Installing Second Life Linux Alpha

Hi folks.

I'm new to Linux but have been using SL on my Windows XP side of my computer for a few months now and I am keen to get it working on the other half (linux).

Can someone please give me instructions (in a newbie way) as to how I install it on my Linux Suse 10 system?

Thank you for your time.

Theo Vanmoer

Once you have the file, open up a console and unzip the file with 'tar xvf SecondLife_i686...etc....tar.bz2' (etc of course being whatever the most recent version is. Easiest thing to do is to push Tab while typing the name to auto-complete it). Go into the newly created folder with 'cd ./SecondLife...etc...'. You should then be able to run the program with './secondlife'.

It's actually tar xjvf (not xvf) ....

Also, make sure you have accelerated gfx drivers (nvidia or ati) installed.

Start the program with ./secondlife after cd into the uncompressed directory.

Hi folks, thanks for your help but I'm still a bit lost I'm afraid. ha, ha. . . .

When you say "open up a console" do ypu mean clicking on "applications" then "system" then "terminal" and then "konsole"?
What do I type to get it to run and will it put a short cut icon on my desktop like Windows does or am I totally confused? ha, ha. . . . .

What do I type to unzip the folder? Can I just drag it from my desktop to the "konsole" window and press enter? Have tried this but it just says "cannot execute binary file".
Does this mean I need to be in "root"?

Sorry to be such a complete numb skull about this but as I said I'm a newbie and need basic instructions.

Thank you for your time again.

Theo

Yes.. that is one console you can use.



No.. it is still in beta, and you need to run it directly from a console so you can see the output etc. if (when?) it doesn't work so you can report the output back here and get some more help!

So, what I would do is (as a normal user) open konsole.

type:

mkdir downloads

download the file into the (newly created) downloads folder

type

cd downloads
tar xjvf SecondLife*
cd SecondLife (then press tab followed by return)
./secondlife

No need to be root for any of this. Note that you need to be careful about captialisation in Linux. Also, if you do not have accelerated gfx drivers installed, it will not work.

Ok I will give that a try.

Thank you again, your help is much appreciated!

Hello.... i want to thank u because indirectly with these posts i succeded with sl intallation on fedora 6
...and it works...*s*