Jeff Smith wrote to All:   
   JS> Hello There,   
   JS>    
   JS> In an attempt to test MBSE I intalled a Ubuntu user "mbse" and then loaded    
   JS> the SETUP.sh file. First thing it complained about was that user mbse    
   JS> already existed, then promptly aborted. It would seem to me that    
   JS> installing as the intended user of the program would be the logical and    
   JS> prudent way to proceed. Is there a procedure to avoid this setup behavior?   
   JS>    
      
   I have also run in to many little gotcha's over the last little while with   
   MBSE.  I have found that Debian and it's variants are not the best environment   
   for MBSE.  Then again Arch Linux is also not 100% supported either because of   
   the systemd scripts it uses.  Either way I find the experience of setting up   
   MBSE is the funnest and most frustrating part of it.  Once it's up and running   
   you don't have to pay much attention to it.   
      
   When I setup this Arch Linux box I already had my /opt/mbse directory and it   
   was populated with all my BBS files as I had been running it under Linux Mint   
   for a year.  I ended up ignoring the setup script and just did the compile and   
   install from make.  One thing I did find from installing on Mint was that   
   dependencies where hard to find.  Getting all the little bits that where   
   missing took some time and research.  Watch the ./configure output and try to   
   satisfy most of the missing dependancies.  You can get them all (and you don't   
   want to as some interfer with others).  I also get lots of warnings when   
   compiling but no hard errors.  I also have issues after a successful compile   
   with segfaults under Mint but not with Arch.   
      
   Hope this helps.   
      
   Stephen   
                                         
                 
                                                                                    
      
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