Re: get_iplayer for Windows 3.07.0 released
From: Alan Milewczyk Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2017 6:12 AM Release notes: https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/wiki/release300to309#release307 https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer_win32/releases/latest... Many thanks to dinky for the changes and fixes, and to Alan for drawing attention to them. I am sure it's just me being exceptionally stupid, and noone else would make the same mistake, but I'll mention it just in case. I have at last got around to making my machines dual boot between Windows 10 and ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS. I decided to follow the advice to use the get-iplayer PPA for Ubuntu/Mint. The commands are sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jon-hedgerows/get-iplayer sudo apt-get update In fact I needed to press ENTER part way through the first command, but a message on the screen told me that so it was no big deal. The first time I tried to run get_iplayer I was told that it had not been installed and I needed to run sudo apt-get install get-iplayer Of course I got it wrong and typed install get_iplayer instead of install get-iplayer, but as I remember it told me it could not find get_iplayer to install. Anyway I got it right in the end, and it has worked without problem for a couple of weeks. https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/wiki/unixpkg Linux/BSD package installation says at the foot of the page Upgrading The system package manager will handle upgrades to get_iplayer and its dependencies. I tried to run the two commands in the PPA installation instructions again, and they appeared to work. I had forgotten about the need to run sudo apt-get install get-iplayer but this time when I ran get_iplayer I was not told about the need to run the install command. Instead it ran v3.06 as before. Eventually I did remember but I again typed install get_iplayer instead of install get-iplayer. This time I got an error message (I can't remember what it was) but it was not immediately obvious what the problem was. In the end I did remember I had to type sudo apt-get install get-iplayer and all was well. It now runs v3.07. I hope this is of some help to anyone who has made the same mistake, and maybe the documentation can be expanded to cover it in due course. Is there any reason Raspbian Stretch/Raspberry Pi has the get_iplayer Raspbian repo while Ubuntu/Mint has the get-iplayer PPA (further mis-spelt in the documentation as the get-player PPA)? Best wishes Richard ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
Re: get_iplayer for Windows 3.07.0 released
On 30/11/2017 00:38, RS wrote: From: Alan Milewczyk Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2017 6:12 AM Release notes: https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/wiki/release300to309#release307 https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer_win32/releases/latest... Many thanks to dinky for the changes and fixes, and to Alan for drawing attention to them. I am sure it's just me being exceptionally stupid, and noone else would make the same mistake, but I'll mention it just in case. I have at last got around to making my machines dual boot between Windows 10 and ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS. I decided to follow the advice to use the get-iplayer PPA for Ubuntu/Mint. The commands are --- and all was well. It now runs v3.07. I hope this is of some help to anyone who has made the same mistake, and maybe the documentation can be expanded to cover it in due course. I must admit I find Linux totally exasperating. It's not as if command line is an issue, after all I cut my teeth on CP/M and then DOS2 way back in the 80s and I'm still happy to go to command line with Windows. Maybe I've just been with Windows so long that I've got used to its method of working and can't get out of that groove. Everyone in the Linux camp goes on about the wonderful choice of distros available but there's too many confusing choices for me and I can't be bothered flitting around from one to another in my quest for perfection. In the last few years I turned a couple of laptops over to Windows/Linux Mint dual boot but found over time that I never used the Linux boot. I've had two desktop PCs which were Linux Mint - one got converted into an unRAID NAS a few months back and when I get back to the UK in March I'll be converting the other one back to Windows. Despite all the protestations of superior architecture/security etc etc etc from the Linux crew I just find the lack of Linux software too limiting for what I use my PCs for. Is there any reason Raspbian Stretch/Raspberry Pi has the get_iplayer Raspbian repo while Ubuntu/Mint has the get-iplayer PPA (further mis-spelt in the documentation as the get-player PPA)? Don't know about the first question but someone gave me an answer to the second. It's not a typo, the "get-iplayer" bit is deliberate, don't ask me why, another of those Linux quirks! BTW on the topic of installations, I updated GIP here on my Win 10 laptop and found my AV software kept barfing at the setup.exe file - I notice in previous versions it was an installer.exe. I don't know if that was the difference but I had to temporarily suspend my AV to get the GIP installed. Not had that before. Anyway, I've yet to do that on my Win 7 PC back home, which I'll probably do later. Time to get back in the shade, it's already 30+ and it's not even 8am. Tattiebye! A --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
Re: get_iplayer for Windows 3.07.0 released
On 29/11/17 23:58, Alan Milewczyk wrote: Despite all the protestations of superior architecture/security etc etc etc from the Linux crew I just find the lack of Linux software too limiting for what I use my PCs for. Uh? >I must admit I find Linux totally exasperating. It's not as if command >line is an issue, after all I cut my teeth on CP/M and then DOS2 way >back in the 80s and I'm still happy to go to command line with Windows. >Maybe I've just been with Windows so long No comparison And Yes ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
