgets, use the Synaptics package manager to get the package. Use the search function and search for wxgtk. Additional packages might be required but will automatically be installed by the package manager.
Once rocrail and rocview appear in the games section, Rocrail is installed, next step is to start it.