Re: How do you install an sh program?

From: Benjamin Sher (delphi123_at_zebra.net)
Date: 07/01/05

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    Paul Howarth wrote:

    > Benjamin Sher wrote:
    >
    >> Dear friends:
    >>
    >> This is an image manipulation program called XNView. I just
    >> downloaded the source tarball. But I can't figure out how to install
    >> this program. It must be simple. And I have installed sh programs
    >> before but there is usually an install.sh file. Not here. So, how do
    >> I install it, please? I wrote to the author but just got a reply that
    >> he is on vacation.
    >>
    >> [sher@localhost XnView-1.68-x86-unknown-linux2.x-static]$ ls -l
    >> total 180
    >> drwxrwxr-x 2 sher sher 4096 Jul 1 04:24 app-defaults
    >> drwxrwxr-x 2 sher sher 4096 Jul 1 04:24 bin
    >> -rw-r--r-- 1 sher sher 25778 Feb 18 2004 Formats.txt
    >> -rwxr-xr-x 1 sher sher 2982 Feb 18 2004 install
    >> drwxrwxr-x 2 sher sher 4096 Jul 1 04:24 lib
    >> drwxrwxr-x 2 sher sher 4096 Jul 1 04:24 man
    >> -rwxr-xr-x 1 sher sher 304 Feb 18 2004 nconvert.sh
    >> -rw-r--r-- 1 sher sher 4824 Feb 18 2004 ReadMe.txt
    >
    >
    > What does ReadMe.txt say?
    >
    > Paul.
    >

    Dear Paul and friends:

    I know it sounds amazing that an author would not include installation
    instructions in his ReadMe.txt file, but here, for the record, is
    complete transcript of the file. I don't believe there are any such
    instructions.

    Benjamin

    sher@localhost XnView-1.68-x86-unknown-linux2.x-static]$ cat ReadMe.txt
    Nconvert v4.16
    XnView v1.68
    GFL SDK v2.02

    Copyright (c) 1991-2004 Pierre-E Gougelet
    All Rights Reserved.

    Disclaimer
    ==========

    Installing and using these software (Nview, Nconvert, View2, XnView)
    signifies acceptance of these terms and conditions of the license.

    XnView/NConvert are provided as Freeware for private non-commercial or
    educational use (including non-profit organization)

    You are granted the right to use and to make an unlimited number of
    copies of this software.

    For commercial use and distribution, it is necessary to register. It is
    a help for the development of future versions.

    These software are provided "as-is".
    No warranty of any kind is expressed or implied.
    The author will not be liable for data loss, damages, loss of profits or
    any other kind of loss while using or misusing this software.

    Any suggestions, feedback and comments are welcome.

    Homepage
    ========

    E-Mail: webmaster@xnview.com
    pierre.g@wanadoo.fr

    Web site : http://www.xnview.com
    http://www.xnview.net
    http://www.xnview.org
    http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pierre.g

    NewsGroup : http://newsgroup.xnview.com

    Platforms
    =========

    ATARI ST, STe, Falcon, TT and compatible
    PC x86 DOS
    PC x86 Windows 3.1x, 95, 98, NT, Me, 2000 & Xp
    PC x86 Linux v2.x (X Window & Lesstif/openMotif)
    PC x86 FreeBSD v3.x (X Window & Lesstif/openMotif)
    Silicon Graphics IRIX v5.2 and above
    Sun Solaris v2.5.1 and above
    Solaris x86 v8.0
    HP-UX v11.0 and above
    AIX v4.2 and above
    BeOS v5.0 and above
    MacOS X

    GIF/TIFF LZW reading/writing:
    -------------------
    You need to purchase a license because LZW is a patented algorithm.
    More information is available on http://www.unisys.com

    JBIG reading/writing:
    -------------------
    You need to purchase a license because JBIG is a patented format.
    More information is available on http://www.ibm.com and http://www.jpeg.org/

    Copyright:
    ---------

    LibJPEG 6b - http://www.ijg.org
    This software is copyright (C) 1991-1998, Thomas G. Lane. All Rights
    Reserved

    PNGLib 1.0.8 - http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/
    Copyright (c) 1995, 1996 Guy Eric Schalnat, Group 42, Inc. (libpng
    versions0.5, May 1995, through 0.89c, May 1996)
    Copyright (c) 1996, 1997 Andreas Dilger (libpng versions 0.90, December
    1996, through 0.96, May 1997)
    Copyright (c) 1998, 1999 Glenn Randers-Pehrson (libpng versions
    0.97,January 1998, through 1.0.5, October 15, 1999)

    Zlib 1.1.4 - http://www.gzip.org/zlib/
    Copyright (C) 1995-1998 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler

    JIF - http://jeff.cafe.net/jif/
    (c) Jeff Tupper

    Credits:
    --------

    Solaris version : Tobias Oetiker
    HP-UX version : Philippe Choquert
    AIX version : Philippe Choquert

    Translation:
    ------------
    German : Axel C. Burgbacher, Helmut Mueller
    Italian : Alexandro F.Proietti, Armando R. La Mura
    Russian : Igor Alikin, Alexander Gorbylev
    Spanish : Jorge A. Montes P�ez
    Swedish : M�ten Mellberg, Olof T�nqvist
    Estonian : Ahti Kaskpeit
    Dutch : Michiel Oosterhagen, Theo Eering
    Czech : Petr Bohdan
    Portuguese (Brazilian) : Paulo Neto
    Portuguese : Ant�io Eduardo Marques
    Hungarian : Jozsef Herczeg
    Danish : Allan Bergmann Jensen
    Polish : Sergiusz Klimkiewicz, Tomasz Fiszer
    Greek : Symeon Charalabides
    Bulgarian : Denis Ivajlov
    Slovak : Lucas Sivak, Peter Cipov
    Japanese : Yong Wei, Motomatsu Nobuhiro
    Slovene : Grega Fajdiga
    Byelorussian : Alexander Gorbylev
    Arabic : Mohammad Deeb
    Ukrainian : Taras Domansky
    Chinese simplified : Alexander Yang, Roy Yao
    Chinese traditional : Frank Liu, Alexander Yang
    Romanian : Ioan Russu
    Korean : Kim Wooyoung
    Catalan : Jess Corrius
    Finish : Jouni Paulus
    Norwegian : Lillian Solum, Lasse Drageset
    Galician : Fernando Coello
    Hebrew : Eitan Gilboa
    Tha� : Thanachai Wachiraworakam
    Croatian : Josip Sinkovic
    Afrikaans : Samuel Murray
    Lithuanian : Linas Grinius
    Turkish : Ibrahim Kutluay
    Serbian : Nik Vukovljak
    Vietnamese : Ton, Quang Toai & Vo, Khanh Kim Van
    Malaysian : Ooi Ghee Tiong
    Basque : Axier Lopez
    Icelandic : Svanur P�sson
    Latvian : Aldis Priednieks, Aldis Putelis
    Uzbek : Sherzod Mamatkulov

    Beta-tester :
    Claude Charries, Pierre Kueny, Michael O'Leary, Laurent Olivares, Beno�
    Mirada, Jerome Quintard, ...

    [sher@localhost XnView-1.68-x86-unknown-linux2.x-static]$ 

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