Re: [Gramps-users] Please, Can Someone Help with Eee PC & Gramps

[Billie W. <bil...@sw...>]

On 10/30/2008 cat...@sy... wrote:
>  Greetings:  I have an Eee PC 8G model running Xandros Linux. I would 
rather
>  not switch to Ubuntu because I have heard of some people having problems
>  with various things after doing so. I simply would like to load Gramps 
onto
>  the Eee, and run it.
>   But I know nothing of computers except emailing and surfing the net. 
I see
>  instructions for running Gramps on the Eee, but they look like 
instructions
>  that a computer whiz would understand.. Like the below instructions, they
>  read like another language to me.
>  backup simpliui.rc... what is that? How do I back it up?   
>  SublimePorte's
>  Launcher Tools ??  Install to where? And what is it?
>     run it - sh path to file/pimpmyee.sh     It's Greek to me...
>    chose 4 to enable extra software repositories and create a preferences
>  file reducing the liklihood of updating files from the wrong repository.
>
>  Then, in a terminal window, sudo apt-get install gramps
>
>    What is a terminal window, and where can I find one? What is sudo
>  apt-get??  To me it is an strange language.
>
>     I'm sorry I do not understand what all that is about or what to
>  do.
>
>    All I need is to download Gramps to my Eee, and use the program.
>  I'm
>  really not a computer whiz.Perhaps download it to my windows desktop
>  and
>  load it on a thumb flash drive for my Xandros Linux Eee?
>    I would like to keep Xandros on my Eee if possible.
>   Should I take it to a computer shop and get someone to download and
>  install Gramps for me?
>
>    To anyone that might be able to help, my very sincerest thanks,
>  and my apologies for being such a beginner at all this.
>
>    Very best regards,  Robert Charles Williamson
>                               cat...@sy...

WARNING - THIS CAN BE DANGEROUS:
When I wanted to install Gramps I added debian.org repos to synaptic and 
installed from there.
IMMEDIATELY AFTER INSTALL MARK DEBIAN.ORG TO NOT BE USED!!!

It installed and works perfectly. The reason to mark debian.org as 
unusable in synaptic is because synaptic will want to update EVERYTHING 
on your computer and break it. Not a total loss because you can reload 
from the restore disk, but......................

See warnings at: http://wiki.eeeuser.com/addingxandrosrepos?s=adding%20repos
Don't bother adding the repos listed on the page because half of them 
aren't available any longer.

One the other hand, there's a fully customized version of Ubuntu for the 
Eee available at
http://www.eeebuntu.org/  . I have a freshly burned CD ready to try 
installation just haven't tried it yet. [ mine is a 4G with an 8gig SD 
card for the second "drive" ] It might be a good idea to get rid of this 
crappy xandros system.

-- 
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