Digital Watchdog Spectrum Client on Ubuntu 16.0.4 LTSGetting Digital Watchdog Spectrum Client on Ubuntu 16.0.4 LTS can be not-so-straight-forward especially if you are not from the Linux world.
DOWNLOAD:
- download from here: http://publiclibrary.dwcc.tv/DW_Spectrum/downloads.html
- (NOTE: this is NOT the obvious place of http://digital-watchdog.com/DW_Spectrum/)
TO INSTALL:
- open TERMINAL
- type: cd ~/Downloads
- type: sudo dkpg -i digitalwatchdog-client-2.4.1.10278-x64-release.deb
- (NOTE: do not just double-click on the file. Do not install with UBUNTU SOFTWARE MANAGER).
- go through the setup process.
On UBUNTU 14.02, you are finished. On UBUNTU 16.0.4, you need the following:
- type: sudo apt-get install libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev
That's it! You should now be able to use the Digital Watchdog Spectrum client.