Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

Hi all,
as the title states I'm trying out bookwom Pup64, so far I'm quite impressed.
However I use Zoom frequently but Mikes Zoom Portable won't fire up.
Unfortunately I don't know how to launch it in a terminal to see if their are any clues.

Any ideas?

regards
Phil.

Starting portable-Zoom via terminal:

The easy way, install this pet, https://www.forum.puppylinux.com/viewto ... 513#p69513. Then Right-Click the LAUNCH script and select Run-in-Terminal. The downside: the pet will add some Right-Click options duplicating those radky has already built into Bookworm Pup64. On the other hand, it will add other Right-Click options he hasn't. Read the post.

The hard way: open a terminal in the same folder as the LAUNCH script. Enter the command "./LAUNCH" --without the quotes.

I don't recall if ListDD is a built-in. [Not running Bookworm just now]. If not, you can install it from here, https://www.forum.puppylinux.com/viewto ... 260#p32260. In the Zoom-portable/Zoom folder you'll find an executable named zoom. Right-Click it and select ListDD from the pop-up menu. The 'Missing' Tab will reveal any missing dependencies. There are other executables in the /Zoom folder you might want to check.

Perhaps for Bookworm Zoom may have to be updated. Read the README-84-Update file for instructions.

@bigphil / @mikeslr :-

Remembering back to when I used to release regular, updated versions of the portable (before adding the updater script), Zoom offer a 'buntu-based .deb AND a Debian-based .deb. To all intents and purposes, they look identical.....but the Debian one won't run under Ubuntu, NOR vice-versa.

The 'portable', as supplied, is set for using the Ubuntu build...

As t'other Mike says, open a terminal inside the Zoom directory - so you're at the same level as the "LAUNCH" script - then simply type:-

./LAUNCH

...and hit 'Enter'. Let us know what readout you're seeing, please.

Mike.

A very useful pet mikesir works a treat.

When zoom launches it reports -

root# ./LAUNCH
mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/initrd/mnt/dev_save/Zoom-portable64/CONFIG/.zoom’: File exists
mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/initrd/mnt/dev_save/Zoom-portable64/CONFIG/.cache/zoom’: File exists
rm: cannot remove '/root/.config/Unknown Organization/zoom.conf': No such file or directory
root#

however in fossa64 9.5 (zoom fires up in this one) it reports the same except the bottom line (rm:cannot remove etc.) only appears when you end the application.

Phil..

Bookworm Pup64 RC

I downloaded and installed the zoom_amd64.deb package from the Zoom web site.

To get it to launch I edited the Zoom.desktop file in /usr/share/applications.

Edited the exec line to this:

Exec=run-as-spot /usr/bin/zoom %U

It now seems to run, but have not tried completely using it.

Does take about 20 to 30 sec. to get the Zoom first window.
.

Wow - thanks bigpup it all works a treat.

I tried to edit the subject to add solved but it didn't work

Phil.

bigpup wrote: ↑Fri Jun 30, 2023 11:13 pm

Bookworm Pup64 RC

I downloaded and installed the zoom_amd64.deb package from the Zoom web site.

Hmm, I downloaded the debian zoom.deb from the zoom download last week and it wouldn't install, it had a missing dependency that couldn't be fulfilled. I didn't pursue it any further then.

I'll try again.

Edit: I re-downloaded the zoom_amd64.deb and clicked the file. The Package installer displayed the message:

Error: Dependency is not satisfiable: libgl1-mesa-glx

I tried again with the devx loaded and same result. The bookworm install is standard with no extra packages installed.

apt update or the Synaptic equivalent will probably fix this. You haven't downloaded the package list, so dependencies cannot be installed automatically.

dimkr wrote: ↑Sat Jul 01, 2023 7:38 pm

apt update or the Synaptic equivalent will probably fix this. You haven't downloaded the package list, so dependencies cannot be installed automatically.

Thanks, as advised apt update, or reloading using synaptic package manager is required. Zoom and some additional dependencies then installed successfully. As per @bigpup's previous post, the zoom.desktop needs to be edited to 'run-as-spot'

I have been using apt before installing Zoom.

Did not know apt could affect this deb install.

bigpup wrote: ↑Fri Jun 30, 2023 11:13 pm

Bookworm Pup64 RC

I downloaded and installed the zoom_amd64.deb package from the Zoom web site.

To get it to launch I edited the Zoom.desktop file in /usr/share/applications.

Edited the exec line to this:

Code: Select all

Exec=run-as-spot /usr/bin/zoom %U

It now seems to run, but have not tried completely using it.

Does take about 20 to 30 sec. to get the Zoom first window.
.
Screenshot(3).jpg

Worked great for my Fossapup64 installation

Mm. Can't say I'm surprised, actually.

The Zoom-portable was one of the very first packages I tried applying the 'portable' treatment to after doing most of the browsers.....and because at that time, there was a need for it due to the pandemic.

For Debian, or anything Debian-based, almost certainly the official .deb package will work better. Ubuntu, and derivatives, tend to come with a whole heap of bastard customizations that Canonical insist on performing on everything they touch.....and with Zoom introducing the Electron framework into the 'mix' for some inexplicable reason, they've simply complicated the thing even further, in addition to turning it into a bloated beast. Half-a-gig for a video-calling app? What kind of idiot decided that was even acceptable, huh?

The 'portable' IS a bit of a mish-mash with all those sym-linked files & directories. I keep meaning to re-write the launcher to work with the XDG stuff, which I suspect will work better......in addition to being infinitely tidier. I'll have a look into it over the next couple of days or so.

Mike.