The ROX Desktop - Installation Instructions

Thomas Leonard, 2008-12-30

Overview

This archive contains launchers for a number of ROX applications. Each launcher will offer to download the program for you the first time you use it. They can also check for updates every month or so (configurable).

The first step is to check that 0launch is installed correctly.

Open a terminal and type: 

$ 0launch -g

If you get an error saying that the 0launch command isn't found, read the next section to install it. If it does work, a window will appear showing the version of the injector GUI program. You can just cancel this and skip to the Running ROX section below.

Getting the 0launch command

Check the list below for instructions for your system:

Debian
For Debian/Lenny and later releases, you can get Debian's version like this: 
# apt-get install zeroinstall-injector
For the older Debian 4.0 ("Etch") release, you can download a package from 0install.net.
Fedora
Install the RPM from Fedora repository with this command: 
# yum install zeroinstall-injector
Mandriva
Mandriva RPMs can be downloaded from 0install.net.
SUSE
SUSE RPMs can be downloaded from 0install.net.
Ubuntu
You can install the zeroinstall-injector package that's provided by Ubuntu like this: 
$ sudo apt-get install zeroinstall-injector

Alternatively, you may prefer to get a newer version from 0install.net.

Other
If your system isn't listed above, consult 0install.net/install-source.xml to get the source package.

Running ROX

To get started, run the 'rox' script, like this: 

$ ./rox

This should offer to download ROX-Filer for you. When the ROX-Filer window opens, you can then run any of the other programs. To get the full ROX desktop environment, run ROX-Session.

If you need more help, check the web-site or the mailing lists:

Have fun!