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====Commands==== | ====Commands==== | ||
''The following commands should be executed as root (or using sudo)'' | ''The following commands should be executed as root (or using sudo)'' | ||
| − | apt-get update | + | apt-get update |
| + | apt-get -y install python-software-properties | ||
apt-add-repository 'deb http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid partner' | apt-add-repository 'deb http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid partner' | ||
apt-add-repository ppa:timothy-john-phillips/mirc | apt-add-repository ppa:timothy-john-phillips/mirc | ||
apt-get update | apt-get update | ||
| − | apt-get -y install mirc | + | apt-get -y install mirc |
You will be asked to agree to the terms and conditions of Sun Java and then to ImageIO. Agree to it all. | You will be asked to agree to the terms and conditions of Sun Java and then to ImageIO. Agree to it all. | ||
Revision as of 05:19, 17 April 2011
The easiest MIRC install ever. Updated to Z1
1 Important points
- You need to use Ubuntu 10.04.x (Luicd) 32-bit (i386). Not 64-bit (amd64)
- Options:
- Official Ubuntu distro - http://ftp.iinet.net.au/pub/ubuntu-releases/10.04.2/ubuntu-10.04.2-server-i386.iso (or use a local mirror closer to you).
- Using a pre-built turnkey appliance can save some time - http://www.turnkeylinux.org/core
2 First step:
Install Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid 32-bit on a virtual machine or a real computer.
3 Commands
The following commands should be executed as root (or using sudo)
apt-get update apt-get -y install python-software-properties apt-add-repository 'deb http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid partner' apt-add-repository ppa:timothy-john-phillips/mirc apt-get update apt-get -y install mirc
You will be asked to agree to the terms and conditions of Sun Java and then to ImageIO. Agree to it all.
4 Try it out
Point a web browswer at the IP address of your Ubuntu machine and you should see your new MIRC site.
Administrator access:
- username = admin
- password = password
5 Included features
- Automatically starts at boot up and closes at shutdown.
- JAI IO included.
- port 80 access (default web port)
6 What happens behind the scenes
- Installing the mirc-z1 package automatically installs two other packages
- sun-java6-jre - this is the official Sun (Oracle) Java 1.6 JRE package, which lives in the partner repository.
- jai-imageio-1.1 - this is a package I created to automate the installation of the Sun (Oracle) ImageIO libraries.
- the MIRC/CTP files are put into /usr/share/mirc/
- A linux bash script (CTP-start.sh) is installed in the /usr/share/mirc/ folder - this launches CTP/MIRC from whichever folder it is in.
- An Ubuntu Upstart script (mirc.conf) is installed in the /etc/init/ folder.
I've made these repositories to simplify the installation of MIRC on Linux. It eliminates the fiddling with Java Image IO tools. I plan to update it with each release of MIRC Zx.
Hope this helps someone. Appreciate any feedback. - timothy.john.phillips@gmail.com