[Solved] How to unpack program to

greyowl · posted: 2017-08-11 00:25

I am trying to install Master PDF Editor.

I received the following instructions from the Master PDF people:
Please, download this Master PDF Editor package and install it from console.

========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"http://get.code-industry.net/public/master-pdf-editor-4.2.70_qt5.amd64.tar.gz"
linktext was:"http://get.code-industry.net/public/mas ... d64.tar.gz"
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To install, unpack it to /opt/ and set the masterpdfeditor4 to runnable as well. This way it will automatically find Qt packages.

I am new to Linux and don't know how to do this.
Could someone walk me through the steps?
Thanks

rokytnji · posted: 2017-08-11 01:24

Use spacefm as root to extract your tar.gz in /opt. You can copy and paste your tar.gz from whever it sits to /opt using spacefm as root user. Right click in spacefm will show the option to do this.

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 sudo spacefm

Should handle this. I usually use su myself. But I am more experienced running stuff out /opt than you are I think. Launcher should be something like /opt/whatever folder name is goes here/launcher.

I usually change user permissions in /opt on a application I want to run out of a root folder like /opt.

These are just general instructions without going into specifics . Hopefully someone else will give better details when you supply more info on what ya got.

greyowl · posted: 2017-08-11 01:57

Thank you it worked.
I was able to extract the tarball to /opt/. Then I right clicked on Master PDF Editor and chose Execute and the program opened.

I followed your instructions for the launcher, but I couldn't get it to open the program. I put the following in the terminal: /opt/masterpdfeditor4/launcher. Am I doing something wrong?

Now, I just need to put the program on my applications menu.
How do I do this?

fatmac · posted: 2017-08-11 08:06

You should find a menu editor in the 'Control Panel', but you'll need to know how to start your program manually, I think. Look inside your /opt/masterpdfeditor4 directory to see what the 'launcher' name is.

If you can't figure that out, post the list of files in that directory here, & we'll have a guess at which it is. __{{emoticon}}__

rokytnji · posted: 2017-08-11 12:56

Might be a permission issue also.

Launching anything out of /opt needs /etc/sudoers editing or chown editing done on a application folder extracted in /opt sometimes.

I was thinking after I posted that you would get maybe lib dependency errors. I was banking on everything being included in the extracted tar.bz folder to run the application as far as dependencies went. QT applications are usually KDE dependent. KDE Desktop that is.

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I put the following in the terminal: /opt/masterpdfeditor4/launcher. Am I doing something wrong?

I wrote launcher as a generic name for what the launcher name is in that folder.
Surely. What launches the gui is not named launcher. Is it?

I also forgot to mention there are hotkeys for opening root terminal and other applications. Look through > antix control panel center> desktop > edit icewm > then look for keys file to read what they are.
========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"antix.freeforu ms.org/post40114.html#p40114"
linktext was:"I place mine in my conky for quick reference."
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greyowl · posted: 2017-08-11 19:19

fatmac wrote:You should find a menu editor in the 'Control Panel', but you'll need to know how to start your program manually, I think. Look inside your /opt/masterpdfeditor4 directory to see what the 'launcher' name is.

If you can't figure that out, post the list of files in that directory here, & we'll have a guess at which it is. __{{emoticon}}__

The launcher name is> masterpdfeditor4.
If I right click on it and choose Execute, the program will open.
I put a link to the launcher on my desktop. If I left click it, the program will open.
I check Control Center>desktop>edit menus, but the program is not listed.

I would like to put the program in the Applications Menu. How would I do this?

greyowl · posted: 2017-08-11 19:25

rokytnji wrote:
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I put the following in the terminal: /opt/masterpdfeditor4/launcher. Am I doing something wrong?
I wrote launcher as a generic name for what the launcher name is in that folder.
Surely. What launches the gui is not named launcher. Is it?

I also forgot to mention there are hotkeys for opening root terminal and other applications. Look through > antix control panel center> desktop > edit icewm > then look for keys file to read what they are.
========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"antix.freeforu ms.org/post40114.html#p40114"
linktext was:"I place mine in my conky for quick reference."
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Now, I understand.
I am able to open the program with the terminal.
I was able to find the keys. Thanks

reverseDog · posted: 2017-08-11 20:08

greyowl wrote: I would like to put the program in the Applications Menu. How would I do this?

I don't know if this is the orthodox way, but I managed to get the Master PDF Editor into my applications menu as follows:

In the directory /opt/master-pdf-editor-4 you should find the file masterpdfeditor4.desktop. Copy it into the directory ~/.local/share/applications ("~" stands for your home directory; the leading dot in".local" means that it's a hidden directory) – either with the help of SpaceFM or Rox Filer or by running the following command in the terminal:

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cp /opt/master-pdf-editor-4/masterpdfeditor4.desktop ~/.local/share/applications

Finally update the menu by clicking on its item"Update Menu". That done you should find the Master PDF Editor 4 under Applications -> Office as well as under Applications-> Graphics.

rokytnji · posted: 2017-08-11 20:52

It is the correct way reverse dog.

greyowl · posted: 2017-08-11 21:07

I completed the instructions.
The program is not showing in the Applications.
I checked Control Center>desktop>Edit menus and Master PDF is in the list of applications so I selected it to"show".
However, this did not work.

greyowl · posted: 2017-08-12 19:06

Still no luck in getting Master PDF Editor into the applications menu.
Does anyone have any ideas how to fix this?

rokytnji · posted: 2017-08-12 23:58

Put in personal menu section then.

greyowl · posted: 2017-08-13 00:18

rokytnji wrote:Put in personal menu section then.

I tried this as well, but it did not work.

reverseDog · posted: 2017-08-13 01:07

I wonder if you maybe unpacked Master PDF Editor into a wrong subdirectory of /opt, in which case the path wouldn't correspond with the Exec command in the .desktop file. The correct subdirectory for MPE should be /opt/master-pdf-editor-4, whereas above you mentioned /opt/masterpdfeditor4 (without dashes).

fatmac · posted: 2017-08-13 07:59

One other thing that comes to mind, especially if it's a script - check that it has its execution bit set.