- > Thanks very much, John. I would never have figured that out! I am now officially part of the Mira clan. Thanks again! Jack >> - >> >> Hi, >> >> I apologize, but I am a total Linux beginner and, with the MIRA instructions >> presuming knowledge of basic Linux, I can¹t get the program up and running. >> I have unpacked the download, in Ubuntu, but have no idea how to copy the bin >> folder to $PATH variable, and execute the program. >> >> Can someone please provide me with an idiots walk thru of the installation >> and running of MIRA? > > Assuming you have sudo access. Type: > > 1. sudo mv mira_directory_containing_binaries /usr/local/bin > 2. sudo emacs -nw /etc/profile > 3. add the line "export > PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin/mira_directory_containing_binaries/bin" (w/o quotes) > somewhere > 4. hit Ctrl-x, Ctrl-c to save. Type yes > 5. type "source /etc/profile" > 6. invoke mira's progs. > > > I would do the same with the mira-3rd party tools. > > HTH > John