Hey All,

Just installed Linux Mint 21.1 Cinnamon on my Acer laptop alongside Windows 10 so its dual boot.

It seem to be working just fine and so far I like it.

Trying to install syncTERM on it but not have much luck. I'll point out i'm a total Linux noob :)

I managed to install Snap store and it works. I used it to install Mailspring and that went ok.

When I install syncTerm, I install it but its nowhere to be found. I go back to Snap store and it says its installed but I can't find it. Also when i type it in the search of the start menu, it doesn't show up.

Anyone experience this before? I'm guessing its something simple and i've also searched on google but all I find is issues with installing Snap store itself.

Any help or guidance would be appreciated.

Thanks
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Re: Installing syncTERM on linux Mint 21.1 cinnamon
By: John Cybulski to All on Fri Jun 09 2023 19:15:15

Hey All,

hey there, just try typing "syncterm" in a terminal windows ?!
May be?!

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Re: Installing syncTERM on linux Mint 21.1 cinnamon
By: John Cybulski to All on Fri Jun 09 2023 07:15 pm

I managed to install Snap store and it works. I used it to install Mailspring and that went ok.

When I install syncTerm, I install it but its nowhere to be found. I go back to Snap store and it says its installed but I can't find it.

First thing: don't use the Snap store to install SyncTERM. That SyncTERM is not official/authorized/supported and I think it's still a really old version of SyncTERM.

syncterm.net has the download link you're looking for.
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Re: Re: Installing syncTERM on linux Mint 21.1 cinnamon
By: Dan Clough to Bob Purdon on Wed Jun 21 2023 07:30 am

Good deal, glad you got that sorted, and that's good info for me (and others) to know about the 1.2 version.

SyncTERM v1.2 is not yet released, but it's a good time to test (v1.2b) and provide feedback.
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Re: Re: Installing syncTERM on linux Mint 21.1 cinnamon
By: Rob Swindell to Dan Clough on Wed Jun 21 2023 04:50 pm

Re: Re: Installing syncTERM on linux Mint 21.1 cinnamon
By: Dan Clough to Bob Purdon on Wed Jun 21 2023 07:30 am

Good deal, glad you got that sorted, and that's good info for me (and others) to know about the 1.2 version.

SyncTERM v1.2 is not yet released, but it's a good time to test (v1.2b) and provide feedback.

Indeed it is. I'll try to find some time to do that. Thanks!
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On 21 Jun 2023, Dan Clough said the following...

Re: Re: Installing syncTERM on linux Mint 21.1 cinnamon

I made an install script ages ago that should work for a handful of different linux variants;

https://erb.pw/how-to-install-syncterm-for-linux-from-source/

Hope it helps.

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Re: Re: Installing syncTERM on linux Mint 21.1 cinnamon
By: Christian Sacks to Dan Clough on Wed Aug 09 2023 03:10 pm

On 21 Jun 2023, Dan Clough said the following...

Re: Re: Installing syncTERM on linux Mint 21.1 cinnamon

I made an install script ages ago that should work for a handful of different linux variants;

https://erb.pw/how-to-install-syncterm-for-linux-from-source/

Hope it helps.

That's cool. Maybe consider changing this line in that script to not use sudo? sudo make SRC_ROOT=$st_path

root access should not be necessary for *building* syncterm, only for the *install* command.
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On 09 Aug 2023, Rob Swindell said the following...

That's cool. Maybe consider changing this line in that script to not use sudo? sudo make SRC_ROOT=$st_path

root access should not be necessary for *building* syncterm, only for the *install* command.

Ah good point, thanks for the tip. Much appreciated! =)

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On 09 Aug 2023, Christian Sacks said the following...

That's cool. Maybe consider changing this line in that script to not sudo? sudo make SRC_ROOT=$st_path

root access should not be necessary for *building* syncterm, only for *install* command.

Ah good point, thanks for the tip. Much appreciated! =)

I've just modified the script, thank you muchly =)

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