On Sat, 27 Dec 2014 20:48:21 +0000 roadcone <roadc...@gmx.com> wrote:
> I am pensioning off my Linux Mint 11 machine for a slightly newer > machine onto which I will install Mint 17. I'd like to retain my > download history - is it as simple as copying a single file or group > of files from one computer to another? If so, which file(s) and where > will it/they be found please? I have found problems copying the > get_iplayer.pl script into the appropriate place in Linux as I did > not own the folder and was not sure how to overcome that problem (I > discovered how to take ownership but did not know whether that action > would have consequences to the running of get_iplayer or dependency > programs). I resolved that problem another way but will a similar > issue occur here please? Personally I have a folder in my home called bin, which I add to my $PATH so any scripts I write or programs I download which aren't packaged for the distro or easily package-able I put in ~/bin/ (and manually maintain). In the file ~/.bash_profile I have a line export PATH=$PATH:/home/myusername/bin so any executable files in /home/myusername/bin can be run without the full path being entered (eg just like ping or startx or other programs that are properly installed). If get_iplayer isn't current enough from the Mint repositories then just running it from your home can be the easiest: Manually putting the get_iplayer program into the OS's program directory (something like /usr/local/bin, plus more) will mean reaching for the root account and indeed setting ownership and permissions correctly. Sounds like that is where you went wrong, and so whilst I am never going to recommend not learning, just running simple things from your home is a manageable work-around. I'd like to think I wouldn't have problems setting up get_iplayer "properly" on my system, but as Slackware doesn't just have a package for it, and because get_iplayer can self-update, I find it most convenient to run it from ~/bin/. The same goes for some g_ip parallels, like the soundcloud downloading script I have, or youtube-dl. Nick _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer