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      leonetikos
      last edited by 19 Jan 2022, 17:37

      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.

      M 1 Reply Last reply 19 Jan 2022, 17:39 Reply Quote 0
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        Moem @leonetikos
        last edited by 19 Jan 2022, 17:39

        @leonetikos In your place I would try the snap or the appimage.

        Is currently using an Op5t
        Also owns an Op1, a BQ E4.5 and an Xperia X, as well as a BQ tablet and a Pinetab2. Please, someone... make it stop.

        L 2 Replies Last reply 19 Jan 2022, 18:03 Reply Quote 1
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          leonetikos @Moem
          last edited by 19 Jan 2022, 18:03

          @moem I downloaded an appimage from the site, still doesnt even open or do anything. Literally nothing works. And I dont know what oyu mean by snap? what is snap?

          M 1 Reply Last reply 19 Jan 2022, 18:09 Reply Quote 0
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            leonetikos @Moem
            last edited by 19 Jan 2022, 18:07

            @moem okay so after looking for those snap instructions, I have lubuntu but should be the same as ubuntu and so snap should already be enabled, then the instructions said...what I already did. I installed it via the terminal and then now its in my computer and theres the little robot icon. But when I click it to open it, again, it just does......nooootttthhhhiiinnnng.

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              AppLee @leonetikos
              last edited by 19 Jan 2022, 18:09

              Hi @leonetikos
              You'll have to give more details on what you do.
              Is your phone recognized by adb?
              What button do you click on?

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                Moem @leonetikos
                last edited by 19 Jan 2022, 18:09

                @leonetikos said in UBPorts doesnt do anything:

                @moem I downloaded an appimage from the site, still doesnt even open or do anything.

                Dowloading is a good start.
                Did you mark it as 'allowed to be executed as a program'?
                If not, rightclick it in your file manager, open Properties, and you should find that option somewhere in the Permissions area.
                Then doubleclick the program to start it.

                And I dont know what oyu mean by snap? what is snap?

                Snap is a standard package format for programs, as used by Ubuntu and similar distros. I would think that most *Ubuntu users have heard of it. But there is a first time for everything.

                The snap, just like the .deb and the app image, is offered for download on the device page.

                Is currently using an Op5t
                Also owns an Op1, a BQ E4.5 and an Xperia X, as well as a BQ tablet and a Pinetab2. Please, someone... make it stop.

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                  Moem @AppLee
                  last edited by 19 Jan 2022, 18:10

                  @applee said in UBPorts doesnt do anything:

                  Hi @leonetikos
                  You'll have to give more details on what you do.
                  Is your phone recognized by adb?
                  What button do you click on?

                  I don't think they are getting quite that far. It sounds like the installer is not starting.

                  Is currently using an Op5t
                  Also owns an Op1, a BQ E4.5 and an Xperia X, as well as a BQ tablet and a Pinetab2. Please, someone... make it stop.

                  A 1 Reply Last reply 19 Jan 2022, 18:12 Reply Quote 0
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                    AppLee @Moem
                    last edited by AppLee 19 Jan 2022, 18:12

                    @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.

                    L 2 Replies Last reply 19 Jan 2022, 18:23 Reply Quote 0
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                      leonetikos @AppLee
                      last edited by 19 Jan 2022, 18:23

                      @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?

                      A 1 Reply Last reply 19 Jan 2022, 18:42 Reply Quote 0
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                        arubislander @leonetikos
                        last edited by 19 Jan 2022, 18:42

                        @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.

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                        L 1 Reply Last reply 19 Jan 2022, 18:46 Reply Quote 0
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                          leonetikos @arubislander
                          last edited by 19 Jan 2022, 18:46

                          @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.

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                            arubislander @leonetikos
                            last edited by 19 Jan 2022, 19:03

                            @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.

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                            L 1 Reply Last reply 19 Jan 2022, 19:10 Reply Quote 1
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                              leonetikos @arubislander
                              last edited by 19 Jan 2022, 19:10

                              @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.

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                                leonetikos @AppLee
                                last edited by arubislander 19 Jan 2022, 19:14

                                @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)
                                
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                                  arubislander @leonetikos
                                  last edited by 19 Jan 2022, 19:14

                                  @leonetikos always glad to help.

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                                    leonetikos @arubislander
                                    last edited by 19 Jan 2022, 19:20

                                    @arubislander Thanks πŸ™‚

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                                      arubislander @leonetikos
                                      last edited by 19 Jan 2022, 19:28

                                      @leonetikos Open a terminal and type:

                                      snap connections ubports-installer
                                      

                                      What is the output?

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                                        leonetikos @arubislander
                                        last edited by arubislander 19 Jan 2022, 19:30

                                        @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          -
                                        
                                        A LakotaubpL 2 Replies Last reply 19 Jan 2022, 20:42 Reply Quote 0
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                                          arubislander @leonetikos
                                          last edited by 19 Jan 2022, 20:42

                                          @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?

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                                          L 1 Reply Last reply 19 Jan 2022, 20:53 Reply Quote 0
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                                            leonetikos @arubislander
                                            last edited by arubislander 19 Jan 2022, 20:53

                                            @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.

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