[YLUG] beta eudora

[Zoe Stephenson]

On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 12:12:20PM +0100, Nigel wrote:
> Hi
> 
> This is probably a dead simple thing as I am a linux newbie.
> 
> Since Eudora is going open source, I am trying to get Eudora running 
> under Ubuntu, to create an easier transfer path for  eventually 
> migrating all my computing from windows. I use Eudora extensively 
> under windows, so I would like, eventually, to import my eudora 
> mailboxes and address books into linux.
> 
> I got a beta version of eudora for linux at 
> http://www.eudora.com/betas/. I followed instructions and did
> 
> sudo tar -C /usr/local -xvf <place where you downloaded the file>
> 
> which created a folder called eudora, with various files and 
> subdirectories. I followed instructions and did
> 
> sudo ln -s /usr/local/eudora/eudora /usr/local/bin/eudora
> 
> [to be honest, I was amazed I got that far]
> 
> The instructions say I should now be able to type "eudora" at any 
> command prompt, and the program should open. When I type eudora I get
> 
> /usr/local/eudora/run-mozilla.sh: 442: /usr/local/eudora/eudora-bin: not found
> 
> and the program does not open.

I tried installing it all on my Ubuntu 8.04 system and it worked
first time.

> but when I look in /usr/local/eudora I can see eudora-bin sitting 
> there. I also can't open eudora by running any of the obvious files 
> in /usr/local/eudora
> 
> Any ideas what is going on?
> 
> Please phrase any help in a form a simpleton can understand, as I am 
> unfamiliar with ubuntu and with command prompt syntax.

I'd first verify that the files in question are really there and
executable:

$ file /usr/local/eudora/eudora
/usr/local/eudora/eudora: POSIX shell script text executable

$ file /usr/local/eudora/eudora-bin
/usr/local/eudora/eudora-bin: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386,
version 1 (SYSV), for GNU/Linux 2.6.8, dynamically linked (uses shared
libs), stripped

$ ls -al /usr/local/eudora/eudora
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5136 2008-02-21 04:57 /usr/local/eudora/eudora

$ ls -al /usr/local/eudora/eudora-bin
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 13759016 2008-02-21 05:23 /usr/local/eudora/eudora-bin


Let us know what you get as output from those commands, and if they
seem to work, what you get from:

$ ldd /usr/local/eudora/eudora-bin


-- 
 -- zoe