A GUI F@H installer for Linux! - Overclock.net

GodofGrunts · 06-03-08

The following people are working on the project (or have contributed in someway):

Programming:
GodofGrunts
dangerousHobo
FearMeansControl

Testing:
[will update names soon]

Special thanks to everybody on OCN who has helped me get to where I am and for the continued support.

Finally! I've been looking everywhere for one and I couldn't find one. So I made one my self! HA! Victory is mine... and it only took ~2 weeks...

Any way here she is.

NOTE: It's still in Alpha but it worked fine on my computer.
I know the GUI is EXTREMELY ugly. I'll fix it later. It's 2:30 and I just finished it...
The 64-bit version does not detect if you have ia32-libs pre-installed. is starting to automatically install/upgrade the 32 bit libraries for some distros (FAH won't work on the 64-bit versions without it)
I'm going to try and fix those two things in the next release. Well, what are you waiting for? Let the testing begin!

It's also kinda big for a simple program (2.4kB zipped?!) I'm going to trim some extra code and make it neater... Hopefully, I can get in down to under 2 kB.

UPDATE [June 3, 2008]

The one I posted early this morning (June 3, 2008) had a backup Testgui.py. The current attachment is now fixed. SORRY!

UPDATE [June 5,2008]

Added support for 32bit libraries (auto-installs) for Debian (apt-get) and Arch (pacman) based Linuxes. If you use a different version (still needing a YUM and RPM versions as least) and know how to install the 32bit libraries please PM me.

Note to Arch users, I'm not sure if I needed a "sudo" in there or not for your distros so I included both. You might notice that it checks twice. Notify me on whether sudo is required please!

LOOKING FOR APPLE SCRIPTER! PM ME OR POST HERE IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.

UPDATE[June 7, 2008]

Nothing big, just added some more 32-bit libraries installers. Working hard to figure out how to close the GUI before the bash scripts start running. I might switch over to Zenity for the GUI instead of wxGlade... The only problem with this is the multi-platform compatibility.

Also needing someone to dedicate a few hours with me that own a Mac. I need to try out my scripts with a "curl -O" replacement for the wget(s).

NOTE: Notice the size is smaller in this release.... I'm not sure why.... I hope I included everything...

(GUI-FAH-Installer-V.0.16.zip is the newest one)

UPDATE[June 11, 2008]

Again nothing huge, you shouldn't even notice anything if you just run the code. I added a "rm" function to get rid of the tar file you get in the 64-bit version. I separated the installation and running commands. (I did this for two reasons which I'm to tired to explain right now) Legacy Editions will be included in every release until beta from now on. They are located in the folder called Legacy. The Mac 64-bit-intel code has been written. I haven't tested it out or made a GUI for it, but it's in the files if you want to look at it. The install text file is up to date and includes my goals and the projects e-mail address.

UPDATE[June 13,2008]

Totally failed... didn't even test the last code before I put it up. I just assumed my uber skillz pwned teh n00berts... and I failed... I fix and tested it though. As part of my new tradition, the old "stable" versions will also be included in the file called "Legacy". Also, the run commands are now moved into the "folding" folder. This should make running the code easier. I'm thinking about including at option for auto-running the script on restarts... Would y'all like that?

This is for me:
V-0.10(broke) = 1
V-0.10 = 8
V-0.15 = 3
V-0.16 = 7
V-0.17(broke) = 2

Unknownm · 06-03-08

bump[

GodofGrunts · 06-03-08

Thanks! I feel pretty good about it. I'm just hoping I can get some help with the GUI (it's so bad)

SilentPixel · 06-03-08

I'll have a look and see if I can help with anything

Rep+ for helping the community

EDIT: Tried using it, doesn't work out the box on Ubuntu 8.04 64-bit. Complains about

Code:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./Testgui", line 5, in <module>
    import wx
ImportError: No module named wx

I tried running it via "run In Terminal" but that didn't work so I figured I'd run it via CLI to see whats up.

If the "locate" function is present on all distros then you can do a "locate ia32" to see if ia32-libs is installed, if not, then install

**The Duke** · 06-03-08

Sweet

Bal3Wolf · 06-03-08

Im not much a of a coder but wouldnt you be able to run sudo apt-get install ia32-libs or somthing problem not all have apt-get so would only work on some distros.

GodofGrunts · 06-03-08

Quote:

Originally Posted by SilentPixel

I'll have a look and see if I can help with anything

Rep+ for helping the community

Thanks!

Quote:

Originally Posted by SilentPixel

EDIT: Tried using it, doesn't work out the box on Ubuntu 8.04 64-bit. Complains about

Code:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./Testgui", line 5, in <module>
    import wx
ImportError: No module named wx

I tried running it via "run In Terminal" but that didn't work so I figured I'd run it via CLI to see whats up.

Hmm, that's weird. I built it on a 64-bit Version of Ubuntu. What exactly did you do? Also do you have wxGlade installed? (I'm sure you do it comes in Ubuntu)

EDIT: Try this (I'm going to assume you saved the folder on your Desktop)

Code:

cd ./Desktop/GUI-FAH-Installer
python Testgui

That should work the way I want it to...

Quote:

Originally Posted by SilentPixel

If the "locate" function is present on all distros then you can do a "locate ia32" to see if ia32-libs is installed, if not, then install

Wow, great idea. I'll try that later on tonight.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bal3Wolf

Im not much a of a coder but wouldnt you be able to run sudo apt-get install ia32-libs or somthing problem not all have apt-get so would only work on some distros.

The only problem is whether or not bad things will happen if they have it already installed if I ran that code.

Bal3Wolf · 06-03-08

it will say its already installed and wont do anything but you need it to popup and ask for root pass to continue. Probly use locate to see what package manager the distro has locate apt-get, pacman few others i cant remmber off top of my head.

[sudo] password for balewolf:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
ia32-libs is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 11 not upgraded.

GodofGrunts · 06-03-08

Thanks, I'll add that into the code then. I'll find out the most common package managers and write some things for them.

GodofGrunts · 06-03-08

Please see the OP and look under "UPDATE"

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