[Elecraft] help needed with Linux utils for K3, P3, KAT500 and XG3

[Matt Zilmer]

You didn't mention that you'd unpacked the tarball.  You would have to
do that before trying to open an .so file buried in it.

try 

tar -xvf <tarball filename>

73,
matt W6NIA

On Wed, 04 Sep 2013 12:57:16 -0500, you wrote:

>I have just installed Linux Mint 15. I use to run Linux years ago, but 
>have forgotten most all I ever _thought_ I knew.
>
>I have unpacked the K3UtilityLINUX_1_13_6_17.tgz and placed it in a 
>folder in my ~/ directory. But when trying to run the k3util executable,
>I get errors that I am clueless as to how to fix them.
>
>sam at AMD4 ~/elecraft/k3util_1_13_6_17 $ ./k3util
>Failed to find/load Framework library
>/home/sam/elecraft/k3util_1_13_6_17/./RBGUIFramework.so: cannot open 
>shared object file: No such file or directory
>
>
>sam at AMD4 ~/elecraft/k3util_1_13_6_17 $ ls -a
>.  ..  .directory  Help  k3util  k3util Libs
>
>
>sam at AMD4 ~/elecraft/k3util_1_13_6_17/k3util Libs $ ls -a
>.  ..  libRBAppearancePak.so  libRBBrowser.so  libRBRegEx.so 
>libRBShell.so  libRBXML.so  RBGUIFramework.so  SSLSocket.so
>
>
>
>I'm guessing that means a path needs to be added, but before I fubar my 
>system, I thought it best to ask for help and guidance on the 'correct' 
>location and way to do this.
>
>sam at AMD4 / $ echo $PATH
>/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games
>
>
>
>I doubt this topic is of interest to the 'list' in general, so I'm open 
>to on/off list help from any penguinestas out there in elecraft land.
>
>tia

Matt Zilmer, W6NIA
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