Install PeaFactory: Unix

This should work for all Unix systems like Linux, BSD, Open Solaris...

Using the Konsole:

konsole image

Klick Button "compressed tar archive" on Peafactory site.
Save the file. It will probably stored in your home folder in the directory "Downloads".

  1. Open a terminal.
  2. Go into your home folder:
    cd ~
  3. Go into the Downloads folder:
    cd Downloads
    You will hopefully find a file "peafactory-0.0.tar.gz" if you type ls
    If not, you have to find the folder, your downloads are stored
  4. Decompress tar archive (replace possibly the peafactory version):
    gunzip peafactory-0.0.tar.gz
    Now, there ist a tar archive without ".gz": peafactory-0.0.tar
  5. Unpack tar archive:
    tar xfv peafactory-0.0.tar
    You will find an unpacked folder "peafactory-0.0"
  6. Go into the new folder:
    cd peafactory-0.0
  7. Make the files executable (you have to type your password):
    sudo chmod u+x peafactory.jar
    sudo chmod u+x start_unix.sh
    sudo chmod u+x start_unix_test_mode.sh
  8. You can start now the program:
    ./start_unix.sh
    or start the jar archive directly:
    java -jar peafactory.jar
    or start in test mode:
    ./start_unix_test_mode.sh

Using File Manager and Mouse

filemanager image
This is only a rough guide ad will not work on all systems, because there are several program to browse the file system and to unpack archives.

Klick Button "compressed tar archive" on Peafactory site.
Save the file. It will probably stored in your home folder in the directory "Downloads".
To avoid access problem store it anywhere in your home folder. Otherwise you need to start the file browser with admin rights, which is not recommended.

  1. Open your file browser / file manager:
    nautilus, dolphin, pcmanfm, thunar, nemo, konqueror, rox, xfe, gentoo, caja or whatever is installed
  2. Look for a folder "Downloads" inside your home folder and go inside
  3. Look for the file "peafactory-0.0.tar.gz" (you probably have to modify the version).
    If you didn't found it, look for it elsewhere.
  4. Decompress and unpack: Right click the file.
    Hopefully there will open a menu, chose program to unpack/decompress, for example:
    Ark, File Roller, Squeeze, 7z, Xarchiver, PeaZip...
  5. Look for the file "start_unix.sh" and klick with right mouse button.
    Hopefully there will open a menu, go to an entry like "properties"
  6. Klick something like "permission" or "access rights".
    Select or click checkboxes to set the file "executable" for "User"
  7. Now, you can hopefully start by double klick the file "start_unix.sh"