Posted by
Mark Bentley on
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Bootable-Linux-USB-Installation-tp5009777p5009790.html
Hi Greg,
I use ImageJ on Debian Linux, the distribution from which Mint and
Ubuntu are derived.
Often times tutorials for installing software on Linux feature building
the program from source code, and this (sometimes, maybe) has benefits
over using an already compiled and provided executable. That said, I
use a provided executable whenever possible. Note that an 'executable'
here refers to a file that Linux can run directly as a complete (perhaps
graphical) program, ie I'm not referring to aProgramInstaller.exe in the
Windows sense.
1) Often, a Linux executable file is provided along with a collection of
necessary support files. If so, the executable is most likely found
within a directory containing these additional files. You simply run
the program by executing the file from within that directory. It's that
easy! There is NO 'installation program.'
2) Often, the executable code requires no special administrative
permissions, so it may be executed by any user, and run from any
directory in your filesystem. This is nice for live CD/USB environments.
Both 1 and 2 are the case with ImageJ!
So, to run ImageJ on Linux, simply download ImageJ for Linux from
http://imagej.nih.gov/ij/download.html, unzip the file in any directory
of choice, navigate into the created 'ImageJ' directory, and then
execute the file 'Image' directly. Step by step...
Open a terminal window and navigate to the directory where you're going
to extract/'install' ImageJ. I'm lazy so I'll just use my home folder.
You may need to navigate to the 'persistent directory' on the liveUSB
(the 4GB space you allocated for storing files). The name/location of
this directory varies, so I won't wager a guess at it's location.
$ cd
or
$ cd path/to/the/persistent/directory
Now unzip the file you downloaded (which I'm assuming is in your
Downloads folder), for 64-bit Linux it would currently look like this
$ unzip ~/Downloads/ij148-linux64.zip
Now navigate into the directory created by the unzip
$ cd ImageJ/
and execute the main program file, also called 'ImageJ'
$ ./ImageJ &
This should start ImageJ, and the & frees your terminal to execute the
next command, more or less. You could also just close the terminal
window at this point.
"Wait, do I have to open a terminal/shell, navigate to the directory,
and type ./ImageJ & every time I wish to run Image!?"
No.
http://community.linuxmint.com/software/view/alacartegood luck!
Mark Bentley
On 09/26/2014 04:56 AM, Gregory James wrote:
> Dear Image Community,
>
> I am trying to install ImageJ on a bootable Linux USB stick. I have used the fantastic YUMI (Universal Mulitboot Installer) program from the pendrivelinux.com website to make a bootable version of Linux Mint with 4GB of memory allocated for writing files. I am not familiar with Linux and I find the installation instructions on the ImageJ website (perhaps) too simplistic, especially for a dummy like me!
>
> I was wondering if somebody could kindly explain the Linux installation process in an understandable way. I would be particularly interested to hear from people who have successfully installed ImageJ on a bootable Linux USB stick. I have read the posts from January 2007 discussing a similar issue but I find them difficult to follow and I am still struggling to achieve my goal.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Greg.
>
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