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paulsr
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Ubuntu Linux Install Problem...

Post by paulsr » Wed Dec 07, 2016 4:06 am

Environment: Ubuntu 16.04 Livecode Indy 8.1.1.

Greetings: I'm having problems installing LC on Linux.

First when I clicked on the downloaded file LiveCodeIndyInstaller-8_1_1-Linux.x64 nothing happened. I had to make it executable.

Then, I saw a message saying it couldn't write into /opt, so I had to do a chmod 777 /opt

Now I have a message that says "Internal error (couldn't extract payload item to file)." And I have no idea what that means, nor what to do to fix it.

Can someone help please.

--paul

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Re: Ubuntu Linux Install Problem...

Post by ghettocottage » Wed Dec 07, 2016 4:41 am

rather than installing it for "all users" try installing it for just your one user and see if that works.

alternatively, run the installer with sudo, like:

sudo /path/to/the/file/livecodeCommunity-Linux.x64



...you probably do not want your /opt folder to be 777

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Re: Ubuntu Linux Install Problem...

Post by paulsr » Wed Dec 07, 2016 5:04 am

Many thanks. Installing for one user worked fine.

And yes, I've change /opt back to original perms.

Thanks again..

--paul

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