Because i couldn't get my Xara MX to run in Wine. I decided to try the Linux version.I couldn't find a archiver that would open the package file so i downloaded the tar file.
Pretty cool.I was able to get it to run by downloading from this location..
http://www.xaraxtreme.org/
Grab the tar package (stable) - http://downloads.xara.com/opensource/Re ... 92.tar.bz2
Un tar the package, and there will be a folder named xaralx.Inside that folder is a bin folder in the bin folder are 3 files.You need to make them all executable and make sure group permissions is read and write as well as owner.
After untarring i placed my xaralx folder in my home directory.
Now open your terminal and in root use this command to install compat-libstdc++-33


It will then download and install.
Now just double click the xaralx executable in the home/xaralx/bin folder and your all set.
Once you use Xara the first time the program creates all the necesary file you need after.

Rod, isn't that just for 32-bit?

If Fedora can be installed "multilib" 32 bit will run on 64 bit.
I use multilib for my Gentoo 64 bit and have a few 32 bit programs.
Xaralx is available in 32 and 64 bit.
Gerard.

Thank you Gerard.

Well,correction:
The xaralx software is available on many different places.
The one Rod used is 32 bit binary.
Gentoo,which compiles all software in situ,has another site to get the source code.
The source can always be compiled either in 32 or 64 bit.
Gerard.

How do you find this version compared to the windows version? I seem to remember that it was limited in comparison. I don't believe they ever made their fast rendering engine public so the FOSS community pretty much abandoned the package. It's too bad because I always liked the cool 3D text animations that could be done easily in Xara.

This isn't a src package its the actual compiled linux package zipped in a tar file.No compiling is neded and yes it is 32 bit i will change the topic to reflect that.Sorry Molly.

The engine is pretty fast.
I like it.It does nice beveling but it does not have the extruder.It does have the mould tool
Here is another example of some 3D looking text and shapes.I used the mould tool on the bottom text.
I also show the blend tool in action.


It does crash on me (no save) when i select utilities>Options

I tried that and all I got was the Xara splash screen. Nothing else happened.

I tried it again and got this screen. I'm assuming it deleted the file from my previous try at executing the file.

It doesn't look as though it did remove the lock from your previous attempt.

Try rebooting, and running it from the terminal.

Assuming it was extracted in your Downloads folder..

cd /home/user/Downloads/xaralx/bin <enter> (where user is your user name)

Then run xaralx from the terminal like so...

./xaralx <enter>

It might give you a clue to the problem in the terminal window.

Edit: Clarified Instructions.

O did you make all three executables in the bin folder executable in properties and give group read and write perms?
Each time you load Xara that old file is deleted.That happens with mine also.

The read/write permissions are for me and also group

Execute permission is checked. They didn't change after I tried running it by double-clicking the file.

I had that same problem when i installed web builder (Qnewb), for Linux.The first install didn't work no matter what i did.
So i re-installed it and it worked.Did you try that?

If what you mean by re-installing is double-clicking the exe file again; yes, I tried it several times and got the same results.

Just a clarification that when you run an executable from the current folder in terminal, you need to precede the command with ./

So the command to run it would actually be..

./xaralx <enter>

Sorry that I left that out of my directions.

Tried it, Tux and I got that locked file dialog, so I tried running it as root and it didn't start Xara, but there were a lot of messages in the terminal window.

I made a text file from the terminal window & zipped and attached it in here.

I have been debating about downloading this Xara since 5 AM this morning and I guess I won't be trying it any time soon. I am running 64 bit gimp, 64 bit Fedora on a 64 bit pc so I would probably run into all kinds of probs. I understand that you can install the 32 bit and it will run in 64 but...my luck it would be a night mare. It is a nice piece of software though, I had it in Windows and it does really nice 3-D text.

Well, this is a pretty old binary. It's dated 2006 so I guess your results on getting it to work will vary. I'm a little hesitant to run binaries other than ones I get from the Fedora repos but if we catch anything nasty, we can always blame Rod.

O, you could try rebooting your computer and deleting the xaralx folder, then extract the files again and try running it again but not as root. Just run it as a regular user from terminal and see if you get any messages in the terminal window.

Molly, you could go ahead and give it a try. Assuming it doesn't contain any nasties, the worst that can happen is that it doesn't work.

I took a chance and it did work on my PC, by the way.

ok, I will give it a go. thanks

OK, I started from scratch, deleted all the files/folders and downloaded the file again. Booted my machine again and this time it worked.

Thanks Tux and Rod. Guess my first downloaded file was not good.

So it's not possible to run it from an entry in the menu? Have to double-click the file each time?

You can manually create a custom launcher on your dock. You just need to enter the full path to the binary.

/home/o/xaralx/bin/xaralx

You can point xaralx.png in xaralx folder and use that as your dock icon.