Unable to extract Linux zip archive

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Alessandro Stranieri

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Jul 27, 2026, 2:50:41 PM (8 days ago) Jul 27
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Hello, 

I apologize if this is not the right outlet for this kind of problem.

I have been trying to use the TVB distribution for Linux available on the download page, without success. This is the error that I get when I try to unzip it.

```
Archive:  TVB_Linux_2.7.2.zip
  End-of-central-directory signature not found.  Either this file is not
  a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive.  In the
  latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on
  the last disk(s) of this archive.
unzip:  cannot find zipfile directory in one of TVB_Linux_2.7.2.zip or
        TVB_Linux_2.7.2.zip.zip, and cannot find TVB_Linux_2.7.2.zip.ZIP, period.
```
I can unpack the Windows archive just fine. 

I am not blocked for now, but I think the Linux zip should be fixed:
- I then tried to `pip install` the framework and library packages, but the last version 2.10 seems to have the phase plane rendering broken. I see that the fix for this bug has been merged but not been released yet.
- cloning the `root` project and doing a little tweaking got me to a working state.

Regards,
Alessandro

Lia Domide

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Jul 28, 2026, 10:03:55 AM (7 days ago) Jul 28
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Hi Alessandro,

Thank you for your feedback! I am glad you found a solution in the end.

We will fix the linux library asap (although as you noticed that package is old anyway)

As release on Pypi is planned to happen also soon.

In this exact case, the more recently tested release which includes the fix for PhasePlane plot is on Docker HUB https://hub.docker.com/r/thevirtualbrain/tvb-run

Best,
Lia

Alessandro Stranieri

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Jul 29, 2026, 8:13:55 AM (6 days ago) Jul 29
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Hello Lia, 

thank you very much for the quick response!

Best Regards,
Alessandro
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