I'm trying to install Mixbus on a Linux distro called Zorin (one of the Ubuntu variants). I used Linux a long time ago but haven't been near it for maybe 7 or 8 years.
I downloaded the latest Mixbus tar file and placed it on my Zorin desktop. Double-clicking then showed me the content file so I double-clicked that one too. But instead of installing something it just shows me the attached file. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong
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(12-23-2019, 11:17 AM)johne53 Wrote: I'm trying to install Mixbus on a Linux distro called Zorin (one of the Ubuntu variants). I used Linux a long time ago but haven't been near it for maybe 7 or 8 years.
I downloaded the latest Mixbus tar file and placed it on my Zorin desktop. Double-clicking then showed me the content file so I double-clicked that one too. But instead of installing something it just shows me the attached file. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong
Hi
The file you have downloaded is an archive file that needs to be unzipped. Then navigate to the folder and start the installer from a terminal. On my Debian machine nit asks for your sudo password so I imagine you need to have sudo installed and configured.
(12-23-2019, 11:17 AM)johne53 Wrote: But instead of installing something it just shows me the attached file. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong
That seems to be the installation script. Your environment probably does not run scripts automatically when you click on them.
Can you right click and choose "run" or something similar?
12-24-2019, 04:54 AM (This post was last modified: 12-24-2019, 04:55 AM by johne53.)
Many thanks guys. The extracted app seems to be called Mixbus-5.3.22-x86_64-gcc5.run but if I right-click there's no option to run it. There are some options like Copy, Rename, Compress, Send to etc but the main option says Open with Text Editor (and there's one underneath it called Open with Other Application).
So I followed English Guy's advice and opened a terminal window , then navigated to the relevant folder. But if I type sudo Mixbus-5.3.22-x86_64-gcc5.run it tells me:- "Mixbus-5.3.22-x86_64-gcc5.run: command not found". And if I type install Mixbus-5.3.22-x86_64-gcc5.run some-destination-folder it simply copies the .run file to the relevant folder
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit... Wisdom is knowing you don't put tomatoes in a fruit salad !!
(12-24-2019, 04:54 AM)johne53 Wrote: Many thanks guys. The extracted app seems to be called Mixbus-5.3.22-x86_64-gcc5.run but if I right-click there's no option to run it. There are some options like Copy, Rename, Compress, Send to etc but the main option says Open with Text Editor (and there's one underneath it called Open with Other Application).
So I followed English Guy's advice and opened a terminal window , then navigated to the relevant folder. But if I type sudo Mixbus-5.3.22-x86_64-gcc5.run it tells me:- "Mixbus-5.3.22-x86_64-gcc5.run: command not found". And if I type install Mixbus-5.3.22-x86_64-gcc5.run some-destination-folder it simply copies the .run file to the relevant folder
You need to first declare the run file as "executable", etheir within your GUI (I can't say since each GUI has its ways) or simply whithin a CLI (console/terminal/...) play it simple and clean:
Mixbus/32C 5.3.22,6.2.407 and 7.1.92 on Manjaro midtower i5-6600K 3.5GHz and Manjaro or LibraZik3 on Lenovo X250 i5 Mixbus 5.3.22 and 6.2.407 on Win10x64/Lenovo T40 i7 and X250 i5 audiocards: Scarlett 2i4, Tascam US4x4HR
12-24-2019, 05:37 AM (This post was last modified: 12-24-2019, 05:38 AM by madmaxmiller.)
(12-24-2019, 04:54 AM)johne53 Wrote: Many thanks guys. The extracted app seems to be called Mixbus-5.3.22-x86_64-gcc5.run but if I right-click there's no option to run it. There are some options like Copy, Rename, Compress, Send to etc but the main option says Open with Text Editor (and there's one underneath it called Open with Other Application).
So I followed English Guy's advice and opened a terminal window , then navigated to the relevant folder. But if I type sudo Mixbus-5.3.22-x86_64-gcc5.run it tells me:- "Mixbus-5.3.22-x86_64-gcc5.run: command not found". And if I type install Mixbus-5.3.22-x86_64-gcc5.run some-destination-folder it simply copies the .run file to the relevant folder
If you do "sudo" you are root for this command. Root doesn't have "." (the current directory) in his path - too dangerous. sudo ./blah would work, but sudo is not necessary: the script asks for your superuser password when you run it as yourself. so a simple ./Mixblah should do.
(12-24-2019, 05:11 AM)Harvey Stuart Wrote: chmod +x Mixbus-5.3.22-x86_64-gcc5.run
Many thanks guys - that fixed it.
Oh... I just checked - Mixbus-xxx.xxx.run has normally the execution bit set after unpacking, no need for manually setting it...
But merry Christmas and heaps of fun with your new Linux-Mixbus
(12-24-2019, 05:11 AM)Harvey Stuart Wrote: chmod +x Mixbus-5.3.22-x86_64-gcc5.run
Many thanks guys - that fixed it.
Oh... I just checked - Mixbus-xxx.xxx.run has normally the execution bit set after unpacking, no need for manually setting it...
But merry Christmas and heaps of fun with your new Linux-Mixbus
MMM
Yes, that's correct but since OP used the GUI I assumed per default security model the GUI would have used a "tar xf" instead of a "tar xpf", then it still had to be done somehow
Mixbus/32C 5.3.22,6.2.407 and 7.1.92 on Manjaro midtower i5-6600K 3.5GHz and Manjaro or LibraZik3 on Lenovo X250 i5 Mixbus 5.3.22 and 6.2.407 on Win10x64/Lenovo T40 i7 and X250 i5 audiocards: Scarlett 2i4, Tascam US4x4HR
