[13:58] Anyone aware of launchers not working when trying to execute shell script [13:59] xubuntu61w, what is the Exec=? [14:00] Tried mate-terminal -- scriptname also /bin/bash scriptname [14:02] When using mate-terminal get G_DBUS errors [14:02] `xfce4-terminal -e /path/to/script` maybe? [14:04] Does xfce4-terminal require a sudo apt install ? [14:08] not on default xubuntu which is xfce4 [14:09] I am using Lubuntu now. Am going to try xubuntu... [14:09] ah [14:11] Apparently it has something to do with GUI tie in. [14:12] maybe `lxterminal -e /path/to/script.sh` [14:12] but `Exec=bash script.sh` should work with no problem [14:16] Problem is ansi screen control codes get lost. And that [14:17] screws up applications that use for example cursor position [14:20] As we speak Xubuntu is installing on a VM to try.. [14:23] By default Lubuntu has something called qterminal [14:28] I have these old languages Cobol, Focal, Bybasic and Fortran. [14:31] Xbuntu is now adding VM guest additions. [14:32] any1 have any idea how to install chromium on 19.10 without snap cant stand snap was nothing wrong with the old way [14:32] ive tried to find a deb file but cant get any of them to install [14:35] xubuntu since 2011 now i guess ill have to replace it like the old gnome when they made it all funky [14:37] I have in some cases seen the newer versions of the OS breaks things. [14:37] Like between Ubuntu 18.04 and 20.04 [14:39] Like Debian 10 doing any development work is a real pain [14:40] Missing libraries and applications. Not straight forward like Ubuntu & Mint [14:42] I like Vim I have it under Linux and Windows... [14:43] It's nice to have concisity on different platforms. [14:43] can we focus on your problem with xubuntu (if there is any)? [14:55] I have not forgotten. It's loading the aps now. [15:11] It's loading the developers aps now [15:19] OK this Exec=/home/ken/bin/cal.sh works on Xbuntu but not Lbuntu ?? [15:26] I don't understand why one and not the other? Both based on Ubuntu. [15:28] you would have to ask in the lubuntu channel [15:29] it works in xubuntu, so there is not much we can help you with [15:37] On Lubuntu I need Exec=mate-terminal -- /home/ken/bin/cal.sh [15:37] and that's where I get gofey results. [15:42] Actually doing guest adins on both requires: [15:42] If guest additions do not start automatically. Do the following assuming the folder did show up.References to {username} mean user you loged in with.Start a terminal session (right click on desktop and select open terminal) thencd /media/{username}ls -l to see version.cd /media/{username}/VBox_GAs_6.1.0 (Or version displayed with ls)sudo [15:42] ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run Enter password for {username} when requestedIt should proceed compiling and wait for the press enter prompt. Takes some time...Reboot using shutdown -r 0 # 0 means immediate rebootLog in and open terminal session thensudo adduser {username} vboxsfexit [15:43] bye [16:52] Hi, for a weird reason I can't pick the option "span monitors" in my panel preferences. Someone knows what could cause it? [17:02] What is the most appropriate way to run a 32-bit application on a 64-bit Xubuntu? [17:27] Robert54: use a xubuntu release which still supports it, install any i386 libraries it dpeends on, run it. [17:29] does "Xubuntu 19.10 amd64" support running i386 applications? [17:29] some. https://ubuntu.com/blog/statement-on-32-bit-i386-packages-for-ubuntu-19-10-and-20-04-lts [17:30] xubuntu builds on the same foundations as ubuntu, this means it can only provide i386 libraries available on default ubuntu (for the same release). [17:32] this blog post may require putting into context - originally the plan was to drop i386 support entirely starting 19.10. [17:32] I've heard that [17:36] related: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2019-September/001265.html [17:36] I'm trying to run FreeArc, and I've tried to install i386 libraries it depends on. Here is the output: https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/sNjfFNYB2g/ [17:37] "apt-file -a i386 search libgmp.so.3" doesn't find any package :( [17:38] libgmp is not mentioned on the package list the above mailing list post links to [17:39] you can still install an older (x)ubuntu release in chroot / container or VM and use the software there. [17:39] Is that the easiest way to solve it? or, perhaps, there are some other possible ways...? [17:40] I've thought of running any Windows in VM and running FreeArc there... but using VMs is not convenient [17:40] https://sourceforge.net/projects/freearc/ states "Last Update: 2013-04-03", and the latest release seems to be https://sourceforge.net/projects/freearc/files/FreeArc/FreeArc%200.51/ from 2009. you should translate this as "do not use". [17:41] software which was last updated 10 years ago is most definitely full of security bugs. [17:42] i suggest you find an alternative software (or maybe someone forked freearc and still maintains it). [17:42] the latest release (I'm trying to use) was on May 20, 2010, but that does not change the situation, as I suppose... [17:43] oh, I can't accept the fact that this software works fine on Windows :( [17:43] Thank you [17:44] the same security implications will apply to windows [17:44] (or, more likely, worse) [17:47] I'm also trying to install Guitar Pro (released in 2016) which is 32-bit as well... here is the output: https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/zcr5369Csy/ [17:49] What am I supposed to in this case? "apt-file -a i386 search libportaudio0" does not find anything, but "apt-file -a i386 search gksu" find lots of packages... [17:49] supposed to do* [17:52] oh, I'm sorry, I meant these commands: https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/R6WNJJdZG7/ [17:54] Robert54: by pointing you to the list of available i386 packages, i think i provided a way which should generally enable you to detemrine whether a i386 software can be run on ubuntu 19.10 and later. [17:54] you probably do not require gksu, though. [17:54] (use pkexec or sudo instead) [17:55] I thought you had meant to say that some 32-bit software might work and some might not [17:58] Robert54: yes, that is correct [17:58] Robert54: sorry, i should have written "generically", not "generally". [17:59] i.e. you now have a means to tell for any given i386-only software (which you know the dpendencies of) whether it can run on 19.10 and later or not. [18:00] Thank you so much! I wonder if it is possible to install required libs which are not listed on the package list. They've existed in old releases of Ubuntu's package lists I suppose [18:01] Maybe I could install them myself, somehow... even if they don't work properly [18:11] mixing packages from diffierent distributions (or (x)ubuntu releases) is not supported here, and has a good potential of break apt. [18:12] Okay, I'll keep it in mind === dreamon_ is now known as dreamon [21:22] Hi does someone know Parcellite?