Joost 't Hart wrote: <content trimmed for brevity>
> Hi Brian, > > This is somewhat strange. "greyed out". I have no clue what or why. > > What Ubuntu distro do you use? What tcl/tk version do you have installed? Answers to that are 8.04.1 LTS Desktop and I have no idea how to find out what version. > 3.6.1 is a very old scid release, from December 2006. Only after that > time scid development got the new boost and it seems Franz jumped on the > train since 3.6.12 in April 2007. > > Franz' latest spell-check files include the new 5/6 times yearly rating > updates by Fide. For this to be parsed correctly, scid was adjusted only > recently, in the 4.2 release of last Jan. But at this point this seems > only detail to you. > > As it should be, you can drop the ssp file (name it as you wish) in any > directory as you wish. The user running scid only needs read access on > the complete file path. The load spell-check file dialogue allows you to > browse your file system to select precisely that path. Scid has no > implicit preferences. > Hence, your real problem should be the fact that the option is greyed > out. Nothing else to worry about. > > I would like to recommend you to upgrade your Scid release (anyway). > Preparation: > * Make sure you have tcl/tk 8.5 package As I said above, I've no idea what version or how to find out. > * It is highly recommended to have the libtk-img package, for better > graphics of board and icons (png instead of gif). > * Make sure you have gcc package I seem to have these two installed. > * It is advisable to have the zlib1g package (but the sources come with > a zlib implementation if not) A search for that package in synaptic turned up nothing so I'd have to go with the one supplied in the package. > You should be able to arrange this through synaptic. > > The real work: > * Download the scid source tree > (http://scid.sourceforge.net/download.html) and extract it somewhere in > your ~brian filesystem > * In a shell tool, cd to the new scid directory > * Type "./configure" (without the quotes); this should create a makefile > * Type "make"; this should build scid for your system. > * Type "./scid &" and you are set. > > Dunno if this embarrasses you; just give it a try. You can always hit > the installed scid version by entering "scid" (without the "./" to > denote your own sciddy) if you decide to continue follow the old track. > Note that if you are successful in building your own scid: Do not > accidentally switch between the old and the new one, as some files used > to remember your preferences (in ~brian/.scid/) are not compatible, so > you will need to redo your preferences each time you switch programs, > which is pretty frustrating. Not embarrassed at all. Just out of my usual range. I've been working with computers in one form or another since my high school days some thirty plus years ago, but I'm a user rather than programmer. Strange, I know, having chosen to work with Linux but the closest I've felt inclined to venture to implementing something not listed in synaptic is installing a couple of items from a deb pack. I'm certainly game to try, but I would need a patient list of all steps for the launch right from creating the directory to drop things into. I suppose the question also bears asking whether my version of Ubuntu is even suitable to host a copy of the newest edition or is it too far back. -- Brian Lunergan Nepean, Ontario Canada ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Scid-users mailing list Scid-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scid-users
