its latest 1.19
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all fixed(added [)

thx for guide!!

Desktop Entry]
Name=F-Prot
Comment=Anti-Virus Application
Exec=xfprot
Icon=/usr/local/xfprot/icons/antivirus-48×48.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Application;System;

using ubuntu edgy

replace #!/bin/sh with #!/bin/bash

this fixed it for me on my Kubuntu 6.10 with KDE desktop 3.5.5 release.

Good work Kefklop!!!

Thanks a lot

My xfprot installalation is totally FUBARed the system says “Could not launch menu item. Failed to execute child process “xfprot” (Permission denied)

Tried to uninstall xfprot w/your instructions “sudo dpkg -r xfprot” I get a response of
“you must specify packages by their own names, not by quoting the names of the files they come in”

Further there is an error in the documents text after “sudo checkinstall” I believe “The new package has been installed and saved to /usr/local/src/xfprot-1.16/xfprot_1.18-1_i386.deb” should read “The new package has been installed and saved to /usr/local/src/xfprot-1.18/xfprot_1.18-1_i386.deb”

For the sake of newbies, you should explain nano config in note #3. I didn’t know you had to open up a terminal first. It doesn’t say to do this. So the instruction should have read “Open up a terminal with Application>Accessories>Terminal and type with your favorate text editor (I use nano) nano config…

“Opps” doesn’t give a newbie warm and fuzzies. Now I sit w/a broken AV app that I can not uninstall and no AV protection. This was my first experience away from Synaptic and I can’t say I liked it.

Suggest an updated version be released or remove above.

## Variables used to indicate weather or not proxying should be used.
my $useProxy = 1;
my $useFtpProxy = 1;

## Variables related to proxying. They are only used if this script
## is passed the proxy arguments (check-updates.pl -help for further
## information).
my $proxyServer = “http://path.to.proxy”;
my $ftpProxyServer = “http://path.to.proxy”;
my $ftpProxyType;
my $proxyUsername = “username”; # don’t forget the ” “!!
my $proxyPassword = “password”;
my $proxyFtpUsername;
my $proxyFtpPassword;
my $noCache = 0;

After these changes the tutorial worked a treat! Thanks!!

sudo apt-get install checkinstall

Setting up fp-linux-ws (4.6.7) …

Unable to connect to server and retrieve update info!

Can’t connect to updates.f-prot.com:80 (connect: timeout)

Exiting…
dpkg: error processing fp-linux-ws (–install):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 9
Errors were encountered while processing:
fp-linux-ws

any suggestions?