Benjamin Sher wrote:
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]#
It means the author of the install script doesn't write portable code,
or hasn't tried running it himself.
Edit the install script and change the line:
uid=*(root)*)
to:
uid=*\(root\)*)
Paul.
