Hi Khandu,
PRECIS needs to be installed as user, not as superuser/root.
Do not ever run PRECIS as root.
Please delete the following directories:
/root/um
/root/precis_expt
/root/archive
/root/pp4lbc
/root/dumps
When you download Precis194.tgz, put in in your $HOME directory (your might be called /home/khandu or /home/precis)
untar the file like this:
Code:
tar xvzf Precis194.tgz
That should create a sub-directory called Precis_vn1.9.4/
now run the installer like this:
Code:
cp $HOME/Precis_vn1.9.4/install* $HOME
cd $HOME
./install_precis $HOME/Precis_vn1.9.4/
You can then go through the questions and the install should be OK.
When it finishes, type
Code:
. setvars
precis
Note that PRECIS requires two packages that Mint Linux may not install by default: korn shell and Imagemagick
Assuming, your PC has internet access, you can install these with apt-get
Code:
sudo apt-get install pdksh
sudo apt-get install Imagemagick
You might have to run
Code:
sudo apt-get install ksh
if pdksh does not work
Hope this helps
David