[W] Install Wink for Ubuntu 8.10 [64-bit]

Install Wink for Ubuntu 8.10 [64-bit]

Wink Version: 1.5.1060

Wink is a great program for creating video tutorials through the use of flash animation. You can take screen captures with Wink either on-demand or on a time-delay basis and then compile those screenshots into a swf file for use in a web page. You can also add explanation boxes, buttons and titles to your presentations. If you're looking for an easy way to create a video tutorial on how to use certain software applications or perhaps even a website then you definitely want to check out Wink. Unfortunately the wink package available in the Ubuntu repository is only available for the 32-bit architecture so this guide will walk you through installing it on the 64-bit version of Ubuntu.

1.First off you'll need to install the following package.

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs

2.The next step is to download the Wink package. Click here for a list of download locations.. Select one of the listed mirrors and save the file to your desktop.

3.Open your terminal and type the following:

cd /home/[YourUserName]/Desktop
dpkg-deb --extract wink_1.5.1060-6_i386.deb wink
dpkg-deb --control wink_1.5.1060-6_i386.deb wink/DEBIAN
gedit ./wink/DEBIAN/control

4.Find the line that begins with "Architecture:" and replace the "i386" with "all"

Architecture: all

5.Delete the line that begins with "Original-Maintainer: Daniel Baumann ". This step isn't mandatory but it will prevent an error from being displayed when the package is built.

6.Click Save and close gedit.

7.Type the following:

gedit ./wink/usr/share/applications/wink.desktop

8.Find the line that begins with "Icon=" and replace "wink" with "/usr/share/pixmaps/wink.xpm". This step ensures that the correct icon will appear on your Applications > Graphics menu.

Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/wink.xpm


9.Click Save and close gedit

10.The wink package requires that the libexpat.so.0 file be installed in your /usr/lib32 folder. Type the following.

mkdir -p ./wink/usr/lib32
sudo ln -s /usr/lib32/libexpat.so.1 ./wink/usr/lib32/libexpat.so.0

11.Type the following to build the package.

dpkg-deb --build wink

12.Click on the new wink.deb package to install it or type the following.

sudo dpkg -i ./wink.deb

13.Before running the program for the first time you need to make sure that all required libraries are installed. After you install the newly created package type the following:

ldd /usr/lib/wink/wink

14.If none of the libraries say "not found" then you should now be able to open wink from the Applications > Graphics menu.

Note: If any libraries are listed as not found then you may need to install additional packages or as a last resort manually extract the files from a package into your /usr/lib32 directory. You can search the Ubuntu repository for the name of the missing library. Click here to use the "Package Contents" search.. Enter the name of the library you are missing and search for a package that contains it. When you've found the correct package download the i386 version and extract the missing library into your /usr/lib32 folder.

To uninstall type the following:

sudo apt-get remove wink