Zikki Majestic (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} zikki_majestic) wrote,@ 2008-04-29 01:42:00 |
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Quick & dirty guide to installing links-hacked for Ubuntu 8.04
Got tired of finding how to install links-hacked in Ubuntu?
Seriously, I'm not a pro in making .deb packages for Ubuntu, but when it comes to the problem of having a good and fast browser for an old PC links-hacked by Sergei Karpov is the one and only option, unfortunately missing in Ubuntu repos - so, I accepted the challenge.
Googling the internet didn't produce any results, so I turned to filesearch.ru to find some binaries for other linux distros and soon ended up with the following file:
links hacked-0.0.030709-1mdk.i586.rpm
Apparently this is a binary package from Mandrake Linux 9.2
Fortunately there is a tool that sometimes manages to convert other binaries into .debs, so:
sudo aptitude install alien
alien links-hacked-0.0.030709-1mdk.i586.rpm
Luckily it manages to convert the said file into .deb package, though the dependencies are not satisfied. Therefore we do the following:
sudo aptitude install libtiff4 libpng3 libssl0.9.8
i.e. we install the necessary libraries and make fake symlinks to provide for compatibility with this version of links-hacked.
cd /usr/lib
ln -s libtiff.so.4 libtiff.so.3
ln -s libssl.so.0.9.8 libssl.so.0.9.7
ln -s libcrypto.so.0.9.8 libcrypto.so.0.9.7
That's it. Links-hacked is up and running.
Got tired of finding how to install links-hacked in Ubuntu?
Seriously, I'm not a pro in making .deb packages for Ubuntu, but when it comes to the problem of having a good and fast browser for an old PC links-hacked by Sergei Karpov is the one and only option, unfortunately missing in Ubuntu repos - so, I accepted the challenge.
Googling the internet didn't produce any results, so I turned to filesearch.ru to find some binaries for other linux distros and soon ended up with the following file:
links hacked-0.0.030709-1mdk.i586.rpm
Apparently this is a binary package from Mandrake Linux 9.2
Fortunately there is a tool that sometimes manages to convert other binaries into .debs, so:
sudo aptitude install alien
alien links-hacked-0.0.030709-1mdk.i586.rpm
Luckily it manages to convert the said file into .deb package, though the dependencies are not satisfied. Therefore we do the following:
sudo aptitude install libtiff4 libpng3 libssl0.9.8
i.e. we install the necessary libraries and make fake symlinks to provide for compatibility with this version of links-hacked.
cd /usr/lib
ln -s libtiff.so.4 libtiff.so.3
ln -s libssl.so.0.9.8 libssl.so.0.9.7
ln -s libcrypto.so.0.9.8 libcrypto.so.0.9.7
That's it. Links-hacked is up and running.
