I need to do some configuration on my Devolo Homeplug network and have downloaded their Linux application, called Cockpit. However, I can’t figure out how to install this file, which is named software-dlan-cockpit-linux-v3.run
Has anyone come across this app before, or can someone tell me how you install a .run file?
Hi
You need to chmod the file so it executes;
chmod 755 software-dlan-cockpit-linux-v3.run
./software-dlan-cockpit-linux-v3.run
The chmod bit worked, but when I tried the second line, I got this:
Error: this system does not have dpkg, cannot install
Good morning
The two lines you need to type are:
chmod +x software-dlan-cockpit-linux-v3-2.run
sudo ./software-dlan-cockpit-linux-v3-2.run
I found them in a german forum and now is working perfect.
A better way is to download the software dlancockpit in the .deb format at the following URL:
Index of /linux/apt/pool/main/d/devolo-dlan-cockpit
Download the following installation file in .deb format:
** devolo-dlan-cockpit_3.2-0_amd64.deb
**Then transform it in a .rpm file with alien:
alien -rc devolo-dlan-cockpit_3.2-0_amd64.deb
The resulting file is:
devolo-dlan-cockpit-3.2-1.x86_64.rpm
Make it executable:
chmod +x devolo-dlan-cockpit-3.2-1.x86_64.rpm
Then install it:
rpm -ivh devolo-dlan-cockpit-3.2-1.x86_64.rpm
dlancockpit requires Adobe Air which is no longer supported for Linux systems. So you need to download an old version at the following URL:
Archived Adobe AIR SDK version
Download and install the following file:
**Adobe AIR 2.6.0 Linux (15.4 MB)
**After that, a problem appears. When I launch dlancockpit, only the window of that application is displayed, but nothing appears in it. There is a service which cannot be started and returns an error code of 1. The corresponding script file is /etc/init.d/devolonetsvc.
As I am very far from being a specialist, I cannot find where is the error. But I succeeded in an inelegant way by typing this line of code:
sudo /etc/init.d/devolonetsvc
and after clicking on the devolo dlan cockpit icon. And it works!
If someone could help me in solving this problem, I would be very grateful.
I have made this try on openSUSE 11.1 x86_64.