Running CKAN on linux (ubuntu 14.04LTS)

[Vaporized Steel]

I'm very new to linux.

I installed CKAN due to this tutorial https://github.com/KSP-CKAN/CKAN/wiki/Installing-CKAN-on-Ubuntu-14.04

But how do I Start CKAN?

It says to run

/usr/local/bin/mono ckan.exe

Do I need to type that in the terminal? If so it says "No such file or directory"

I've seen commands on the internet with /usr/local/bin/.... elsewhere being mentioned on the linux communities.

But these directories are nowhere to be seen in the file manager.

Besides, I thought Linux couldn't open .exe files either. Then why does the Linux tutorial tell me to open ckan.exe?

In the ckan folder "CKAN-1.10.3" there are only other folders and read only files. No file to be run or executed.

[Padishar]

The command you are running isn't asking Linux to run ckan.exe, it is asking mono to run ckan.exe. This is possible because the ckan.exe is a .NET/Mono (CIL) executable rather than a plain Windows executable.

You probably need to change directory into your KSP folder where ckan.exe is (presumably you can open a terminal in a particular directory directly from the file manager, otherwise use cd <folderpath>).

[Vaporized Steel]

I used the CD command to change to the folder where ckan.exe is located. I then used "mono ckan.exe"

CKAN started and works fine now. Didn't knew that I had to use cd or even how to use it properly but I just learned.

Is it possible to program ckan.exe to open with mono just by double clicking ckan.exe.

It's not the greatest of issues on the globe but I would like it if Ubuntu did this automatically without using the terminal everytime.

[micha]

Is it possible to program ckan.exe to open with mono just by double clicking ckan.exe.

It's not the greatest of issues on the globe but I would like it if Ubuntu did this automatically without using the terminal everytime.

Worked out of the box for me using Debian GNU/Linux and KDE (the starting it from a shortcut thing).

If Ubuntu and Unity can't do that, create a small helper shell script, which you can then double-click to run.

In the same directory where the ckan.exe is, create a new file:

#!/bin/sh

mono ./ckan.exe

Make it executable (you can use the file-manager, or, from a terminal, the "chmod" command), and then double-click on it. CKAN should start up. You can also rename the launcher to whatever you want (it doesn't need the .sh ending either; that's just convention).

[stibbons]

In Ubuntu, the binfmt-support package sets up Linux' binfmt_misc module to run assorted file formats with their required interpreter. Install it with

apt-get install binfmt-support

You might then have to reinstall the mono package so that it registers properly with binfmt-support.

apt-get --reinstall install mono-complete

After that you should be able to launch C# apps like ckan by just executing them.

[Vaporized Steel]

Worked out of the box for me using Debian GNU/Linux and KDE (the starting it from a shortcut thing).

If Ubuntu and Unity can't do that, create a small helper shell script, which you can then double-click to run.

In the same directory where the ckan.exe is, create a new file:

#!/bin/sh

mono ./ckan.exe

Make it executable (you can use the file-manager, or, from a terminal, the "chmod" command), and then double-click on it. CKAN should start up. You can also rename the launcher to whatever you want (it doesn't need the .sh ending either; that's just convention).

Create a new file?

I really didn't knew how to do that. But I've searched around a little bit and I came up with the

:> ckan_launcher.sh command.

It then created ckan_launcher.sh in the same directory where ckan.exe is located.

It's then a empty file. I used a text editor "gedit" to add #!/bin/sh and

mono ./ckan.exe

I then tried both chmod and simply by using the properties window in file manager to set the file to read,write and execute but nothing happens when I double click the file.

I also installed binfmt and reinstalled mono as directed by stibbons.

I'm doing this wrong obviously:D