Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 15:11:00 -1000
From: "Murphy, Alvin E."
Subject: [Xvoice-user] What I did to make vvinstall work

This may be boring to old pros, but perhaps helpful to almost beginners like
me: Making VVinstall work on my K6 running Mandrake 9.2

(please ignore this stupid internet explorer that insists on capitalizing
Alvin; I am writing this from work and cannot even use mozilla)

 

First make a directory redhat in your home (home/Alvin/redhat)

Then copy the VV rpms and the license.txt file to that directory;

Now edit the script to change the java mirror to one that works; you can
find these at www.blackdown.org <http://www.blackdown.org/>   (the skylab
mirror does not work)

Now look closely at your rpms; mine were not the same as the ones that Carlo
used, for instance the Dictation rpm he used was

Version 1.0.1.0, but mine was 1.0.1.1. So I had to edit the script to change
that last digit to match my rpm or it would not run. I had to change this in
two places

One early on, and one later on when the script is beginning to reinstall the
rpms. 

Also I looked at the checksums and there was no hope of that working, so I
had to rem out that entire section of the script, 

The part that checks the md5 checksums of the files. 

 

I had to give my self permission (chmod a+rw /etc/sudoers) and then edit the
/etc/sudoers file on my system  to give myself permission (copying the root
permission line as Alvin), 

But also giving the group "Alvin"  permission with NOPASSWD, by unremarking
that line and substituting "Alvin" for "wheel". When 

This works and you come to the part of the script where it asks for your
sudo password, all you have to do is hit the enter key. 

 

Having done all the above, I believe the script will run and work for you.
Good luck. 


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From: Wickramanayake HMKSK
Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 6:53 PM
To: Alvin Murphy
Subject: Re: [Xvoice-user] How I made vvinstall work on mandrake 10

Hi Alvin,

To my knowledge you should not directly edit the sudo files. Instead you
use the "visudo" command and edit it. If you make a mistake, you are
prompted to correct it.

Regards,
Kamal

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From: Wickramanayake HMKSK
Subject: Re: [Xvoice-user] How I made vvinstall work on mandrake 10

Hi Alvin,

Using visudo and sudo:
    http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/linux-hn/sudo.htm

A very simple intro to vi:
    http://heather.cs.ucdavis.edu/~matloff/UnixAndC/Editors/ViIntro.html

More vi tutorials:
    http://www.thomer.com/vi/vi.html

But I wonder why the vvinstall was written to use the "sudo"
command. Probably that section can be removed without any harm. Do you
participants to the list know any reason why "sudo" is used?

Regards,
Kamal