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Topic
Board Electrum
Re: Linux mint install
by
nc50lc
on 12/04/2025, 04:12:43 UTC
I download Electrum AppImage but it do nothing.
I do not insist. I just like to use it  Wink
It has to be set as executable before it can be launched like an app.
Tutorial: docs.appimage.org/introduction/quickstart.html

Quote from: pawelnrg
x@x-xxx:~$ python3 -m pip install --user Electrum-4.5.8.tar.gz
error: externally-managed-environment

× This environment is externally managed
╰─> To install Python packages system-wide, try apt install
    python3-xyz, where xyz is the package you are trying to
    install.
Hmm, it's thinking that you're installing a python package and not the downloaded "Electrum-4.5.8.tar.gz" file.
I can't reproduce it in Ubuntu 22.04.3 though, I don't use Linux Mint.

Anyways, you can still use Electrum without installing it. Just follow the "Run without installing:" part in the instructions;
The first command extracts the tar.gz file,
The second command is for launching Electrum. (use every time you need to start Electrum)
The inconvenience of not installing it is you cant start it with a simple command "electrum".