Installing from desktop on Red Hat Linux

ImmortalMatrixology

Hello there guys. This rookie seems to be getting the hang of Linux. Now, just one more help from the last one. I have some applications(SugarCE-5.2.0f.zip, jbpm-4.0.CR1.zip, bugzilla-3.2.3.tar.gz) on my desktop, just to name a few...I know how to install but have not installed applications that are already on my desktop before.

Anyone wana give me a dummy assistance with this one.

Thank you in advance and for the assistance before this one.

atreyu

For Sugar, see this howto. It is Ubuntu-oriented, but here is the meat of it, tailored to RH. Do this in a terminal:

su -
mkdir /var/www/html/sugarcrm
cd /tmp
wget http://www.sugarforge.org/frs/download.php/5597/SugarCE-5.2.0f.zip
unzip SugarCE-5.2.0f.zip
cd SugarCE-Full-5.2.0f/
mv * /var/www/html/sugarcrm/
chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/sugarcrm
service httpd restart

If there is a line break inserted in the URL in the wget line above, here's the link: link
After you've done those steps, open a web browser, and go to http:// localhost/sugarcrm

To access files on your desktop, from a terminal, look for them in $HOME/Desktop.

E.g.,

[[email protected] ~]$ cd $HOME
[[email protected] ~]$ pwd
/home/joeblow
[[email protected] ~]$ cd Desktop
[[email protected] ~/Desktop]$ pwd
/home/joeblow/Desktop
[[email protected] ~/Desktop]$ ls
bugzilla-1.2.3.tar.gz someapp.tar.gz

maximus

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ImmortalMatrixology

Thank you very much for your help..I have downloaded the zip file, but I can not seem to be able to unzip it. It says it can not find the file.

Resolving www.sugarforge.org... 70.42.242.70
Connecting to www.sugarforge.org|70.42.242.70|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: http://dl.sugarforge.org/sugarcrm/Latest-SugarCE5.2/SugarCE5.2.0/SugarCE-5.2.0f.zip [following]
--11:55:04-- http://dl.sugarforge.org/sugarcrm/Latest-SugarCE5.2/SugarCE5.2.0/SugarCE-5.2.0f.zip
=> `SugarCE-5.2.0f.zip'
Resolving dl.sugarforge.org... 70.42.242.70
Reusing existing connection to www.sugarforge.org:80.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 14,544,718 (14M) [application/zip]

100%[====================================>] 14,544,718 22.07K/s ETA 00:00

12:00:32 (43.69 KB/s) - `SugarCE-5.2.0f.zip' saved [14544718/14544718]

[[email protected] tmp]# unzip SugarCE-5.2.Of.zip
unzip: cannot find or open SugarCE-5.2.Of.zip, SugarCE-5.2.Of.zip.zip or SugarCE-5.2.Of.zip.ZIP.
[[email protected] tmp]# unzip SugarCE-5.2.Of.zip cd SugarCE-Full-5.2.Of/
unzip: cannot find or open SugarCE-5.2.Of.zip, SugarCE-5.2.Of.zip.zip or SugarCE-5.2.Of.zip.ZIP.
[[email protected] tmp]# unzip SugarCE-5.2.Of.zip
unzip: cannot find or open SugarCE-5.2.Of.zip, SugarCE-5.2.Of.zip.zip or SugarCE-5.2.Of.zip.ZIP.
[[email protected] tmp]#

ImmortalMatrixology

Is there a simpler way to do this..I mean, installing straight from desktop.....Now I know how to install going through a website, but what if I already have this software on my desktop already and want to install it from there......

That would be simple enough.

Thank you guys

atreyu

ImmortalMatrixology wrote:
I believe you a not using the right file name when running the unzip command. See the last part of the wget command here:

12:00:32 (43.69 KB/s) - `SugarCE-5.2.0f.zip' saved [14544718/14544718]

Now see your unzip command here:

[[email protected] tmp]# unzip SugarCE-5.2.Of.zip
unzip: cannot find or open SugarCE-5.2.Of.zip, SugarCE-5.2.Of.zip.zip or SugarCE-5.2.Of.zip.ZIP.

It appears that you are using a capital O (O), intead of a zero (0) in the filename.

To remove doubt, copy and paste the filename right from the wget comand that you ran. Or copy and paste this command and see if it works:

unzip SugarCE-5.2.0f.zip

Or, just type "unzip S" in your teminal, then hit the tab key and the full name (SugarCE-5.2.0f.zip) should "autocomplete" for you.

atreyu

ImmortalMatrixology wrote:

Is there a simpler way to do this..I mean, installing straight from desktop.....Now I know how to install going through a website, but what if I already have this software on my desktop already and want to install it from there......

That would be simple enough.

Thank you guys

If you're talking about point-and-click InstallShield type of thing, well that depends on how the vendor decides to package their software. Some Linux applications do come like that, but that is typically rare. If you are dealing with a binary software package in RPM / DEB format on a Fedora / Ubuntu box, or some similar tandem, then there is usually a desktop GUI tool that will assist you with installing software that exists in a repository for that distribution. But if you're dealing with software that you have to compile from source, or that does not have an install GUI built for it, then you must get your feet wet in the terminal.

As far as software you already have on your desktop, the only new step I added was the wget command. And I only added that to remove any doubt about the file you were downloading. You could just as easily have done:

unzip /home/USERNAME/Desktop/SugarCE-5.2.0f.zip

or similar.

ImmortalMatrixology

You are theeee man...Its working.
Now I am here...
[[email protected] tmp]# cd SugarCE-Full-5.2.0f/
[[email protected] SugarCE-Full-5.2.0f]# mv * /var/www/html/sugarcrm
[[email protected] SugarCE-Full-5.2.0f]# chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/sugarcrm
[[email protected] SugarCE-Full-5.2.0f]# service httpd restart
Stopping httpd: [FAILED]
Starting httpd: [ OK ]
[[email protected] SugarCE-Full-5.2.0f]#

Its unzupped and now I am not sure if the installation is complete....
Anything else that I need to do to be able to access the application SugarCRM??

You guys are being very helpful thank you a million times more

ImmortalMatrixology

Replying to this......

Code:

 
su - 
mkdir /var/www/html/sugarcrm 
cd /tmp 
wget http://www.sugarforge.org/frs/download.php/5597/SugarCE-5.2.0f.zip 
unzip SugarCE-5.2.0f.zip 
cd SugarCE-Full-5.2.0f/ 
mv * /var/www/html/sugarcrm/ 
chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/sugarcrm 
service httpd restart 


After you've done those steps, open a web browser, and go to http:// localhost/sugarcrm

To access files on your desktop, from a terminal, look for them in $HOME/Desktop.

When I run the http://localhost/sugarcrm....It says, page can not be found...What did I do wrong??