Can't install CmapTools on Linux Ubuntu

[datib]

Hi,

I can't install CmapTools on Linux

Here is what happen:

me:~$ chmod +x Linux64CmapTools_v6.03_10-04-17.bin
chmod: impossible d'accéder à 'Linux64CmapTools_v6.03_10-04-17.bin': Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type
me:~$ sudo ./Linux64CmapTools_v6.03_10-04-17.bin -i GUI
[sudo] Mot de passe de me :
sudo: ./Linux64CmapTools_v6.03_10-04-17.bin : commande introuvable

Do you have a idea about what I've done wrong?

[cmapadmin]

Don't understand French, but seems like the chmod did not succeed? Maybe need sudo chmod +x ./Linux64... so it finds the file?

[datib]

Thanks to your help I was able to install Cmap tools but the IHMC CmapTools folder is in root so I can't run the program. Any idea of the next step?

[cmapadmin]

You probably need to get some help from a Unix/Linux user as you are having issues with permissions in your system, not with CmapTools. Hard to tell where you installed and what permissions the installation has.

[dgroos]

This is the cmaptools launcher icon

cmap-tools-logo.jpg (4.02 KiB) Viewed 628 times

Hi @datib,
These are my notes for installing on Ubuntu 16.04. Yes, I don't install in the /root directory for exactly that problem. I also slightly change the name of the install folder from "IHMC CmapTools" to "IHMC_CmapTools" to avoid having to type escapes when typing in the paths. I did this on our home computer where multiple accounts needed access to cmaptools and also in the disk image which is used on around 100 clients in our school. In detail, this is what I do:

1. Find & download the most recent software with a browser: http://cmap.ihmc.us/cmaptools/cmaptools-download/
2. To move to the directory where the software was just downloaded:

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   cd ~/Downloads

3. To make the downloaded file 'executable' (but always type in the exact version you have):

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   sudo chmod +x Linux64CmapTools_v6.02_08-11-16.bin

4. To start the installer:

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   sudo ./Linux64CmapTools_v6.02_08-11-16.bin

5. Press "Next"; Select check-box next to "I accept the terms..." and press "Next"; Select "Advanced Configuration" and press "Next"...
6. Changed install location by typing in: /opt/IHMC_CmapTools then press "Next"
7. Accept default, "Don't create links" and press "Next"
8. Everything else continues to be default. At the "Pre-Installation Summary" press "Install".
9. Next, to make a launcher for CmapTools I did the following:
   1. Download the small jpg attached to this forum post--it's a little jpeg of the icon.
   2. Name it /opt/IHMC_CmapTools/cmap-tools-logo.jpg then go to the directory of the launcher:

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      cd /usr/share/applications/

   4. Then make a new blank text file:

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      sudo touch CmapTools.desktop

   5. Then open that file in edit mode...

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      sudo nano CmapTools.destkop

   6. And then make it say exactly the following:
   [Desktop Entry]
   Icon=/opt/IHMC_CmapTools/cmap-tools-logo.jpg
   Name=CmapTools
   Type=Application
   Exec=/opt/IHMC_CmapTools/bin/CmapTools
   Terminal=false
   Categories=Utility;Application;
   
   Now, all users should be able to find the application by typing ‘Cma’ whatever into the dash! Good luck.

[cmapadmin]

Thanks a lot. I'm sure it will be a lot of help.

[dgroos]

I just used these directions exactly as they are to successfully install CmapTools v. 6.03 on the soon to be released Ubuntu 18.04 and it installed perfectly (of course note that in the commands involving the cmaptools download file I used the exact name of the new file).