Linux 1.9.01 Beta Released

[Jonnny]

I too wish to add my thanks.

I am using Debian 10. However, the suggested dependencies do not exist. Does anyone know if I am missing a particular repo?

I should mention that I get this message:

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/usr/share/scrivener/bin/Scrivener: error while loading shared libraries: libpng12.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Thanks.

[sberla365]

Hi all,

has anybody installed Scrivener on Ubuntu 20.4?
I used the deb package and did both a manual install and through the software manager. Installation was a piece of cake, Scrivener shows up in the apps and everything. Only problem is that it does not run. Any idea?

[scshrugged]

Hi all,

has anybody installed Scrivener on Ubuntu 20.4?
I used the deb package and did both a manual install and through the software manager. Installation was a piece of cake, Scrivener shows up in the apps and everything. Only problem is that it does not run. Any idea?

I have not but yesterday did get the AppImage to somewhat work in Mint Cinnamon 20.

I say work somewhat because I only used it for a few minutes––just repeatedly opened and closed Scrivener and navigated in its Tutorial. I'm not even sure that I installed it properly. I'm a returning Linux newbie so just briefly trying the Scrivener AppImage was a goal for that self-training session as part of my longterm strategy. See the following thread made by @theswede. He's experienced and successfully uses the AppImage. There's a link in his OP to the hosting site. It's well worth a look.

viewtopic.php?f=33&t=57941

[juliarez]

Hi all,

has anybody installed Scrivener on Ubuntu 20.4?
I used the deb package and did both a manual install and through the software manager. Installation was a piece of cake, Scrivener shows up in the apps and everything. Only problem is that it does not run. Any idea?

Yes. It's more than likely missing a set of libraries that are no longer supplied/supported in 20.x

This is just in the nature of computers. Things shouldn't break when upgrading minor versions (the 'x' bit in 20.x), but all bets are very much off on major version changes. (16.x -> 18.x, 18.x -> 20.x)

If you want to see what's missing, you can run this in a terminal session:

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ldd /usr/share/scrivener/bin/Scrivener

(Assuming an install from the .deb package)

Finding the packages for the libraries you'll need can be a bit of a faff. For optimum trust, they should come from an Ubuntu archive site. However, I think libpng12 came from some random dropbox a/c that was listed in one of the threads here. I mean, it's probably Just Fine. But, y'know, if I were some black-hatted haxx0r type, that would be a jolly good way of getting someone to install a bank-detail-stealing backdoor...

Anyway.

This is the list of packages that I keep to one side for when I have to re-install Scrivener on a new Ubuntu rig:

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libgstreamer0.10-0_0.10.36-1.5ubuntu1_amd64.deb
libpng12-0_1.2.54-1ubuntu1b_amd64.deb
libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0_0.10.36-1_amd64.deb
multiarch-support_2.27-3ubuntu1.2_amd64.deb

If you install them with dependency warnings turned off, you can do without multiarch-support. However, Do Not Do That, because you'll no longer be able to install/upgrade anything else on your machine.

[elsandkls]

I just reinstalled Scrivener on my Ubuntu box and tried to write a tutorial on the steps. It might help.

http://kidshideaway.net/scrivener-works-under-ubuntu-19

I'm coping with the instructions from the page here, but I'm not sure how well it will look.
Add the sources to the apt config.

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sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list

Use the editor of your choice, I use vi, not that is a protected file so you must use sudo.

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deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ pool main universe multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial main universe multiverse

Then run the apt command to install the packages.

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sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install multiarch-support*
sudo apt-get install gir1.2-gst* libgstreamer-plugins-base0* libgstreamer0*

If you are still getting errors about adding packages try this:

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sudo apt-get install libgthread* libglib* libgobject*  libgbase* libgmodule* libvisual*

If your getting png errors then try the easy way, and restest, if that doesn't work see below instructions for compiling the module on your install so it will be compatible.

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sudo apt-get install libpng12*

[elsandkls]

Lingering PNG error solution:

PNG errors - Manual install

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cd /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/

*** your directory may vary

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apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get install libtool autoconf build-essential pkg-config automake tcsh
wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libp/libpng/libpng_1.2.54.orig.tar.xz
tar -xvf libpng_1.2.54.orig.tar.xz
cd libpng-1.2.54
./autogen.sh
./configure
make -j8
sudo make install
sudo ldconfig


[elsandkls]

BadPixMap errors
Next, you are probably going to get some perms errors.
To fix the perms error that displays itself as "BadPixMap".

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sudo QT_X11_NO_MITSHM=1 $pathto/$ScrivenerFolder/$ScriverFile

Example:

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 sudo QT_X11_NO_MITSHM=1 /usr/share/scrivener/bin/Scrivener /home/my_user_name/Scrivener_Files/DragonDiary.scriv/DragonDiary.scrivx

That should be it. You should be up and running. If you're not post some error messages and I'll help ya figure it out.

https://github.com/unetbootin/unetbootin/issues/66 -- more information about the reason for the permissions errors.

[webmost]

Appeared to install without probs... however

will not start

exMPLE OUTPUT:

webmost@ubuntulaptop:~$ ls -al /usr/share/scrivener/scrivener.sh
ls: cannot access '/usr/share/scrivener/scrivener.sh': No such file or directory

webmost@ubuntulaptop:~$ /usr/share/scrivener/bin/scrivener.sh
/usr/share/scrivener/bin/scrivener.sh: 37: exec: /usr/share/scrivener/bin/Scrivener: not found

webmost@ubuntulaptop:~$ ls -al /usr/share/scrivener/bin/Scrivener
-rwxrwxr-x 1 root root 18542548 Oct 20 2015 /usr/share/scrivener/bin/Scrivener

webmost@ubuntulaptop:~$ /usr/share/scrivener/bin/Scrivener
bash: /usr/share/scrivener/bin/Scrivener: No such file or directory

webmost@ubuntulaptop:~$ sudo /usr/share/scrivener/bin/Scrivener
[sudo] password for webmost:
sudo: unable to execute /usr/share/scrivener/bin/Scrivener: No such file or directory

any clues?