How to install Readerware on Ubuntu 16.04
To install Readerware on Ubuntu 16.04
The easiest way to install Readerware on a Linux system is to use a package installers. Download the appropriate package installer for your system and open it. Read the instructions that appear on the screen and follow it to install. This will install Readerware into your /opt folder and set up shortcuts, the exact location will vary by Linux distribution.
If your Linux distribution does not support package installers you can download a standard installers. These installers has the tar balls with Readerware installation. You can decompress them to use the supplied scripts and to make the shortcuts. You can choose the destination in which your Readerware has to be installed. Here in this tutorial, the package is installed into the /opt folder.
Installing Readerware
The first step is to download the archieve file for Readerware. Use the following command for the same purpose.
root@linuxhelp:~# wget http://www.readerware.com/downloads/rware3x64.tar.gz
--2016-12-16 08:06:01-- http://www.readerware.com/downloads/rware3x64.tar.gz
Resolving www.readerware.com (www.readerware.com)... 216.92.230.188
Connecting to www.readerware.com (www.readerware.com)|216.92.230.188|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 55195156 (53M) [application/x-gzip]
Saving to: ‘ rware3x64.tar.gz’
rware3x64.tar.gz 100%[===================> ] 52.64M 44.8KB/s in 19m 40s
2017-01-03 19:51:02 (45.7 KB/s) - ‘ rware3x64.tar.gz’ saved [55195156/55195156]
After downloading the readerware archieve file extract it by running following command.
root@linuxhelp:~# tar xzf rware3x64.tar.gz -C /opt
Next change directory and install readerware as follows.
root@linuxhelp:~# cd /opt/readerware3/ root@linuxhelp:/opt/readerware3# ls database ReaderwareAW.desktop rwloan32x32.png help readerwareaw.sh rwloan48x48.png images Readerware.desktop rwloan.sh jre readerware.jar RWServerConfig.desktop lib ReaderwareLoanClient.desktop rwserverconfig.sh librxtxSerial.so readerware.sh RWServer.desktop LICENSE.txt readerwarevw32x32.png rwserver.sh linuxjrecleanup.sh readerwarevw48x48.png scrapers.zip readerware32x32.png ReaderwareVW.desktop sounds readerware48x48.png readerwarevw.sh templates.zip readerwareaw32x32.png registry readerwareaw48x48.png rware.css root@linuxhelp:/opt/readerware3#
Now run the readerware.sh file to open the Readerware tool.
root@linuxhelp:/opt/readerware3# ./readerware.sh
/opt/readerware3
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