[Coco] Installing DW4 on Linux mint

[George Ramsower]

  It was NOT "DriveWire" website, it was 
https://sourceforge.net/projects/drivewireserver/files/ .

Hmmmm


On 06/23/2017 10:25 AM, George Ramsower wrote:
>  I knew to do this but it just didn't occur to  me... for some reason. 
> So I went to that app and looked. It is V4.3.30 and it was updated in 
> June of 2013. I suppose it's not the latest, greatest. At the moment, 
> I don't recall where I got this from. I think it was the "DriveWire" 
> website.
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>  I think any damned fool could do this but not ME! I suppose it's 
> because of dealing with a "NEW TO ME" operating system.
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> On 06/23/2017 10:15 AM, Bill Pierce via Coco wrote:
>> George, do you have Java installed? DW4 has to have Java to run. Alo, 
>> to find the version# just click the "Help" and select "About 
>> Drivewire4" (I think), and it should give you a small Coco screen 
>> with the version#. If you downloaded it from "CocoCoding", then you 
>> have the latest version.
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>>
>> Bill Pierce
>> "Charlie stole the handle, and the train it won't stop going, no way 
>> to slow down!" - Ian Anderson - Jethro Tull
>>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: George Ramsower <georgera at gvtc.com>
>> To: coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> Sent: Fri, Jun 23, 2017 10:48 am
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] Installing DW4 on Linux mint
>>
>> Bill, on looking this over, I haven't found a version number or 
>> anything that indicates what the build is except the download is 
>> "DriveWire4.zip". Once I unzip that, I do get enough "stuff" to run 
>> it on three OSs and there is a couple of text files that give a bit 
>> of information on how to run it. The seemingly correct file to run 
>> ends up creating a boatload of repetitive errors. However, there were 
>> only three or four errors but they never did clear up.  Now I'm 
>> totally confused.On 06/22/2017 09:17 PM, Bill Pierce via Coco wrote:> 
>> George, what "installation" package are you using for DW4? IIRC, 
>> there is no "installation" to DW4. You just unzip the package into a 
>> folder and run it.> I'm not really familiar with Linux, but I know 
>> the last 6 or 7 versions of DW4 were a single zip file that worked 
>> for all platforms. I did do a Linux installation with DW4 in a VM a 
>> while back and as I recall, I just unzipped the download into a 
>> "home/dw4" folder (I think) and ran the "DW4UI.sh" file. I do recall 
>> having issues with my USB2DB9 adapter, but finally resolved it (not a 
>> DW4 related problem), and I also couldn't successfully make a desktop 
>> shortcut (it never ran from the shortcut), and I had to run it 
>> directly from the folder, but again, I'm not a Linux guru and was 
>> probably doing it wrong. I'm pretty sure I was running Mint.>> >>   
>> >> Bill Pierce> "Charlie stole the handle, and the train it won't 
>> stop going, no way to slow down!" - Ian Anderson - Jethro Tull>> My 
>> Music from the Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer 2 & 3> 
>> https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/> Co-Contributor, 
>> Co-Editor for CocoPedia> 
>> http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page>> E-Mail: 
>> ooogalapasooo at aol.com>>   >>   >> -----Original Message-----> From: 
>> George Ramsower <georgera at gvtc.com>> To: CoCoList for Color Computer 
>> Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>> Sent: Thu, Jun 22, 2017 9:22 pm> 
>> Subject: [Coco] Installing DW4 on Linux mint>> I sent this 
>> earlier(days ago) and it seems to have fallen through the cracks. I'm 
>> attempting to build a DW4 system for my CC3 and update to 
>> Nitros9.-------- Forwarded Message --------Subject:     [Coco] 
>> Installing DW4 on Linux mintDate:     Sun, 18 Jun 2017 12:18:01 
>> -0500From:     George Ramsower <georgera at gvtc.com>Reply-To:     
>> CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>To: 
>> CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>   It 
>> seems to run once it is done but it isn't really installed, Ithink. I 
>> also have hundreds of lines of retries while it's doing it'sinstall 
>> thing. I have a snipped version of the report if someone wishesto 
>> look at it and offer some assistance with this.   Drop me a note and 
>> I can send a file of what I have.George R.-- Coco mailing 
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