Hi, I am new to this group and need some help regarding Pagestream 5.0.2 demo version. I am running a Debian Linux (Linspire v. 5.0) and wanted to try out Pagestream 5.0.2 demo on my Linspire based machine. Can anyone help giving precise instructions on how to install Pagestream on Linspire 5.0?

Many thanks.

On Thursday 08 September 2005 03:44 pm, zascty2189 wrote:
> Hi, I am new to this group and need some help regarding Pagestream 5.0.2
> demo version. I am running a Debian Linux (Linspire v. 5.0) and wanted to
> try out Pagestream 5.0.2 demo on my Linspire based machine. Can anyone
> help giving precise instructions on how to install Pagestream on Linspire
> 5.0?

Not having a Linspire system I can't give detailed, precise instructions.
However, I can say:

1. Extract the archive
I run SuSE/KDE and there if I right click on the archive icon I get some
options, one of which is to extract the archive. Alternatively you can do so
from a terminal window. In the terminal window do the following:

cd ~
mkdir PageStream
cd PageStream
tar -xzf ~/PageStream5Demo.tgz

The first command, cd ~, may not be necessary. It is to ensure that we are in
your home directory. The fourth command is to extract the archive. I don't
know for sure what the archive name is or where you have it stored. The
command line given assumes that it is in your home directory.

That is all it takes to install PageStream. However, PageStream requires some
system libraries to run. With SuSE 9.3 I don't have to install anything else
for PageStream to run, but Linspire may differ. The rule of thumb is that if
the GIMP runs then PageStream should run. The biggest exception seems to be
liblinc -- its a long story, the short version of which is that it is
currently necessary to have liblinc installed on the system.

To run PageStream you can double-click on the Run PageStream icon. However,
this won't give you any information if there are problems starting it. If
PageStream doesn't run it is most helpful to try running it from the terminal
window.

cd ~/PageStream
export PGSPATH=`pwd`
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$PGSPATH/SoftLogik/lib
export PATH=$PATH:$PGSPATH
$PGSPATH/PageStream5Demo

These commands are written for bash which is the most common shell in my
experience. If the export command doesn't work for you then you probably are
using a different shell. To start a bash shell just type "bash" (without the
quotes) and hit return.

If you have any problems (or success!) let us know.

Tim Doty

Hello Tim,

many thanks for your rather detailed infos. Will try that and surely
let you knowif I succeeded. From my investigations, I think I shall also
install the limc package for the KDE environment: under Linspire that is
possible through the CNR suite.

Regards

On Saturday 10 September 2005 06:06 am, Luca Barbetti wrote:
> Hello Tim,
>
> many thanks for your rather detailed infos. Will try that and surely
> let you knowif I succeeded. From my investigations, I think I shall also
> install the limc package for the KDE environment: under Linspire that is
> possible through the CNR suite.

I am not familiar with the limc package, what is it? I remember now that some
people have had to install the lcms package. But running from the command
line is the easiest way to get messages on what libraries are missing.

Tim Doty

I do not know for certain but it seems to me that limc is some sort of a SW
library needed by Pagestream to run under Linspire (Debian LINUX). I read
about that looking at some old emails posted on this newsgroup regarding
the installation of Pagestream under LINUX. I don't actually recall when
this message was first posted but if you take a look at the list of
messages you'll find it.

regards.