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Qcad and Linux Mint 17 Cinnamon
Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2014 8:09 am
by sswcharlie
Hi
Which is the best version of Qcad best to dowload ? 32 bit. The tar file or the other one. With the other one it starts to download the script but does not ever finish. I have to abort firefox to get out of it.
For an old timer, what is the best and 'easiest' way tou install ? Only a single click or two!
Thankyou
Charles Harris
Re: Qcad and Linux Mint 17 Cinnamon
Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2014 9:29 am
by Clive
Hello Charles, welcome.
The installer would be the easiest option to use, download and save the file to your desktop, right click and set the permissions to readable and executable, then run in terminal.
Re: Qcad and Linux Mint 17 Cinnamon
Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2014 9:53 am
by andrew
sswcharlie wrote:With the other one it starts to download the script but does not ever finish. I have to abort firefox to get out of it.
To download the installer, you might have to right-click on the download button and choose 'Save as' or similar. You do not want your browser to display the installer - you want to download the file to disk.
Detailed installation instructions are available at:
http://www.qcad.org/en/qcad-installation#linux
Re: Qcad and Linux Mint 17 Cinnamon
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 5:30 am
by sswcharlie
Hi Clive and Andrew
Thanks for your info. Appreciated.
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From that I have got QCAD up and running great. Had a little hiccup with the name of the file (I copied it from the wrong place and it was slightly different)
My first time using the Terminal, was not that scary afterall!
Love QCAD and look forward to using. Will post a couple of questions on the forum re using different tools etc.
Thanks and regards
Charles Harris
Re: Qcad and Linux Mint 17 Cinnamon
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 11:26 am
by hungerburg
andrew wrote:To download the installer, you might have to right-click on the download button and choose 'Save as' or similar. You do not want your browser to display the installer - you want to download the file to disk.
I clicked there in the shop, "
https://www.ribbonsoft.com/shop/download/[…]/qcad-3.6.0-pro-linux-x86_64.run" and indeed was presented with text. You should configure the web-server, in apache eg:
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AddType application/octet-stream .run
If that is not enough, probably also add
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<FilesMatch \.(?i:run)$>
Header set Content-Disposition attachment
</FilesMatch>
Re: Qcad and Linux Mint 17 Cinnamon
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 11:40 am
by andrew
Yes, thanks. I am aware of this issue. However, I have to reply on our web server provider to fix the problem eventually.