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I just downloaded the latest Dashboard release for Linux on an Ubuntu 16.04 laptop. Does the source code need compiled or should it run without additional effort once the tar file has been extracted into a folder?

After closer look in the manual, it only mentions Fedora. Does that mean it will only run in Fedora or should it run in other Linux ports as well?

Thanks!
Dean

We specifically test DashBoard on Fedora, so that's why we mention it.
It should be able to run on any x86 Linux flavour (provided you have the correct libraries).

The most common problem people have is when they try to run DashBoard on a 64-bit Linux version without first installing the necessary 32-bit libraries. At this time, we only produce a 32-bit build of DashBoard and most 64-bit Linux distributions do not come with the 32-bit libraries installed by default (they have to be added).
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Ok. I'll take a look to see what is needed and install any missing libraries.
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James,

Okay. I'm crying uncle.

I'm admittedly new to Linux, but I'd like to use it if at all possible. The laptop is my test-bed. If all goes well, I'll be re-purposing some older PC hardware that runs Ubuntu unbelievably fast compared to newer machines running Windows, so it's a great way to be fiscally and environmentally responsible at the same time.

I consider myself a reasonably teachable person, however, coming up with good directions on the Internet for where to find and how to install all of these libraries is more than challenging to say the least. Does anyone at Ross have an end-to-end guide on how to install the Linux version of Dashboard including all of the required dependencies? If not, perhaps there are some users in the forum who have gone through this previously that would be willing to provide some direction?

Hopefully I'm not the only one who's experienced this.

Thanks,
Dean
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Hi Dean.
The other option might be to run a 32-bit Ubuntu Linux build.

We don't have anyone who has done an end-to-end on Ubuntu but here is a set of instructions that worked for someone trying to get the libraries on a 64-bit Fedora build:

[QUOTE]Dashboard is built as a 32-bit application and expects to link against corresponding system libraries. On a 64-bit Linux install, these are not present by default, but you can install them by explicitly asking for .i686 packages. The following sequence worked for me on Fedora 16 (these pull in a lot of dependencies):

yum install ld-linux.so.2
yum install gtk2.i686
yum install gtk2-engines.i686
yum install PackageKit-gtk-module.i686
yum install libcanberra-gtk2.i686
yum install webkitgtk.i686

Also note that you need to disable SELinux for Dashboard to run, and the firewall needs to either be disabled or modified to allow SLP discovery. This is true regardless of 32- or 64-bit install.


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