install Foldit software on Ubuntu

Asked by clombard

The website (http://fold.it/portal/) says there is a version of the game 'Foldit' for Linux.
Can you please tell me how I can download a working copy of this program to my Ubuntu 11.04 computer?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
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cd; wget http://foldit.centerforgamescience.com/portal/files/app/Foldit.tar.gz; tar zxvf ./Foldit.tar.gz; rm ./Foldit.tar.gz; cd Foldit/; ./Foldit

If you get any errors about libs, you will need to find the packages they belong to and install those packages.

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enubuntu (mr.tennents) said :
#2

Hi, do this:
1. Download it here:
http://foldit.centerforgamescience.com/portal/files/app/Foldit.tar.gz

2. Extract the folder (click on it with right click and select extract)

3. Open the extracted directory and run the file called Foldit by double clicking it.

4. That's all.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#3

Run it in a terminal, the stupid GUI doesn't report missing libs or files, the app just fails to run. If you'd ran what I had given then this would have been glaringly obvious. Why ask for help then discardit and run what you think is right....it makes no sense.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#4

If you launch the binary from command line, what is output?

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clombard (clombard44) said :
#5

doesn't open. does nothing

On Tue, 2011-09-20 at 22:10 +0000, Enrico "eNry" Carafa wrote:
> Your question #171821 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/171821
>
> Enrico "eNry" Carafa proposed the following answer:
> Hi, do this:
> 1. Download it here:
> http://foldit.centerforgamescience.com/portal/files/app/Foldit.tar.gz
>
> 2. Extract the folder (click on it with right click and select extract)
>
> 3. Open the extracted directory and run the file called Foldit by double
> clicking it.
>
> 4. That's all.
>

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clombard (clombard44) said :
#6

your suggestion or comment doesn't work.

On Tue, 2011-09-20 at 22:45 +0000, actionparsnip wrote:
> Your question #171821 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/171821
>
> actionparsnip requested more information:
> Run it in a terminal, the stupid GUI doesn't report missing libs or
> files, the app just fails to run. If you'd ran what I had given then
> this would have been glaringly obvious. Why ask for help then discardit
> and run what you think is right....it makes no sense.
>

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Ubfan (ubfan1) said :
#7

I just did a Foldit install and the only other thing I needed was the libglut package (actually libglut3 I think).

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clombard (clombard44) said :
#8

thanks can you tell us exactly how to do it?
On Wed, 2011-09-21 at 01:05 +0000, Ubfan wrote:
> Your question #171821 on software-center in Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+question/171821
>
> Ubfan posted a new comment:
> I just did a Foldit install and the only other thing I needed was the
> libglut package (actually libglut3 I think).
>

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#9

In a terminal run:

 cd ~/Foldit/; ./Foldit

I assume you left the foldit folder in the root of your home as this is what my command would do. If you downloaded it to home (and DIDN'T use my command (for whatever reason you may have)) then first run:

cd ~/Downloads

Should be ok

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