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Old 10-10-2018, 11:21 AM   #1
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Hello,

I am trying to install reaper on Ubuntu by copy/paste the install-reaper.sh file into terminal.

Terminal prompts me to select either V,R,I or A to continue. I have read the readme text, but I still have no idea what these options are or what they mean.

I'd be very appreciative if someone could point me in the right direction.

P.S. I'm a total Linux noob.

Thanks!
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Old 10-10-2018, 11:33 AM   #2
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Probably better to change directory to where you extracted the files and run
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Old 10-10-2018, 11:34 AM   #3
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Hello,

I am trying to install reaper on Ubuntu by copy/paste the install-reaper.sh file into terminal.

Terminal prompts me to select either V,R,I or A to continue. I have read the readme text, but I still have no idea what these options are or what they mean.

I'd be very appreciative if someone could point me in the right direction.

P.S. I'm a total Linux noob.

Thanks!
I started messing with REAPER for Linux before there was an install script, so I haven't used it because I put REAPER manually into .local/share not knowing where the best place for it to live was.

Anyway, reading through the install script I see the following.

[V]iew readme-linux.txt and REAPER license agreement
[R]un REAPER from $srcpath/reaper
[I]nstall REAPER (you will be prompted for various options)
[A]dd desktop integration for $srcpath/reaper

If you do an [I] for install, it will prompt you for options along the way.

PS, you can also do what I did which is to just unzip the archive and copy the REAPER folder where ever you want, provided you have the permissions to do so. You will have to create your own links to REAPER and icons on your menu to start it up though.
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Old 10-10-2018, 11:35 AM   #4
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It should be explaining the options right above the prompt.

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  [V]iew readme-linux.txt and REAPER license agreement

  [R]un REAPER from /home/user/Downloads/reaper_linux_x86_64/REAPER/reaper

     You can run REAPER without installing it.
     Your ~/.config/REAPER/ directory will be used

  [I]nstall REAPER (you will be prompted for various options)

     This install script can put the REAPER program into /opt
     or ~/opt, or a path of your choice, and optionally set
     up desktop integration (menu items, file associations).

  [A]dd desktop integration for /home/user/Downloads/reaper_linux_x86_64/REAPER/reaper

     If you've extracted REAPER into the path you would like
     it to live in (/home/user/Downloads/reaper_linux_x86_64/REAPER), you can set
     up desktop integration (menu items, file associations, 
     etc) via this action.
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Old 10-10-2018, 01:32 PM   #5
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Thanks for the speedy and great replies guys!

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Probably better to change directory to where you extracted the files and run
Code:
sh install-reaper.sh
I tried that, but got the following result:

liam@liam-Lenovo-Flex-2-14:~$ cd /home/liam/Documents/Manual DL Apps/reaper595_linux_x86_64/reaper_linux_x86_64
bash: cd: too many arguments

So any advice on why I can't enter that directory would be marvelous.


Regarding the install options; I tried to run the script exactly as before, by copy pasting into terminal, however this time I was not prompted to select from the aforementioned options. This time it simply started executing (something?) I was not presented any options. The output of this attempt is too voluminous to copy/paste here.

At the end there's a little message saying installation complete, however, there's no desktop icon, nothing in apps. Just nothing.

Ubuntu is awesome, but it's just about got me ripping out the last of my hair!
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You have a space in the path - Linux doesn't like those.
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Old 10-10-2018, 04:23 PM   #7
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You have a space in the path - Linux doesn't like those.
Would that mean it's generally a bad idea to have spaces in folder names?
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Yes, don't use spaces,but _ for example.
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Yes, don't use spaces,but _ for example.
Just like Windows, you can put quotes around the whole thing like,

"Program Files"

You can also precede a space with a backslash as in,

Program\ Files

So this line,

cd /home/liam/Documents/Manual DL Apps/reaper595_linux_x86_64/reaper_linux_x86_64

should be properly evaluated by Linux if entered like this,

cd "/home/liam/Documents/Manual DL Apps/reaper595_linux_x86_64/reaper_linux_x86_64"

or like this,

cd /home/liam/Documents/Manual\ DL\ Apps/reaper595_linux_x86_64/reaper_linux_x86_64
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Old 10-10-2018, 06:22 PM   #10
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I started messing with REAPER for Linux before there was an install script, so I haven't used it because I put REAPER manually into .local/share not knowing where the best place for it to live was.

Anyway, reading through the install script I see the following.

[V]iew readme-linux.txt and REAPER license agreement
[R]un REAPER from $srcpath/reaper
[I]nstall REAPER (you will be prompted for various options)
[A]dd desktop integration for $srcpath/reaper

If you do an [I] for install, it will prompt you for options along the way.

PS, you can also do what I did which is to just unzip the archive and copy the REAPER folder where ever you want, provided you have the permissions to do so. You will have to create your own links to REAPER and icons on your menu to start it up though.

Thanks once again to all. You've given me some great info.

Glennbo, I can get it running from the extracted .tar. I'd love to know how to create a desktop shortcut though. I tried "copy to" on the reaper executable and put it on desktop, but it won't run from there. I have to navigate to the folder i created to house (potentially) manually installed apps and open it from there. I'm basically looking for a "create shortcut" kinda deal like u get in windows.
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Old 10-10-2018, 06:30 PM   #11
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Probably better to change directory to where you extracted the files and run
Code:
sh install-reaper.sh
Hey Jack,

I removed the spaces from folder name and did as you said. results were:


liam@liam-Lenovo-Flex-2-14:~$ cd /home/liam/Documents/ManualApps
liam@liam-Lenovo-Flex-2-14:~/Documents/ManualApps$ sh install -reaper.sh
sh: 0: Can't open install
liam@liam-Lenovo-Flex-2-14:~/Documents/ManualApps$ sudo sh install -reaper.sh
[sudo] password for liam:
sh: 0: Can't open install
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Thanks once again to all. You've given me some great info.

Glennbo, I can get it running from the extracted .tar. I'd love to know how to create a desktop shortcut though. I tried "copy to" on the reaper executable and put it on desktop, but it won't run from there. I have to navigate to the folder i created to house (potentially) manually installed apps and open it from there. I'm basically looking for a "create shortcut" kinda deal like u get in windows.
In my case, I used the native menu editor in Xubuntu, clicked New Launcher and put

~/.local/share/reaper_linux_x86_64/REAPER/reaper

in for the command. Ubuntu may or may not have the same menu editor as Xubuntu, which is /usr/bin/menulibre.
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Hey Jack,

I removed the spaces from folder name and did as you said. results were:


liam@liam-Lenovo-Flex-2-14:~$ cd /home/liam/Documents/ManualApps
liam@liam-Lenovo-Flex-2-14:~/Documents/ManualApps$ sh install -reaper.sh
sh: 0: Can't open install
liam@liam-Lenovo-Flex-2-14:~/Documents/ManualApps$ sudo sh install -reaper.sh
[sudo] password for liam:
sh: 0: Can't open install
Try issuing

bash install-reaper.sh

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Old 10-10-2018, 10:54 PM   #14
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It's install-reaper.sh, not install -reaper.sh.

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Would that mean it's generally a bad idea to have spaces in folder names?
Spaces are perfectly fine (anything except a slash or a null byte is allowed in Ext4 filenames) but must be escaped properly when using the terminal (otherwise the shell splits the command line into arguments at spaces).

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Old 10-11-2018, 04:56 AM   #15
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A tip, the tab key very often works for completing commands and pathnames, try it out!
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