prost Posted December 8, 2010 Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 I have truecrypt-6.3a-setup-x86 software which is a shell script. When I double click it in Konqueror, it goes through the installation process. I then type in my root password. Then it says username not in sudoers file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 (edited) Apparently the script must be run as root. But I have to warn you: Do NOT install stuff which is outside your distro's PMS. You will bork your system beyond repair. BTW the current version of Truecrypt is 7.0a, and it's almost sure that it's included in a Mandriva repository. It may be called "realcrypt", as there is a lisencing issue with truecypt and some distros have rebranded it. You can also use dm-crypt/LUKS encryption instead, which is included in the Linux kernel. EDIT: Truecrypt 7.0 has been packaged and distributed by MIB. http://mib.pianetalinux.org/MIB/ Edited December 9, 2010 by scarecrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 But I have to warn you: Do NOT install stuff which is outside your distro's PMS. You will bork your system beyond repair. Not necessarily true. Possible, perhaps, but not guaranteed that it will bork the system. If installing rpm's designated for a totally different system than Mandriva, eg: OpenSUSE, Red Hat, etc, yes it could do, or just simply get you into a dependency nightmare trying to install it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 (edited) Yes, not necessarily true, but better being safe than sorry. And anyway, Mandriva Italian (International ?) Backports (MIB) is sort-of-trusted repository, so it should be preferred, IMO. Edited December 9, 2010 by scarecrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 Yes, not necessarily true, but better being safe than sorry. And anyway, Mandriva Italian (International ?) Backports (MIB) is sort-of-trusted repository, so it should be preferred, IMO. I agree yes, using the repos is the best method if the software is available, or rpms designated for manual download specifically for Mandriva. Alternatively, a downloadable shell script installation is fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prost Posted December 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 Thank you both. I did try root but got: -bash: truecrypt-6.3a-setup-x86: command not found. The original file was inside a xxx.tar.gz I installed the version 6.1 rpm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 command not found you probably needed to type a path as well I installed the version 6.1 rpm From the repositories? And 6.1 is working OK? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prost Posted December 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 Daniewicz Thanks. You were right, I needed the full path, even though I was already in the correct folder. I installed it!! [problem solved thanks] I got 6.1 from the website and it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K Bergen Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 A tip for the future, Linux only looks in your path for the command not the current directory. To execute a command or script in the current directory you preface it with ./ thus ./truecrypt-6.3a-setup-x86 would have worked. Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K Bergen Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 Thanks for the barley sandwich. :D Further tip: If ./truecrypt-6.3a-setup-x86 returns truecrypt-6.3a-setup-x86 is not executable then preface it with "sh " sh ./truecrypt-6.3a-setup-x86 This works for most if not all scripts without setting the executable flag on the script. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isadora Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 By "setting executable flag" you mean "chmod +x"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K Bergen Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 By "setting executable flag" you mean "chmod +x"? Correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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