Re: Linux mint install

Quote from: dkbit98 on April 11, 2025, 05:15:20 PM

Quote from: pawelnrg on April 11, 2025, 02:39:50 PM

I download Electrum AppImage but it do nothing.
I do not insist. I just like to use it Wink

Can you please explain this? And what type of Linux Mint you are using, default Ubuntu based or Debian based?
You don't need to install anything additional with .appimage files, just click on them, they are similar to portable files in wind0ws OS.
Another option is to check in Linux Mint package manager and search if Electrum wallet is listed there.

I also found few years old topic with Electrum wallet issues on Linux Mint forum:
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=346330

1 Hi Is to reply to ABCbits.
2 XFCE Linux Mint 22.1 'Xia' standard installed fresh from USB.
3. I click and it do nothing.
4. package manager giving my "Electrum-GRS" https://www.groestlcoin.org/groestlcoin-electrum-wallet/ - not trust for my, as i like to install normal Electrum .
5. problem is not same as i can veryficy signature. 23 10 2024, 08:13:40 BST RSA 637DB1E23370F84AFF88CCE03152347D07DA627C

Quote from: nc50lc on April 12, 2025, 04:12:43 AM

Quote from: pawelnrg on April 11, 2025, 02:39:50 PM

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 can't start it with a simple command "electrum".

1. OK is useful. but is not in manual on electrum.org
2. 3. 4. I see file Electrum-4.5.8.tar.gz in my computer. Yes is unpacking, and work. mean must be downloaded.

Quote from: ABCbits on April 12, 2025, 08:49:29 AM

Quote from: pawelnrg on April 11, 2025, 02:39:50 PM

I download Electrum AppImage but it do nothing.
I do not insist. I just like to use it Wink

Have you give permission to execute the AppImage?

Code:

chmod +x electrum-4.5.8-x86_64.AppImage

Have you tried running AppImage from terminal to see whether there's any warning or error message?

Code:

./electrum-4.5.8-x86_64.AppImage

Yes is warning something like: " Running programs from unknown source is potentiality danger.... "

The world would be a beautiful place if instructions always worked for everyone. You accepted straight away that I knew absolutely nothing and that I wanted to make no sense. I don't know many things, I know something. I want to learn more about Linux, so I go to the distrowatch I'm familiar with the Desktop interface like Cinnamon, MATE, XFCE and I like the last one the most, I installed something else but I didn't like it very much so I just deleted it. So I'm looking for the most popular recommended distribution with XFCE.... By the way I tried Parrot, Xubuntu, ubuntu, Mint.... I'm not in it 24/7. But since windows is going in a direction I don't understand (I want a photo program, I install it and it should work. And not, like windows, having to manually change the file associations which will change to default after an update anyway) I'm looking for something to use on a daily basis which I can recommend to my family and friends.

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