[SOLVED] [ZD 2.0 Beta Linux ] Installation on F12

[nyjetshead]

Permissions are set to executable for the user.

Won't run from gnome and when I run from the terminal it quits after asking to confirm the location of the installation.

Any ideas?

Solved:

See post for solution

[SOLVED] HOWTO: Zimbra Desktop 2.0 Beta on x86_64 Fedora 13

[jmhe]

how did you run from terminal? (what command...)

Originally Posted by nyjetshead

Permissions are set to executable for the user.

Won't run from gnome and when I run from the terminal it quits after asking to confirm the location of the installation.

Any ideas?

[nyjetshead]

When I clicked on the install program gnome gives me an option to run in the terminal window.
BTW That is the only way it will run.

[jmhe]

sorry, i am still not sure how you ran the installer.

zd beta 1 installation package is a .tgz file. you are supposed to uncompress it and run a script called "install.pl" from terminal.

[nyjetshead]

Originally Posted by jmhe

sorry, i am still not sure how you ran the installer.

zd beta 1 installation package is a .tgz file. you are supposed to uncompress it and run a script called "install.pl" from terminal.

If I try to run directly from the command line i get an error

test@laptop zdesktop_2_0_beta1_b10343_linux_i686]$ install.pl
bash: install.pl: command not found

If I run from gnome through run with the terminal option it goes this far:

Welcome to Zimbra Desktop setup wizard. This will install Zimbra Desktop on you computer.
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Press enter to continue:


PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE SOFTWARE. VMWARE INC. WILL ONLY LICENSE THIS SOFTWARE TO YOU IF YOU FIRST ACCEPT THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT. BY DOWNLOADING OR INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE, OR USING THE PRODUCT, YOU ARE CONSENTING TO BE BOUND BY THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, THEN DO NOT DOWNLOAD, INSTALL OR USE THE PRODUCT.

License Terms for this Zimbra Collaboration Suite Software: Zimbra - Zimbra Public End-User License Agreement, Version 2.3

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(A)ccept or (D)ecline [A]: a


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Choose the folder where you would like to install Zimbra Desktop's application files [/opt/zimbra/zdesktop]:

[nyjetshead]

A bit of a rant here...

/.install.pl

Or

perl install.pl

Get's it done at the command line.

There needs to be detailed directions posted on the WiKi

It still fails trying to install to a directory that its doesn't have rights to create.

Installing application files...mkdir: cannot create directory `/opt/zimbra': Permission denied

I'd change the location but I have no idea if that is going to be the correct way to install it. And I hesitate doing so as I don't want it screwing up my system.

Version 1 installed in the users home directory.

Why don't you guys release this packaged? IE RPM, DEB etc.

[jmhe]

You are right that we need to update the wiki about the exact steps for installing on Linux.

Since on most systems "/opt" is owned by root, to install it at default location, the right steps are:

1) sudo <uncompressed path>/install.pl

2) type 'N' when asked whether to install for user "root"

3) run "/opt/zimbra/zdesktop/linux/user-install.pl" as regular user

if you install both "program files" and "user data files" under user home (e.g. ~/zdesktop/app, ~/zdesktop/data respectively), you don't have run install.pl as root.

By the way, a DEB package is on the roadmap.

Thanks for the input.

[nyjetshead]

Thanks for the clarification.

I followed the process as promoted and installed as a user without incident.

I received the following error when I click on the desktop icon and also when I try to execute the command directly from the command line.

I checked to see if the file exists,and it does.

screenshot attached.

[jmhe]

sounds like a permission issue. make sure user has "read" and "execute" permisson along the whole path.

Originally Posted by nyjetshead

Thanks for the clarification.

I followed the process as promoted and installed as a user without incident.

I received the following error when I click on the desktop icon and also when I try to execute the command directly from the command line.

I checked to see if the file exists,and it does.

screenshot attached.

[nyjetshead]

Everything looks good permission wise to me.
I installed using sudo and them created the user as instructed logged in as user.

It shouldn't take an easter egg hunt to get it working.


Edit: Well I think I know what the issue is... I'm running X64 version of F12
Also updated the Title of the first post to reflect X64