How to install?

I am using of the KDE, but I do not obtain to install the program... I am inexperienced in Linux and Second Life... It will be that somebody could teach to me step by step as to install? Debtor. PS.: I also am Brazilian, I do not say English, therefore they forgive if something will be missed.

You don't need to install anything, just extract the files to a folder and you're good to go.

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Não precisa instalar nada, só descompacta os arquivos numa pasta e pronto.

There are two main variants to do so (only do one of those):

If you like to do things graphically:

1. Download the packed binary (SecondLife_<version>.tar.bz2) from http://secondlife.com/community/linux-alpha.php (where <version> stands for the current version of the program)

2. Place it into the folder in which you'd like to install Second Life.

3. Right click the SecondLife_<version>.tar.bz2 in your File Manager (probably Konqueror) and choose "Unpack here". That's all there is.

4. To run the game, open the new subfolder and doubleclick the script named secondlife



The same steps in your console (probably Konsole) would be:
1. & 2.

$> mkdir -p /path/where/you/want/to/install/SL # change the path to something like /home/<your username>/SL , where <your username> stands for our Linux user name
$> cd /path/where/you/want/to/install/SL # change the path here, too
$> wget -c "http://secondlife.com/$(wget -q -O - "http://secondlife.com/community/linux-alpha.php" | sed -n 's/.*href="\(.*SecondLife_.*tar.bz2\).*/\1/p'|sort|uniq)"

(Don't try to type the last one -- copy & paste are your friends )

3. (Unpacking)

$> tar -xjf SecondLife_*.tar.bz2

4. (Running the game)

$> ./SecondLife<version>/secondlife

(Use tab-completion to get the actual path)

After double clicking on the sl script, it asks what program i want to use to run sl. any help here would be appreciated.

Open a terminal in your SL folder with Actions and type ./secondlife
The terminal window will stay open in the background or task bar and SL will start in a new window.

Just to avoid confusion, the menu for file roller in Konqueror reads "extract here", not "unpack here". Don't mean to be a pedantic stickler, but to avoid confusion...

It may help to understand Second life doesn't really need to be "installed" in Linux, the way most software does. There's no binary code involved, which means there's no rpm or .deb package, and no compiling required. The second life client runs completely from your home directory, and at no time is root access required to set it up.

At it's heart, it's just a script, and all it needs is to be unpacked and started.

P.S. If you're new to Linux, I hope you've already gotten over the hurdle of installing the accelerated drivers for your video card necessary to support 3D graphics.



Did you solve that problem? I'm pretty sure it shouldn't do that.

Operating systems dont care where an executable is, since second life has a new client every few weeks and I am the only user that uses it I just dropped it into my home folder and placed a shortcut in my xfce bar.

for the most part you can download a tarball of anything, compile it and run it in the folder without installing it. (this is assuming you have privileges to do so)