Comments on: How to install SMART Notebook software on a 64 bit Ubuntu machine

By: soronk

soronk — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 09:47:26 +0000

Managed to install on kubuntu natty 64bit. needed to install lib32gmp3 for missing libgmp.so

By: carlos

carlos — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 08:07:32 +0000

Hi Felix
Im triying to install in Natty 32bit… the procedure is similar to the one you used in the 64 version?
if yes could you please mail it to me
Thanks
carlos

By: Felix

Felix — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 21:05:33 +0000

i am using Ubuntu Natty alpha 3 amd64 eith smart 10.2. I have successfully installed on almost any kubuntu before (always with tons of hacking)

By: andtrds

andtrds — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 20:19:37 +0000

Felix which version of Smart you are using?
Ubuntu 10.10 amd64?
thank you

By: Felix

Felix — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:08:45 +0000

Installation finished smoothly and the Notebook software runs without any problems.

Concerning the panel I do not know since I do not use it. I am using a Bamboo Tablet for pen input in combination with the notebook software – nothing else. In summary I reckon that the above fix was probably much easier than I thought (I have not been able to install for months…), however, the conceptual change is somewhat hidden – even with plenty of linux experience.

Also, I would liek to outline that “autopackage is no longer developed” and I am curious what kind of installer the next SmartBoard release for Linux will use (if they will ever release another one…).

By: andtrds

andtrds — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:27:12 +0000

Felix after this fix did you manage to complete the installation?if yes does the smart notebook control panel works?
thanks

By: Felix

Felix — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 08:15:01 +0000

After having run into the glibc issue AGAIN, here is a hack to work around:

as root edit the file /usr/share/autopackage/apkg-script-utils
Insert the following code snippet:
trace passed
outputTestPass

popOptE;
return 0

right AFTER the part
function requireLibC() {
pushOptE; set +e;
if [[ "$@" == "" ]]; then return 0; fi; # we may be called with no arguments from backend.template, if no binaries are in the package
outputTest “$intl_CHECKING_FOR_GLIBC_SYMBOL_VERSIONS”
trace looking for $@
local r

Then the GLIBC test is set to TRUE and you can move on. This was the solution for me. FINALLY. What a hack…

Good luck to all of you.

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 18:18:09 +0000

There’s no point installing it on 64bits. Even if you can complete the installation, Notebook can’t be loaded due to incompatible library files, e.g., libgmp.so.

By: andtrds

andtrds — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 16:14:22 +0000

Chris your method works

but i cant open the Control Panel of smart notebook..any ideas??

By: MK

MK — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 15:23:49 +0000

FYI, I have spoken with Tech Support at SmartTech and they have NO plans to port this software to 64Bit Ubuntu version AT ALL…

I am switching to an eno by PolyVision…