HOWTO:Picasa

Contents 1 Install method 1 2 Install method 2 2.1 Use wget to download the latest 32bit deb of picasa 2.2 Use ar to extract the install files from the deb 2.3 Create a directory and all it's parent dirs to place picasa (~/bin/google/picasa) 2.4 Move the archive to the above dir 2.5 Change to that directory 2.6 Extract the archive 2.7 Delete the archive 2.8 Change dir to ~/bin 2.9 Create a symbolic link so that I could run ~/bin/picasa to execute the program 2.10 Run picasa

Install method 1

There may be a better way to install Picasa on Pardus, so pelase up date this howto with a easier method. This method is a bit cumbersome, but does work.

http://picasa.google.com/linux/faq.html#1

Q: I miss the .bin package. Why is it gone, and how can I install Picasa 2.7 in my home directory?

We no longer ship a .bin because we prefer users to add our repository to their package manager, and use their system's normal autoupdate to pick up new versions of Picasa automatically.

If you really can't or don't want to use a .rpm or .deb package manager, you can still do a manual install into your home directory by unpacking the .deb or .rpm package. For instance, to unpack the .deb package manually, do:

cd $HOME ar x picasa_*.deb data.tar.gz tar zxf data.tar.gz

You can then run Picasa with the command:

$HOME/opt/picasa/bin/picasa

You probably want to make an icon, shortcut, or symlink for that so you only have to type it once!

The above was from google FAQ, i did it as follows:

I extracted the picasa.deb file to my desktop. then extracted the data.tar.gz file this created a 'opt' directory on my desktop and a 'usr' folder. Then as SU i copied the 'opt/picasa' folder to my /opt/ folder so I had /opt/picasa. I aslo copied the usr/picasa file to /usr/local/bin Then edited the kde-menu to add a entry under 'graphics' for picasa, pointing to /opt/picasa/bin/picasa The icon was located at: /opt/picasa/desktop/picasa.xpm

Install method 2

Use wget to download the latest 32bit deb of picasa

wget http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/pool/non-free/p/picasa/picasa_2.7.3736-15_i386.deb

Use ar to extract the install files from the deb

ar x picasa_2.7.3736-15_i386.deb data.tar.gz

Create a directory and all it's parent dirs to place picasa (~/bin/google/picasa)

mkdir -p ~/bin/google/picasa

Move the archive to the above dir

mv data.tar.gz ~/bin/google/picasa

Change to that directory

cd ~/bin/google/picasa

Extract the archive

tar zxf data.tar.gz

Delete the archive

rm -f data.tar.gz

Change dir to ~/bin

cd ~/bin

Create a symbolic link so that I could run ~/bin/picasa to execute the program

ln -s google/picasa/opt/picasa/bin/picasa

Run picasa

~/bin/picasa