Subj : Re: Installing syncTERM on linux Mint 21.1 cinnamon
To   : paul lee
From : Rob Swindell
Date : Wed Jun 14 2023 10:19 am

  Re: Re: Installing syncTERM on linux Mint 21.1 cinnamon
  By: paul lee to John Cybulski on Tue Jun 13 2023 05:53 pm

 > Also, MeaTLoTioN of Quantum Wormhole has written a perfect script you can
 > use, or follow, to compile the NEWEST version by yourself. It still requires
 > commands to be typed in the terminal/CLI, but its not too rough - he tells
 > you EVERY command to install all needed pre-requisites and then install the
 > software so that there IS a menu entry [syncterm.desktop file..]. Heres the
 > link:

One important note: this builds/installs the latest development (e.g. alpha/beta) build of SyncTERM, not the latest release. The latest release is found here:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/syncterm/files/latest/download

 > https://www.erb.pw/how-to-install-syncterm-for-linux-from-source/
 >
 > ^^ I use this script ALL THE TIME; basically, you just enter the commands
 > just as listed; follow along and see Syncterm actually get COMPILED. If you
 > have
 > any issues, just post back here - or email me @ 2oFB and I'm willing to
 > help.

That script looks error prone, for example:
# Change directory to
echo "Change into the 'make' folder"
D=$(ls -1hrtd sync*/|tail -1|sed 's/\/$//g')

Makes naive assumptions about the existence or absense of other directories named "sync*".


 > P.S. Netrunner is a binary download - you just run it...

FYI, there are nightly builds of SyncTERM development code too, e.g.
ftp://ftp.synchro.net/syncterm-linux-x64.tgz ("just run it")
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