2: Installation
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chmod 755 ~/Desktop/SpectraSuiteSetup_Linux32.bin
sudo ~/Desktop/SpectraSuiteSetup_Linux32.bin
You are prompted for your password, which allows you to execute the setup as root. Contact your
system administrator if you do not have password.
If the sudo command does not work (it may not be set up for your user account), then enter the
following:
su
(enter password for root)
~/Desktop/SpectraSuiteSetup_Linux.bin
The Linux version of SpectraSuite requires some libraries that may not be installed by
default, depending on the Linux distribution. The following are libraries are required, and are
not provided as part of SpectraSuite:
libstdc++ version 6.
libXp version 6 (earlier versions may work too). In Fedora Core 3 and 4, this is provided
in xorg-x11-deprecated-libs.
libusb version 0.1.10 or newer (should be provided in a libusb package or can be
downloaded from http://libusb.sourceforge.net/download.html#stable
).
It may be necessary to modify SELinux (Security Enhanced Linux) restrictions before
SpectraSuite will run. It is possible to remove SELinux auditing by running 'setenforce
Permissive' as root or by customizing your SELinux policies. The SpectraSuite installer does
not modify system security settings.
Note
The default installation directory is /usr/local/OceanOptics/SpectraSuite.
A symbolic link is put in /usr/bin so that you can enter
spectrasuite on any command line
to start the program.
The SpectraSuite icon (
) location varies by installation, but will be under either
Applications or Other under the Application Launcher menu.
Installing Device Drivers for Windows 64-Bit
Installations
Hardware device driver installation is seamless on Microsoft Windows 32-bit operating systems when
you connect your spectrometer to your computer. However, 64-bit Windows 7 and Vista systems require
a bit more care when connecting your spectrometer for the first time. See the following sections for more
information.
