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Old 03-20-2014, 03:50 PM   #34
Gregg Bell
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Originally Posted by theducks View Post
I open a Blank Txt file
I past the Calibre comand line into it
I save as getCalibre.sh
I right click on the file: Properties: permissions: tick 'Allow to execute..'

Now when I double click the Icon, I get asked if I want to run in a Terminal (click Yes)

(this is just a local copy so you don't have to always open the web page

BTW the permissions bit is just a GUI way of adding the x bit instead of using chmod
ducks, Thanks but why would I want to do all you suggest when I can just put the binary command in the terminal and have Calibre in my Applications menu? Your way seems like a lot of work and I don't know what the benefit would be.
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