Using Legacy on Ubuntu Linux

[downside]

I think it is called Nautilus on Ubuntu and here is how to use it:

https://help.ubuntu.com/7.04/user-guide/C/gosnautilus-8.html

I'm using PCLinuxOS so things are slightly different.

[newbe_nz]

Thanks downside.

Have bookmarked it so I can read through it in the morning

Newbe

[downside]

I just installed FTM-2005 from CD and it worked perfectly first time.

The appearance is slightly different, which is to be expected but it all seems to work.

[trinkner]

I too am running Ubuntu 9.10 and have installed Wine.  I can install Legacy 7.0 just fine, but receive the 445 error when I try to import from a GEDCOM into a new database.  I also receive the 445 error when I try to open the sample.fdb database which the installation created in my c:\ directory tree inside of the Wine folder.

I would really like to use Legacy on Llinux, as it is perhaps the one program from Windows that I'd like to continue to use on Linux.

GRAMPS looks OK for Linux, but not as easy to navigate as Legacy.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

[newbe_nz]

I still get the same error as well.

Error 445.

There is a new version coming out at end of April for Ubuntu so will see what happens then

Newbe

[trinkner]

We can hope!  I suspect that compatibility with Legacy is rather low on the list.  Perhaps other programs are experiencing a related error.

Happy geneologizing!

[Redroger]

Pleased this thread has reignited, as I had forgotten to report about Legacy 7.4 on Linux Zen Mini. The report is that though it will download and instal fairly slowly it will not work, also when I try to uninstal it with the integrated uninstal program it just sits there.Unable to uninstal it or use it.

[newbe_nz]

So I guess this means we can't use legacy at all on Ubuntu

What a pain.

Never mind it was just a thought.

I find it far easier to use than GRAMPS

Newbe

[Redroger]

There is one possibility, download Virtual Box, instal it, then instal XP in the virtual computer, and run Legacy from that. Should work, and apart from Legacy deluxe all free if you have a copy of XP.