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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Re: Re: Installing syncTERM on linux Mint 21.1 cinnamon
By: paul lee to John Cybulski on Tue Jun 13 2023 17:53:04

P.S. Netrunner is a binary download - you just run it... I prefer

I too like Syncterm over Netrunner except for 1 thing that really sticks in my craw. SyncTerm has no way to paste text from the clipboard. No keyboard command (ctrl-v doesn't work) and no right click menu options. So this forces me to go back to NetRunner when I'm working in the cooking echoes sharing recipes.
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Re: Re: Installing syncTERM on linux Mint 21.1 cinnamon
By: Alexander Grotewohl to paul lee on Wed Jun 14 2023 15:26:04

this type of thing: https://rumorscity.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/10-Linux-Unix-Command-Ch eat-S heet-3.jpg

That is NOT one page, it's 2 pages!
:D :D :D
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Dallas Vinson wrote to paul lee <=-

P.S. Netrunner is a binary download - you just run it... I prefer

I too like Syncterm over Netrunner except for 1 thing that really
sticks in my craw. SyncTerm has no way to paste text from the
clipboard. No keyboard command (ctrl-v doesn't work) and no right click menu options. So this forces me to go back to NetRunner when I'm
working in the cooking echoes sharing recipes.

Not true. Middle-click pastes clipboard text into a message. How much
easier could it be?

Have you considered reading some documentation?



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Re: Re: Installing syncTERM on linux Mint 21.1 cinnamon
By: Dallas Vinson to paul lee on Mon Apr 06 2026 10:47 am

Re: Re: Installing syncTERM on linux Mint 21.1 cinnamon
By: paul lee to John Cybulski on Tue Jun 13 2023 17:53:04

P.S. Netrunner is a binary download - you just run it... I prefer

I too like Syncterm over Netrunner except for 1 thing that really sticks in my craw. SyncTerm has no way to paste text from the clipboard. No keyboard command (ctrl-v doesn't work) and no right click menu options. So this forces me to go back to NetRunner when I'm working in the cooking echoes sharing recipes.

I don't know what version of SyncTERM you're using (v1.7 is the latest release), but this isn't true and hasn't ever been true to my recollection (you could always paste from the clipboard into SyncTERM releases 1.0 and later, or maybe even earlier). True, it's not Ctrl-V (that command key would be sent to the server/BBS), but right click or middle click of the mouse will usually paste. If the server/BBS has captured your mouse input, you might need to hit Alt-O to toggle the mouse control back to SyncTERM, but I think that's more of a select/copy issue than a paste issue.
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