Error trying to install using .sh archive from DVD

[guillem_tell]

Hello everybody.

This is my first post here and even I've using linux for a couple of years, there are still a lot of aspects that I still ignore.

I am trying to install IDL 7.0 to Kubuntu 12.10, and when I try to execute the installable archive "install_unix.sh" from the DVD, an error appears:

/media/IDL70/unix/xinstall.sh: 352: exec: ./xinstall: not found

Doesn't matter if I use "./install_unix.sh" or "sh install_linux.sh", the error always appears, and it's always the same.

Could please anybody help me?
Thank you very much.

[james147]

This might be of interest. It basically suggest installing and using csh instead of bash for the installation.

[guillem_tell]

Hi james147,

thank you very much for your answer and sorry about the delay.

I have problems unmounting and mountig my dvd drive.
That's what I get:

root@guillem-arbeit:/# umount /media/cdrom0/
umount: /media/cdrom0/: not found
root@guillem-arbeit:/# cd /media/
root@guillem-arbeit:/media# ls
root@guillem-arbeit:/media# ls
IDL70
root@guillem-arbeit:/media# umount /media/IDL70/
root@guillem-arbeit:/media# ls
root@guillem-arbeit:/media# cd ..
root@guillem-arbeit:/# ls
bin dev initrd.img lib64 mnt root selinux tmp vmlinuz
boot etc initrd.img.old lost+found opt run srv usr
cdrom home lib media proc sbin sys var
root@guillem-arbeit:/# ls /media/
root@guillem-arbeit:/# mount -o ro -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /media/IDL70
mount: mount point /media/IDL70 does not exist
root@guillem-arbeit:/# mount -o ro -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom
mount: mount point /media/cdrom does not exist
root@guillem-arbeit:/# mount -o ro -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom0
mount: mount point /media/cdrom0 does not exist
root@guillem-arbeit:/#

I do not know how to mount the dvd drive again...
Thank you!

[oshunluvr]

1. If your system running correctly, your cd/dvd should be detected on insert and mounting is available via the device notifier.
2. The default mounting location is under /media and will be the disc/filesystem label if one exists.
3. The default device name for the cd/dvd drive is /dev/sr0 rather than /dev/cdrom.
4. You can't mount anything to a non-existant mount point.

I recommend:

Insert the disc.
Wait for the pop-up notifier.
Select "Open in Dolphin" from the available options.
Once open, navigate to the source directory ( /unix )
Then, right-click on the dolphin window and select "Open Terminal Here"
Then type in your install commands.

I'm not familiar with IDL, but the website I saw said ./install.sh was the correct program to start, however that was a downloaded archive file rather than an disc.

[luckyone]

I would use the Device Notifier. The icon is located in the Panel on the right side. It looks like a USB symbol. Alternately I believe you can use sudo mount /media/sr0 (I use DVD burners and that is the way they are listed in K3b)

KwikDisk is another way to easily mount removable media. However I haven't been able to get it to launch using 12.10 yet.
Dolphin will mount a DVD if there is a disk with something on the disk (except music, mp3 data files are alright of course).

[guillem_tell]

Hello again and thank you very much for your attention and replies.

So, I think I've gone one step further, but I still have some problems.
That is what actually appears in my command prompt:

root@guillem-arbeit:/media/IDL70# tcsh
guillem-arbeit:/media/IDL70# insta
install              installfont-tl       install-sgmlcatalog
installdbgsymbols.sh install-info         install_unix.sh
install-docs         installkernel        
guillem-arbeit:/media/IDL70# install_unix.sh 
install_unix.sh: Command not found.
guillem-arbeit:/media/IDL70# ./install_unix.sh 
./xinstall: error while loading shared libraries: libXmu.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
guillem-arbeit:/media/IDL70# ./install_unix.sh
./xinstall: error while loading shared libraries: libXmu.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
guillem-arbeit:/media/IDL70

I checked the muon package manage and the library libmu6 is installed, but I do not know if it is the correct one for this issue.

I would appreciate any help. Thank you very much!

[james147]

Is the program a 32bit program? and your system 64bit? if so you need to install the 32bit version of the library.

[guillem_tell]

Hello james147,

right. I am using a 64 bit machine with a 64bit Kubuntu.

The problem is that I have no idea where to find those libraries and how to install them. Using the command prompt the 64bit version packages are installed. And using the muon package manager I cannot see if they are 32 or 64 bits.

Sorry about that newbie questions...

Thank you very much!

[luckyone]

Enter ia32 in the Muon Search box.

[guillem_tell]

After installing the ia32 package of libraries everything went fine!!

Thank you very much for your help and patience!!

Best regards!!