Re: st: Static or dynamically linked install on Ubuntu 64 bit

[roland andersson <rolandersson@gmail.com>]

My instruction was incomplete. After my install Stata would crash when
I opened the do-file editor. I googled around and found this
instruction

http://jonas.ranstam.se/2010/10/24/how-to-install-stata-v11-under-ubuntu-10-10-maverick-meerkat/

It seems to be complete. The dynamic link opens much faster and is
more nice-looking.



# Create a directory for Stata 11 and install Stata here
sudo mkdir /usr/local/stata11
cd /usr/local/stata11
sudo /path-to-installation-disk/install

# Enter the license information
sudo ./stinit

# Fix some libraries
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libtiff.so.4 /usr/lib/libtiff.so.3
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libgtksourceview-2.0.so.0 /usr/lib/libgtksourceview-1.0.so.0
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libgtk2.0-0 /usr/lib/libgtk-1.2.0
sudo apt-get install libgtksourceview1.0-0

Roland Andersson


2011/4/11 Andrew Dyck <tempmail@andrewdyck.com>:
> I also recall having some problems running the graphical version of
> Stata on Ubuntu without making the changes Roland suggests below.
> Stata would crash when doing things like pressing certain buttons in
> the gui.
>
> I do not know of a downside to running the dynamically linked version
> other than that it takes some extra TLC to get it setup.
>
> Cheers,
> Andrew
>
> On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 12:50 PM, roland andersson
> <rolandersson@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I can answer myself - I installed the dynamic version of Stata, and
>> did the following:
>>
>> Run sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libtiff.so.4 /usr/lib/libtiff.so.3
>>
>> Run sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libgtksourceview-2.0.so.0
>> /usr/lib/libgtksourceview-1.0.so.0
>>
>> Stata opened much faster, and probably with more free memory, although
>> I never checked the free memory with the static installation.
>>
>> I think Stata should add a FAQ on this.
>>
>> Greetings
>>
>> Roland Andersson
>>
>>
>> 2011/4/11 roland andersson <rolandersson@gmail.com>:
>> > I have installed Stata11 on Ubuntu 10. The statically linked version
>> > seem to work. I have seen some tweaks to make the dynamically version
>> > work. Is it worth the trouble? What is the difference?
>> >
>> > Roland Andersson
>> > *
>> > *   For searches and help try:
>> > *   http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search
>> > *   http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
>> > *   http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
>> >
>>
>> *
>> *   For searches and help try:
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>> *   http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
>> *   http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
>
> *
> *   For searches and help try:
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> *   http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
> *   http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
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