Type 3.2x installation and supported distros ============================================ 9 December 2012, 3.2.001 Contents 1. Type light installation instructions 2. Officially supported distros 3. Running Type light on 64 bit systems 4. Reported issues 1. Type light installation instructions ======================================= With sudo --------- Change to the directory containing the downloaded tar-archive: cd Downloads and enter: sudo tar -xzf typelight.tar.gz -C /opt sudo /opt/typelight/install.sh to create a desktop shortcut: /opt/typelight/desktop.sh Without sudo ------------ Change to the directory containing the downloaded tar-archive: cd Downloads and enter: su [password] tar -xzf typelight.tar.gz -C /opt /opt/typelight/install.sh exit to create a desktop shortcut (exit su first): /opt/typelight/desktop.sh To excute from the command line ------------------------------- /opt/typelight/bin/Typelight 2. Officially supported distros =============================== Linux Mint 13 - Cinnamon/KDE - 32 bit Ubuntu 12.04.1 - Unity/Classic - 32 bit openSUSE 12.2 - KDE - 32 bit Fedora 17 - Gnome - 32 bit Debian 6.0.6 - 32 bit Problems on non-officially supported distros will be reported below, but will be given a low-priority for updates/fixes. Please report any issues on any distros (officially supported or not) to support@cr8software.net. 3. Running Type light on 64 bit systems ======================================= Type light 3.2x is currently only available as a 32 bit application for Linux. To run on a 64 bit system, 32 bit compatibility libraries must be installed. This has been verified on the following distros: Ububtu 12.04 - 64 bit / Linux Mint 13 - 64 bit ---------------------------------------------- sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install ia32-libs-multiarch:i386 ia32-libs Fedora 17 - Gnome - 64 bit -------------------------- yum install gtk2.i686 4. Reported issues ================== Mageia 2 - Gnome - 32bit ------------------------- Shortcuts do not work. Must be run as super-user: sudo /opt/typelight/bin/Typelight