How to install Alchemy in Ubuntu
Update:
Alan is right.. a parameter is missing in the code so I updated the code in the post accordingly..
I added a "-C" between the file name and directory.
As I read through the article about the flow of David Revoy's work, I came across a comment by him about where to get the programs he used in his painting time-lapse. One of them was Alchemy.
I searched through the net if there is a deb package of Alchemy, but to no avail. So I decided to install it the right way, as if it was installed as deb package.
Here is how:
1. Download the tar.gz file from here.
2. We will extract Alchemy and puts its directory in "/usr/local/bin/". You can choose another destination, but I always choose this for my tar.gz extractions:
In the terminal:
In the terminal:
4. Now we need to put an entry in the Ubuntu menu:
- Right click on the menu bar and click on Edit menus.
- Choose the Graphics category, then click on New Item button.
- In the Name field type Alchemy, and in the Command field type bash bash /usr/local/bin/Alchemy/Alchemy and then press OK.
5. Click on Close.
By this, we installed Alchemy now.. enjoy..
Optional step: How to add the icon of Alchemy to the menu entry:
I extract the Alchemy.jar file away from the directory /usr/lcoal/bin/Alchemy just to get an icon for the program. Just in terminal after the extraction:
Alan is right.. a parameter is missing in the code so I updated the code in the post accordingly..
I added a "-C" between the file name and directory.
As I read through the article about the flow of David Revoy's work, I came across a comment by him about where to get the programs he used in his painting time-lapse. One of them was Alchemy.
I searched through the net if there is a deb package of Alchemy, but to no avail. So I decided to install it the right way, as if it was installed as deb package.
Here is how:
1. Download the tar.gz file from here.
2. We will extract Alchemy and puts its directory in "/usr/local/bin/". You can choose another destination, but I always choose this for my tar.gz extractions:
In the terminal:
3. Now we want to check our program if it working correctly or not.sudo tar zxf Alchemy-007.2.tar.gz /usr/local/bin/
sudo tar zxf Alchemy-007.2.tar.gz -C /usr/local/bin/
In the terminal:
bash /usr/local/bin/Alchemy/AlchemyIf it didn't work, make sure you have Java installed.
4. Now we need to put an entry in the Ubuntu menu:
- Right click on the menu bar and click on Edit menus.
- Choose the Graphics category, then click on New Item button.
- In the Name field type Alchemy, and in the Command field type bash bash /usr/local/bin/Alchemy/Alchemy and then press OK.
5. Click on Close.
By this, we installed Alchemy now.. enjoy..
Optional step: How to add the icon of Alchemy to the menu entry:
I extract the Alchemy.jar file away from the directory /usr/lcoal/bin/Alchemy just to get an icon for the program. Just in terminal after the extraction:
sudo mv /org/alchemy/data/alchemy-logo64.png /usr/local/bin/Alchemyand then in the menu entry icon guide it to the location of the program and press Enter and you'll find the icon.
posted by Red Bird at 9:01 AM
4 Comments:
I had trouble with the extracting the tarball.
Perhaps it should be like this?
sudo tar zxf Alchemy-007.2.tar.gz -C /usr/local/bin/
I added a "-C" between the file name and directory.
thank you, i cant find .deb either and im noob on linux(ubuntu)
your little tutorial really help me a loot
Thank you Alan for pointing this out.. I updated the post..
Hi !
I've got a problem with the creation of the launcher.
I literally follow the steps but when I click on the entry in the menu, I have this error message and the applciation doesn't launch :
The execution of the son process "/ home / mypseudo / Alchemy / Alchemy 'failed (No such file or similar)
Could you help me ?
Blender_player
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