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Pablo Bianchi
Asked: 2019-02-20 11:37:03 +0800 CST

How to install MarcEdit

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I wish to install MarcEdit.

MarcEdit is a closed source app build with .NET that runs over mono. Is usually used on libraries, where MARC records is a common format.

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  1. Best Answer

    Follow this installation procedure

    sudo apt install mono-runtime yaz zlibc libxml2 libxslt1-dev        # Dependencies
wget "https://marcedit.reeset.net/software/marcedit7/marcedit7.run" # Download MarcEdit 7

chmod u+x marcedit7.run                 # Make it executable
./marcedit7.run --target $HOME/marcedit # Unpackage it on preferred folder

cd $HOME/marcedit
./create_shortcut.sh # Generate shortcut (on ~/.local/share/applications), without using desktop-file-install.
sudo update-desktop-database

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    Notes

    • Keep in mind MarcEdit is a non-free software build with C#/Mono and is very buggy under Linux. Either way sadly doesn't exist an open source alternative (so far).
    • On newer versions (7.3.11) I came across to this issue (Mono 4.6.2, with 6.12.0.122 seems to work). You can report any bugs here.

    Why this post: I found this procedure much easier, straightforward and complete way for IT people working on libraries than the instructions of the author. Moreover, this way works and the one shown by the author site doesn't. Doesn't mention chmod the .run file, nor how to generate and move the shortcut to the appropriate location. Also, won't work without fixing the –target to --target, something probably newbies will miss.

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