<![CDATA[UBPorts doesnt do anything]]>Re: UBports installer does not install

I have the updated version of Lubuntu, I think its 20.4 or what ever the newest one is.

When I click to open the UBPorts Installer .deb package, it says cannot satisfy
dependencies....dumb.

So then I somehow figured out a way to download it from the terminal and it now has a desktop icon and everything, but when I click that to open it literally nothing happens.

And I cannot find anywhere online where anyone has this issue, the program wont even install and when it does, it does nothing. Please help, I think the installer is the 0.8.8 or what ever. please help! thanks.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/topic/7284/ubports-doesnt-do-anythingRSS for NodeThu, 14 May 2026 00:53:55 GMTWed, 19 Jan 2022 17:37:54 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to UBPorts doesnt do anything on Wed, 01 May 2024 21:02:42 GMT]]>@MrT10001 Too bad, and I do agree. I did like Lubuntu, but my favorite was KDE for a slick Desktop, but I assumed, ignorantly that Lubuntu would be identical just with out the same desktop. but yeah. Thanks

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/80007https://forums.ubports.com/post/80007Wed, 01 May 2024 21:02:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to UBPorts doesnt do anything on Wed, 01 May 2024 20:59:50 GMT]]>@Lakotaubp I think I might try that, Sorry its been so long and I stumbled on this and recapped this thread and may give it another shot. Cause thats a good Idea, AT THE TIME, I was just over the BS wit using Linux, but I HATE windows, but I really don't like how Linux as awesome as it is, its just...not finished so to speak. There are WAY to many issues and lack of compatibility. I mean this whole ordeal was long and arduous and totally unnecessary. Its like instead of refining what you have, often we as humans change to many things before refining what we have and things get convoluted.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/80006https://forums.ubports.com/post/80006Wed, 01 May 2024 20:59:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to UBPorts doesnt do anything on Thu, 20 Jan 2022 06:37:20 GMT]]>Lubuntu went downhill when they changed the desktop environment from LXDE to LXQt. Due to it being lightweight, it is missing a lot of dependencies that are in Ubuntu. I used it a lot on low powered PC's, it was a really good 32bit OS.

If you have a USB stick you can use that as Lakotaubp said and you don't have to install it, you can use the spare part of the USB stick as storage/persistence.

Here are some notes on my experience, and the community posts, especially Stanwood's were really helpful.

With UT, perseverance is key.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/60473https://forums.ubports.com/post/60473Thu, 20 Jan 2022 06:37:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to UBPorts doesnt do anything on Thu, 20 Jan 2022 06:11:56 GMT]]>@leonetikos Or install ubuntu on a usb stick (if you have a spare) and run it and the installer that way. This method often solves the issue

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/60472https://forums.ubports.com/post/60472Thu, 20 Jan 2022 06:11:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to UBPorts doesnt do anything on Wed, 19 Jan 2022 22:35:52 GMT]]>@arubislander Thanks for your help anyway its much appreciated but yeah it seems like its Lubuntu's issue or something. All the times ive seen someone do the installation they have actual Ubuntu installed so I will just consider Doing this project at another time. Thanks 🙂

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/60465https://forums.ubports.com/post/60465Wed, 19 Jan 2022 22:35:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to UBPorts doesnt do anything on Wed, 19 Jan 2022 21:24:56 GMT]]>At this point I don't think we will get the installer working on your installation. Do you have a spare computer you could install regular Ubuntu on?

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/60459https://forums.ubports.com/post/60459Wed, 19 Jan 2022 21:24:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to UBPorts doesnt do anything on Wed, 19 Jan 2022 21:05:52 GMT]]>@leonetikos JFR lots here https://github.com/ubports/ubports-installer/releases not that it helps directly with the issue.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/60458https://forums.ubports.com/post/60458Wed, 19 Jan 2022 21:05:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to UBPorts doesnt do anything on Wed, 19 Jan 2022 20:55:57 GMT]]>@lakotaubp im pretty sure the only version ive been able to find is the 0.8.8 version. I have tried all the ways I know to open the files, double clicking, right clicking etc.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/60457https://forums.ubports.com/post/60457Wed, 19 Jan 2022 20:55:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to UBPorts doesnt do anything on Wed, 19 Jan 2022 20:55:20 GMT]]>@leonetikos I'm to slow, can you try 0.8.8. It might seem odd but sometimes a different version fixes it.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/60456https://forums.ubports.com/post/60456Wed, 19 Jan 2022 20:55:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to UBPorts doesnt do anything on Wed, 19 Jan 2022 20:53:22 GMT]]>@leonetikos Which version of the installer are you getting 0.8.9 or 0.8.8? Just out of interest what happens if you double click on the file in the download folder. Odd but it fixed something similar for me not on lubuntu it must be said.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/60455https://forums.ubports.com/post/60455Wed, 19 Jan 2022 20:53:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to UBPorts doesnt do anything on Wed, 19 Jan 2022 21:05:34 GMT]]>@arubislander very interesting.... here is what i just got.

leonetikos@leonetikos-hppaviliong7notebookpc:~$ snap list ubports-installer
Name               Version     Rev  Tracking       Publisher  Notes
ubports-installer  0.8.9-beta  365  latest/stable  ubports    -

It looks better how you changed it anyway so thanks.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/60454https://forums.ubports.com/post/60454Wed, 19 Jan 2022 21:05:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to UBPorts doesnt do anything on Wed, 19 Jan 2022 20:42:47 GMT]]>@leonetikos I took the liberty to edit your posts to make the terminal output more readable.

The last command was to check that all the plugs for the ubports installer snap are connected to the correct slots (they are).

What I don't understand is why the ubports-installer wants to create a directory in your $HOME/.config folder. It doesn't try to do that here.

Could we check which version of the snap you have installed with:

snap list ubports-installer

Could you post the output of that?

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/60453https://forums.ubports.com/post/60453Wed, 19 Jan 2022 20:42:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to UBPorts doesnt do anything on Wed, 19 Jan 2022 20:31:53 GMT]]>@arubislander this is what I got and am unclear on what it means.

leonetikos@leonetikos-hppaviliong7notebookpc:~$ snap connections ubports-installer
Interface        Plug                               Slot              Notes
adb-support      ubports-installer:adb-support      :adb-support      -
browser-support  ubports-installer:browser-support  :browser-support  -
desktop          ubports-installer:desktop          :desktop          -
desktop-legacy   ubports-installer:desktop-legacy   :desktop-legacy   -
gsettings        ubports-installer:gsettings        :gsettings        -
home             ubports-installer:home             :home             -
network          ubports-installer:network          :network          -
opengl           ubports-installer:opengl           :opengl           -
raw-usb          ubports-installer:raw-usb          :raw-usb          -
unity7           ubports-installer:unity7           :unity7           -
wayland          ubports-installer:wayland          :wayland          -
]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/60449https://forums.ubports.com/post/60449Wed, 19 Jan 2022 20:31:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to UBPorts doesnt do anything on Wed, 19 Jan 2022 19:28:06 GMT]]>@leonetikos Open a terminal and type:

snap connections ubports-installer

What is the output?

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/60448https://forums.ubports.com/post/60448Wed, 19 Jan 2022 19:28:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to UBPorts doesnt do anything on Wed, 19 Jan 2022 19:20:55 GMT]]>@arubislander Thanks 🙂

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/60446https://forums.ubports.com/post/60446Wed, 19 Jan 2022 19:20:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to UBPorts doesnt do anything on Wed, 19 Jan 2022 19:14:44 GMT]]>@leonetikos always glad to help.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/60445https://forums.ubports.com/post/60445Wed, 19 Jan 2022 19:14:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to UBPorts doesnt do anything on Wed, 19 Jan 2022 20:33:13 GMT]]>@applee So I typed in ubports-installer in the terminal and here is what I got

A JavaScript error occurred in the main process
Uncaught Exception:
Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/home/leonetikos/.config/ubports-installer'
    at Object.mkdirSync (fs.js:925:3)
    at AsyncFunction.module.exports.sync (/snap/ubports-installer/365/app/resources/app.asar/node_modules/make-dir/index.js:114:6)
    at ElectronStore._ensureDirectory (/snap/ubports-installer/365/app/resources/app.asar/node_modules/conf/dist/source/index.js:351:17)
    at ElectronStore.get store [as store] (/snap/ubports-installer/365/app/resources/app.asar/node_modules/conf/dist/source/index.js:270:22)
    at new Conf (/snap/ubports-installer/365/app/resources/app.asar/node_modules/conf/dist/source/index.js:124:32)
    at new ElectronStore (/snap/ubports-installer/365/app/resources/app.asar/node_modules/electron-store/index.js:28:3)            
    at Object.<anonymous> (/snap/ubports-installer/365/app/resources/app.asar/src/lib/settings.js:26:18)                           
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1152:30)                                                                    
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1173:10)                                                      
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:992:32)
]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/60444https://forums.ubports.com/post/60444Wed, 19 Jan 2022 20:33:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to UBPorts doesnt do anything on Wed, 19 Jan 2022 19:10:39 GMT]]>@arubislander What I said was sufficient. I dont do politics here. You get your self butthurt, i dont care, do not respond to me with that political shit please im here just trying to figure something out and have been very courteous by thanking those helping me regardless of the fact that nothing has worked. But thanks for an answer to my question, the answer its self would have sufficed.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/60443https://forums.ubports.com/post/60443Wed, 19 Jan 2022 19:10:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to UBPorts doesnt do anything on Wed, 19 Jan 2022 19:03:07 GMT]]>@leonetikos, A simple, "Could you or someone else help me with running the installer from the command line?" would have sufficed.

Open a terminal and type:

ubports-installer

followed by pressing the ENTER key.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/60442https://forums.ubports.com/post/60442Wed, 19 Jan 2022 19:03:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to UBPorts doesnt do anything on Wed, 19 Jan 2022 18:46:46 GMT]]>@arubislander okay, so what do i type in to do that? I start the terminal....then what? Im not very terminal savy mostly because they decided to make Chinese for doing things and its totally counter intuitive so I dont know exactly what to type in for that. Obviously I cant just open terminal and put.... 'run ubport installer' and then click enter.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/60437https://forums.ubports.com/post/60437Wed, 19 Jan 2022 18:46:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to UBPorts doesnt do anything on Wed, 19 Jan 2022 18:42:25 GMT]]>@leonetikos, I am not sure what Lubuntu does differently, but I have come across other apps in the past that would run OK on regular Ubuntu but not on Lubuntu.

Maybe you could try what @AppLee suggested and start the installer from the command line, and watch for the error messages.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/60436https://forums.ubports.com/post/60436Wed, 19 Jan 2022 18:42:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to UBPorts doesnt do anything on Wed, 19 Jan 2022 18:23:47 GMT]]>@applee Yeah I made the icon after the terminal install, executable. I did that and then clicked it like any application on the desktop, nothing. I tried right clicking and doing open from terminal...it opened the terminal but did not actually run the program. I downloaded the appimage and when I clicked on that it did nothing what so ever. and When I clicked to open the .deb package the only error was 'Error cannot satisfy dependencies'. It seems I may be the only one with this issue which doesnt make sense to me now, My system is updated, the packages were installed like every other one from the proper sites. Do I try an older version of ubports? wouldnt that be counter productive?

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/60433https://forums.ubports.com/post/60433Wed, 19 Jan 2022 18:23:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to UBPorts doesnt do anything on Wed, 19 Jan 2022 18:14:17 GMT]]>@moem
Right I thought the installer started ; but I was too fast reading.

@leonetikos
Can you try to run the installer from a command line prompt?
You should see an error message.
If you can copy/paste it here it might help.

Probably a missing dependency or an architechture mismatch.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/60430https://forums.ubports.com/post/60430Wed, 19 Jan 2022 18:14:17 GMT