www.auctionsieve.com

[juppes]

hello,

can anybody tell me how to install AuctionSieve under Linux? I downloaded the archive and extracted it, but now I do not know what to do with the result.

thank you in advance

[nev]

Hi,

You need to 'run' the auctionsieve.jar file.

To do that, you may need to do two steps:
1. Right click on it and select Properties and set the execute permission
2. Right click on it and select Open with Java

Nev

[juppes]

thank you! That does the trick! But now I have the problem that clicking on "View" does not do anything. I read through the Linux issues and saw the example shell script. I have no idea, though, how to implement it using AuctionSieve. Do I have to run the script while AuctionSieve is open or how does this work?

[nev]

Ok, I tried it out on a friend's Ubuntu laptop today and realised the browser code for Linux could do with an update.
So.....

There's a new beta out.
Run AuctionSieve
Select Tools->Check for beta updates

Once that's downloaded, run it again and the View links should work!
No mucking around with scripts required.

Let me know how you go.

[juppes]

thanks for the quick reply. I will get back at you as soon as I will have tried the new beta.
Will be away for a couple of days, so it will be mid-next week probably.

[nev]

BTW when you download the update, it may put the new auctionsieve.jar in your home directory.

[juppes]

thank you. I completely deleted my old version and installed the most recent one (2.5.4.4). The problem persists, though: clicking on "View" does not launch Firefox, my default Browser. I checked everything in "Options", I changed my default browser to Konqueror, but his does not help either. Any other ideas?

[nev]

Are you using Java 6?

[juppes]

yes, it says "Open with OpenJDK 6 java Runtime". Please correct me, if I am wrong.

[juppes]

and an addendum: I asked the terminal, and the reply was:

java version "1.6.0_20"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.9.2) (6b20-1.9.2-0ubuntu1~10.04.1)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 19.0-b09, mixed mode)

Does that help? And just in case: how do I update Java in the Termimal? I am a Linux newbie who is about to leave the good old Mac OS.

[nev]

Yeah - that's the correct version of Java.

When you run AuctionSieve, click on Help->About
Does it definitely say 2.5.4.4?

Also, go to Tools->Options...->Browser tab
click on the various links and tell me if anything works.

[juppes]

It definitely is 2.5.4.4. In Options>Browser only the top link launches a new tab in Firefox. All the others bring up an error message (Nos. 2 and 3) or just do nothing. Here is the error message for method 2:

AuctionSieve version 2.5.4.4
Operating System = linux
Java version = 1.6.0_20
Java vm version = 19.0-b09
Java runtime version = 1.6.0_20-b20
Current dir = /home/hajo/Dokumente
User home dir = /home/hajo
Tmp dir = /tmp
Tmp dir being used = /home/hajo/.AuctionSieve/tmp
java.io.IOException: Failed to show URI:file:/home/hajo/.AuctionSieve/tmp/browsertest2.html
at sun.awt.X11.XDesktopPeer.launch(XDesktopPeer.java:93)
at sun.awt.X11.XDesktopPeer.open(XDesktopPeer.java:61)
at java.awt.Desktop.open(Desktop.java:272)
at hashbang.auctionsieve.ui.Java6Util.openURLWithOpenAction(Unknown Source)
at hashbang.auctionsieve.ui.optionsdialog.BrowserTab$2.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:636)

[nev]

Ok, bring up your file explorer (or whatever it's called on your linux) and go to that directory:
/home/hajo/.AuctionSieve/tmp/browsertest2.html
and try to open the html file by double clicking it.

Does that launch your default browser?

[nev]

Also make sure 'reuse browser window' is turned on.

[juppes]