TiddlyDesktop - can't open nw

[mgrbl]

I'm having some trouble installing TiddlyDesktop on Ubuntu 18.04:

- downloaded latest release tiddlydesktop-linux64-v0.0.13.zip from https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyDesktop/releases

- unzipped the file

- can't open "nw" from file mngr: Could not display "nw". There is no application installed for "shared library" files.

- can't run "./nw" from terminal either: Error while loading shared libraries: libgconf-2.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

tried many possible solutions suggested in this group and ubuntu/linux groups, w/o any luck.

pretty new to linux/ubuntu, so I might just be missing the obvious here...

all tips welcome, thx!

[BurningTreeC]

Hi @mgrbl 

I'm using TiddlyDesktop on linux, too

Do you have libgconf installed? sudo apt update; sudo apt install libgconf-2-4 (... in a terminal)

I tried uninstalling it on my system and got the same error message.

We should add it as a dependency in the TiddlyDesktop Readme

BurningTreeC

[mgrbl]

thx @BurningTreeC, worked like a charm!

when I opened ./nw in terminal, I did get the message "[11774:11774:0607/091416.715812:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(299)] GLib-GObject: g_object_unref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed" - but it did run TiddlyDesktop anyway, so I guess all good...

I still can't open "nw" via file mngr though - and when I right-click on the TiddlyDesktop icon in my favorites to "Show Details", I get the message "no application found". just out of curiosity, any idea why this is?

btw, adding it as a dependency in the TiddlyDesktop Readme sounds like a great idea - would have saved me some hair-pulling. ;-)

[BurningTreeC]

thx @BurningTreeC, worked like a charm!

when I opened ./nw in terminal, I did get the message "[11774:11774:0607/091416.715812:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(299)] GLib-GObject: g_object_unref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed" - but it did run TiddlyDesktop anyway, so I guess all good...

I still can't open "nw" via file mngr though - and when I right-click on the TiddlyDesktop icon in my favorites to "Show Details", I get the message "no application found". just out of curiosity, any idea why this is?

On linux you need a so-called desktop file to launch programs from the file manager or the "apps launcher"

go to /home/yourname/.local/share/applications and create a new text-file in that folder. Call it tiddlydesktop.desktop and put this inside:

[Desktop Entry]

Name=TiddlyDesktop

Icon=/home/yourname/path-to-your-tiddlydesktop-nw/images/app-icon.png

Exec=/home/yourname/path-to-your-tiddlydesktop-nw/nw

Terminal=false

Type=Application

Categories=Utility;

Save the file - then TiddlyDesktop should show up in your app launcher

I'm not sure about the "ERROR" (it's more a warning) - I get it, too. It's not related to TiddlyDesktop itself, more something related to gnome/gtk/libglib

[mgrbl]

tried that before installing "libgconfig" but couldn't open the file: "Untrusted Application Launcher". since there was no "permissions" tab, I couldn't allow "executing file as program" either. however, now there is such a tab, so problem solved again, thx!

the only weird thing remaining is that TiddlyDesktop does show up in the app launcher but when I right-click the icon to "see details", I still get the message "no application found"...

[BurningTreeC]

tried that before installing "libgconfig" but couldn't open the file: "Untrusted Application Launcher". since there was no "permissions" tab, I couldn't allow "executing file as program" either. however, now there is such a tab, so problem solved again, thx!

the only weird thing remaining is that TiddlyDesktop does show up in the app launcher but when I right-click the icon to "see details", I still get the message "no application found"...

That must be related to the desktop file missing some information or nw being unknown to the operating system. I don't know. I think you can find more informations about that googling for it or asking on a good linux forum.

The arch linux forums for example are very active. Manjaro, too.

[mgrbl]

thx for the tip, I'll check those out as well.