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Menno

Dec 01, 2011 @ 07:05 PM

I want to run a Geekbench to see how Ubuntu compares to WV64. Total noob Q: when I download Geekbench I can't open it, I presume because I don't have an app that uncompresses files, but I can't be sure. I'm on 11.04

Anybody?

1. 1 Posted by menno.l.de.boer on Dec 01, 2011 @ 07:11 PM

   

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2. 2 Posted by Menno on Dec 02, 2011 @ 06:09 PM

   

   Anybody?

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3. 3 Posted by Menno on Dec 02, 2011 @ 11:40 PM

   

   So I tried extracting to a new folder, but no dice. Something DOES happen, the system monitor shows a geekbench thread and cpu load is 100% for both cores, but I get no results.

   What gives?

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4. Support Staff 4 Posted by John on Dec 03, 2011 @ 12:34 AM

   

   Hi Menno,

   You'll want to run the following commands from a Terminal:

   tar -zxvf Geekbench-2.2.3-Linux.tar.gz
   cd dist/Geekbench-2.2.3-Linux/
   ./geekbench_x86_32
   

   If you're running the 64-bit version of Ubuntu you'll need to install the 32-bit compatibility libraries:

   sudo apt-get install ia32-libs
   

   Best,
   John

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5. 5 Posted by Menno on Dec 03, 2011 @ 02:30 AM

   

   Hi John,
   thanks for your answer. I did as you said, but got the following message:

   tar (child): Geekbench-2.2.3-Linux.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
   tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now
   tar: Child returned status 2
   tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

   Is that command a "change directory" like in the days of DOS? I think I extracted Geekbench to my folder.
   Best,

   Menno

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6. 6 Posted by Menno on Dec 03, 2011 @ 02:32 AM

   

   should be:

   Is that command a "change directory" like in the days of DOS? I think I extracted Geekbench to my [username] folder.

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7. Support Staff 7 Posted by John on Dec 06, 2011 @ 01:15 AM

   

   Hi Menno,

   Make sure you run the commands in the folder where you downloaded Geekbench. There's a chance your browser uncompressed Geekbench in which case substitute this command as the first command:

   tar -xvf Geekbench-2.2.3-Linux.tar
   

   cd is in fact the change directory command.

   Best,
   John

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8. 8 Posted by morganmc32 on Dec 07, 2011 @ 03:33 AM

   

   Thank, those commands were what I was looking for!

   -resistanceISuseless

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9. John closed this discussion on Dec 07, 2011 @ 11:57 PM.