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A shell console with GUI features
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Installing xiki on ubuntu does not work, no error messages #61

Open rtzui opened 11 years ago

rtzui commented 11 years ago

I tried to install xiki on ubuntu lts, it does not work for me.

First step, i installed ruby1.9.3, changed /etc/alternatives/ruby, check ruby -v.

Cloned the git repo and ran

  $ sudo gem install bundler
  $ sudo bundle
  $ sudo ruby etc/command/copy_xiki_command_to.rb /usr/bin/xiki

Everything seemed fine, no errors.

ran xiki web/start. Only a newline was printed. ran xiki readme. The same thing happend. Checked /tmp/xiki_web.output. Got a error about ol.rb not being found by require. ran ruby, evaluated $:. Made a symlink /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/xiki (which was included in $:, yes in version 1.9.3.) to /home/rtzui/xiki/lib/xiki.

Ran xiki web/start again, again no output, but in the logfile the port for the webserver was given. Open the port with chrome and firefox, got a blank page. The source contained code, and it was barely more than <title>, jquery inclusion and a css. One page of code, ( $(window).focus, $('a').click and $('body').keypress). It did not respond to keystrokes, not even after clicking it in an attempt to give focus.

Removed the symlink in /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1 to reproduce the first error. Xiki runs like it always did without any output, but no logfile was updated. ran xiki stop; killall ruby; rm /tmp/xiki*, reran xiki web/start. No logfiles where created, only /tmp/xikirequest and /tmp/xikiresponse. Nothing listened on port 8161.

In the hole time of not working, never ever printed a useful error message or a message at all, only one ruby error about the failed "require" and about the http server.

ankopainting commented 10 years ago

I had this exact problem, nearly 1 year later.

trogdoro commented 10 years ago

I feel your pain, re the install issues. For the last year I've been focusing on creating features and getting it to the point where I felt it was ready to spread, and had the foundation for a solid initial user experience. If the Kickstarter passes, I'll focus on making the initial install be smooth!

--Craig

On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 6:26 PM, Anko painting notifications@github.com wrote:

I had this exact problem, nearly 1 year later.

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ankopainting commented 10 years ago

Thank you for some quick feedback. :smiley:

colbywhite commented 9 years ago

Do you have some more instructions, even if very informal, on what you think that install process should be? If so, I (or anybody else) could go through the process and document it, uncovering any gotcha's along they. This way the Ubuntu community can start playing with xiki and can make suggestions on the install process.