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Installation Problem

shdawson

New member
Hi,

Getting up and running with Grand Orgue. I installed the DEB file, and it says complete. However, no icon to start the application in the start menu.

How does one start the application, please? Or, did installation not happen as it said?

Please advise.


Thanks,
Stephen
 

L.Palo

New member
Hi!

Please give us a few more details. What distribution are you using? What .deb file exactly (from where did you get it)? If you use Ubuntu, have you tried searching for the program in the among the installed programs?

I'm not sure (since I usually build the program from source myself) but it's likely that the program won't get into the menu (launcher) upon installation (but it should get into the Media menu in the program section I'd guess) on Ubuntu with Unity. You can lock it into the launcher once you have started the program.

To be dead sure you can always start a terminal window and try running GrandOrgue from there.

Kind regards

Lars P
 

shdawson

New member
HI,


Thank you for your help.

I got the DEB from:
http://www.sa-virtualorgans.co.za/GrandOrgueDebian.htm

.....downloading:
grandorgue.deb

stephen@SONY ~$ GrandOrgue
GrandOrgue: command not found
stephen@SONY ~$


Looking over the DEB with ar x grandorgue.deb, it looks like there is the problem. I do not have some of these sub-directories. I would guess the permissions between this DEB and my machine, Linux Mint v13, are not the same.

Now, I checked to see if the package is installed via the Backup Tool. There is no grandorgue, but the other files.....libwxbase2.8-0-ansi and libwxgtk2.8-0-ansi, are indeed there.

So, need to edit the grandorgue.deb? That is beyond my capability. Why would it return as "Installation Complete", if it did not actually happen?


Thank You,
Stephen
 

e9925248

New member
So, need to edit the grandorgue.deb? That is beyond my capability. Why would it return as "Installation Complete", if it did not actually happen?

These are outdated.

Please use (SSE3 required):
http://software.opensuse.org/download.html?project=home:e9925248:grandorgue&package=grandorgue

It also includes install instructions (from downloading to adding to your package manager).

Not optimizied build for really old computers:
http://software.opensuse.org/download.html?project=home:e9925248:grandorgue:noopt&package=grandorgue
 

L.Palo

New member
Hi!

Welcome to the wonderful world of GrandOrgue!

Those warnings should not prevent the organ from working, but to get rid of them the shortcut keys should be specified to correct values in the odf. Now, it's possible (with the latest revisions on sourceforge, perhaps not in the debs) to adjust the values from within the GUI. Just right click on the elements and make sure that the correct values are specified for the shortcut. (it seems that it's the general and divisional buttons that needs to have their shortcut values corrected)

It's actually the .odf that should be updated to GO modern standards (many things has happened since we made the work on jeux 2...).

Kind regards

Lars P
 

e9925248

New member
Now, it's possible (with the latest revisions on sourceforge, perhaps not in the debs) to adjust the values from within the GUI.
My repositories currently host r1109, which include the new shortcut support.

PS: The curious can look at the details:
https://build.opensuse.org/package/files?package=grandorgue&project=home:e9925248:grandorgue

https://build.opensuse.org/package/files?package=grandorgue&project=home:e9925248:grandorgue:noopt

or look at the version number on the download page.
 

scush

New member
In the past useing a computer keyboard to control GO was time consuming to say the very least.
Now It's as easy to configure as if it were midi.
For the home constructor the circuit board from a computer keyboard,push to make switches,and some wire,
is all that is needed to make a console or control surface.
This makes this a major revision. 10/10
john.
 
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