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This my first time using Ubuntu Desktop and I am having problems with the installation, I have the UMS files down loaded and I have looked at the install text file but it seems to have been written for someone with knowledge on Ubuntu any suggestion would be great

first and probably most difficult thing is to get all the right dependencies.the install.txt only mentions mediainfo and open-jdk, but other tutorials suggest to install oracles java instead and also dcraw, vlc, mplayer and mencoder. since you're a beginner i'd go for open-jdk. you should be able to find all of those in the app-store-thingy ubuntu has. if you do want to use command line, you can go for oracle java. use the following commands:
after that it's straight forward (if you don't want UMS in autostart):

extract the archive to any location you see fit (most people go for /usr/ums) and run the UMS.sh script to start it.

Agent_Rocket wrote:most people go for /usr/ums

Agree entirely with your recommendations except for this bit . It's much simpler to avoid root installations and extract+run anywhere inside the user's own space, e.g. $HOME/ums.

Thanks for the reply guys, but I must be doing something else wrong. I used the script to install dependencies and extracted the files to home/ums. but the UMS.sh scripts wont launch it opens in gedit.

Stephen1602 wrote:UMS.sh scripts wont launch it opens in gedit

Open a terminal and

• cd (change directory) to your ums folder (using its actual path), e.g.

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  cd ~/ums

• run the script:

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  ./UMS.sh

• if you get a permission denied message, first grant the script 'exec' privilege

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  chmod +x UMS.sh

  and try again.

it could also be a simple matter of what the default action is for that file type. try right clicking the script and click something that says "execute" rather than "open".

thanks to everyone that's posted I really do appreciate the help. but I still seem to be having problem (which could be entirly user related) but I had a thought is UMS 5.0.1 64bit or 32? I am running a 32bit install because there isn't 64bit Intel support Ubuntu.

it's a java program, that means whether it's 32 or 64 bit depends on the java version on your computer.