Installing Hjsplit

[eddieg780]

I've been trying to install hjsplit but to no avail. 1st you must install the kylix 3 library but I always get this message:

root@Dell-Kubuntu:/home/ed/hjsplitlx/kylixlibs3-borqt# ./install.sh
[: 12: ==: unexpected operator
root@Dell-Kubuntu:/home/ed/hjsplitlx/kylixlibs3-borqt#

What does unexpected operator mean? I'm in root.

[SheeEttin]

Re: Installing Hjsplit

Someone made a typo...
I'm guessing line 12 in install.sh looks something like

if [ "foo" == "bar" ]

Change the "==" to just "=" (i.e. just one equals sign) and it should work fine.
I'd also send an email to the maintainers of that library, letting them know about this.

[eddieg780]

Re: Installing Hjsplit

Thank you. Your suggestion worked flawlessly. The kylix 3 library is in /usr/lib directory. However, Hjsplit will still not run. The freebyte site says you don't need to install it just click on it to run but that does nothing. Here is what the read me file says to do but it still does not run...
HJSplit 2.3 for Linux

Description: freeware file splitting program for Linux.

Release date: November 26, 2003
Created by: Freebyte.com, http://www.freebyte.com

Requirements: a PC with Linux installed and KDE and/or GNOME

Installation:
(1) First download and install the CLX library, which is needed to run this program. The CLX library can be found on http://www.freebyte.com/linux/libraries.
If you already have this library installed, you can skip this step.
(2) Copy HJSplitLX to some location on your harddisk
(3) Start HJSplit for Linux with ./HJSplitLX

HJSplit manual:
You can find the HJSplit manual pm
http://www.freebyte.com/hjsplit
An online (directly viewable in your Web browser) and downloadable version of the HJSplit manual is available.

HJSplit home page
http://www.freebyte.com/hjsplit

License for use
Freeware, free for commercial and non commercial use

License for distribution
You can distribute this program, freely and without charge (onto CD-Roms, Websites, bulletin boards, etc.) provided that you do not change the program or the tar.gz file in any way, that the program is announced clearly as freeware or shareware, that you do not ask any money for the program itself.

Other HJSplit versions:
HJSplit for Linux is fully compatible with the other HJSplit versions to be found on http://www.freebyte.com/hjsplit (for Windows, Windows 3.x, DOS, AMIGA, Java, etc.)

Am I still missing a library or something?

[SheeEttin]

Re: Installing Hjsplit

I'll assume that you installed the CLX library.

So, you're in the directory you extracted HJSplit to, you hit F4 to open Konsole, you type "./HJSplitLX", hit enter, and what happens?

[eddieg780]

Re: Installing Hjsplit

Yes the CLX library is installed. I went to the directory where Hjsplitlx is hit F4 like you said and here is what happened..

ed@Dell-Kubuntu:~/hjsplitlx$ ./HJSplitLX
ed@Dell-Kubuntu:~/hjsplitlx$

Nothing happened. What else could I try?

[eddieg780]

Re: Installing Hjsplit

I found this in the Ubuntu forums but don't understand what to do....

Re: HJSplit
This thread is a little old, but I'd like to add to it anyway...

HJSplit has the distinct advantage of being able to join file names with spaces, whereas others can't.

To get HJSplit working:
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/kylix3

Now you can set this environmental variable in ~/.bashrc, or in /etc/bash.bashrc to have it available system-wide. It will not work in ~/.profile or /etc/profile as in other distros. Nor will it work if you try to run the command in ALT+F2. To launch HJSplit, you'll have to run it in a konsole, due to the nonstandard way to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH in ubuntu.

Could someone help please, I'm getting more confused by the minute.
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[SheeEttin]

Re: Installing Hjsplit

That's... Um... Hard to work from.
Lemme try installing it.

EDIT: Huh, same thing here.
I'd suggest either seeking help from the maintainer/Freebyte community (if there is one), or familiarizing yourself with the already-included split command. (You can read the manual page for split with "man split".)