Bennett Ubuntu Install
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Installing Bennett on Ubuntu 24.04
- Download appropriate Bennett package from the Bennett Download and Install guide page.
- Open a terminal window
- Change to the directory containing the downloaded file, for example
cd ~/Downloads
- run the following command
sudo apt install ./THE_FILE_YOU_JUST_DOWNLOADED.deb
- a specific example at this time is
sudo apt install Bennett_1.2.14-1-g58d8f8b_x86_64_noble.deb
- When prompted to install packages, enter 'y'
Uninstalling Bennett
To uninstall Bennett, run the following command:
dpkg -r bennett
Running Bennett
Once Bennett is installed on your system, the scripts to start the GUI are available at /opt/bennett/bin/ This path should be added to your system path, either by running the following commands each time you wish to run Bennett.
export PATH=$PATH:/opt/bennett/bin/
start_bennett_151
or appending the below to your ~/.bashrc file.
export PATH=$PATH:/opt/bennett/bin/
Alternatively, you can run Bennett by specifying the full path
/opt/bennett/bin/start_bennett_151