Using Legacy on Ubuntu Linux

[Redroger]

In the end failure. As I said previously I managed to instal the standard edition. However, when I tried to enter a data file, either the sample tree included with the program, or GEDCOMs from a CD the machine refused to enter them. Looks as though we are not there yet, but heading in the right direction.

[downside]

I installed  Legacy to see if I could get it working.  It put 3 icons on my Linux desktop.

I managed to get the Legacy Charting bit working.

It searched my hard drive and found 92 potential database files.  I selected one and it worked OK.

It might need a registry tweak to stop that initial page from loading - the one that says Order a Legacy Manual and then aborts with the Run-Time Error 445.

I installed PAF and that worked without any problems.  It looks better now than when I last played around with it a couple of years ago.

[newbe_nz]

Thanks everyone for your help

Looks like i will have to have a play around with it and see what i can do

Cheers
Newbe

[downside]

OK I've got it working now.

Firstly I went into Windows and changed the option which tries to connect to the Internet.  I changed it to so that it does not automatically connect to the Internet (the dial-up option).

Then I switched over to my Linux partition and removed the entire .wine folder at the command prompt:

rm -rf .wine

I re-created the wine directory by typing:

wine

I then started the Add/Remove Programs applet by typing:

wine control

I then reinstalled Legacy 7.4 from scratch.
Legacy7Setup.exe  50,400kb

I had to answer a few questions as it installed (which it didn't do last time) and it launched without a hitch.

I copied my legacy data file over from Windows and put in my /home directory and it loaded it in without any problems.

However, when I quit the program it came up with the Run-time error 445 on exit for some bizarre reason.
When I next launched the program it asked if I wanted to Order a Legacy Manual again despite the fact that it was unticked which meant it should not have displayed that window - so it is not remembering things.

Anyway - it is progress of a sort.

[Redroger]

I'll have another go with the Mint variant and see what if anything an amateur like me can get out of it.

[newbe_nz]

I just tried to install a gedcom on legacy but came back with run time error 445

Newbe

[downside]

newbe_nz

Did you copy the gedcom file from your Windows partition to your Linux partition, or did you import it direct from your mounted Windows partition?

Try running the Legacy 7 Charting program and see whether it accepts your gedcom.

Actually you can import any of these file types:

Legacy file .fdb
PAF .paf
FTM .ftw
GEDCOM .ged

Copy your C:\Program Files\Legacy\Data\yourfile.fdb

over to your your Linux partition and put it in your /home/yourUserName directory.

[Redroger]

Part of the problem that I have is that the Linux system cannot see GEDCOMs on the CD, even though it is the same CD I used to instal Wine.

[downside]

Roger

If your Windows partition is mounted as /dev/hda1 or  /media/hda1 then you do not need to import the gedcom file from the CD but you can import it from your hard drive.  When you run the Legacy Charting program it will search your entire hard drive for the file types I listed above.  It found 116 files when I ran it.