Re: How do you install an sh program? -- follow-up

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

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    Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2005 05:17:11 -0500
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    Paul Howarth wrote:

    > Benjamin Sher wrote:
    >
    >> Dear friends:
    >>
    >> I assure you that the Readme.txt file for XnView does NOT have any
    >> installation instructions. That would be the first place I would check.
    >
    >
    > Just run the "install" script (as root).
    >
    > # ./install
    >
    > Paul.
    >
    Dear Paul:

    That's precisely what I tried to do originally, but to no avail. What
    does this error message mean, please?

    Benjamin

    [sher@localhost XnView-1.68-x86-unknown-linux2.x-static]$ su
    Password:
    [root@localhost XnView-1.68-x86-unknown-linux2.x-static]# ls
    app-defaults Formats.txt lib nconvert.sh Usage.txt xnview.sh
    bin install man ReadMe.txt WhatsNew.txt
    [root@localhost XnView-1.68-x86-unknown-linux2.x-static]# ./install
      OS : Linux, version 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL
    ./install: line 26: syntax error near unexpected token `('
    ./install: line 26: ` uid=*(root)*)'
    [root@localhost XnView-1.68-x86-unknown-linux2.x-static]# 

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