Can't figure out how to install processing in Ubuntu

johnbentc..

Can't figure out how to install processing in Ubuntu

in Integration and Hardware • 2 years ago

I've used Processing for a while, but I'm relatively new to linux. I can't find an INSTALL file or a readme in the source, and when I used sudo apt-get install proc[TAB][TAB], it didn't show any packages relating to Processing. Can someone give me a hand? I'm using Ubuntu 10.10, but if I've left necessary info out, lemme know and I'll be happy to post it.

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monkstone

Re: Can't figure out how to install processing in Ubuntu

2 years ago

This question has been answered before follow the link. The next release of processing should fix the permissions issue, but for now you need to chmod + x processing. You can then start the program from a shell, navigate to the processing directory

cd /home/tux/processing

then 'bash processing'

or ./processing if you have made the program executable.

Doesn't harm to sort out the permissions in the java folder, or rename the java folder and create a link to a preferred jdk (especially if you are a 64 bit man, instructions can be read at the top of the processing script).

kooogy

Re: Can't figure out how to install processing in Ubuntu

2 years ago

i think monkstone's answering a question for later...

there's no package for processing, you have to download it and install it yourself, like the old days

you'll need sun java 1.6, so install that if you haven't already (which java; java -version)
download the processing tarball from here: http://processing.org/download/

untar it in the required place (i use /opt. so something like
sudo mkdir /opt
cd /opt
sudo tar xvf YOUR_DOWNLOADED_TAR_FILE
)

then do the chmod to make the processing script executable (chmod +x /opt/processing*/processing)

/opt/processing*/processing to start.

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