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Where is ocat? #495

Closed bouton closed 2 months ago

bouton commented 2 months ago

Stupid beginner (linux) issue I have successfully installed owntracks recorder and frontend via docker. Both work fine. Now trying to use ocat to export a gpx file. when I use the console of the docker container and type ocat --list (for example) I get error -bash: ocat: command not found I cant find it with find command either

Am I missing an install?

What is the path to the command?

Again apologies for newbieness of this.

jpmens commented 2 months ago

it ought to be in /usr/bin/ocat

Jachimo commented 2 months ago

It is in /usr/bin/ocat for me, but I did not install via Docker—I used the "quicksetup" method. Unless you are already quite familiar with Docker, I would recommend using this route rather than putting the app in a container, since (IMO) that adds an additional level of complexity.

My guess is that with a Dockerized install, you need to be inside one of the Docker containers in order to run the ocat binary. So probably you need to use docker exec -it CONTAINERNAME ocat where CONTAINERNAME is the name of the Docker container that you're running OwnTracks' stuff from.

jpmens commented 2 months ago

What @Jachimo writes is accurate.

Now closing as answered.