SOLVED #2 of 2: Flashnote libgtk-x11 dependency workaround?

niftyprose · 2016-08-03 10:16:43

Hi guys, second small irritating question. I recently discovered Flashnote, an old-fashioned two-pane outliner (ask your dad) which sits on top of a nice secure database. It's a really excellent tool for the kind of large-scale writing job where you start off with a huge pile of someone else's notes and reorganize it into a readable publication, which is the kind I get paid for.

Flashnote is distributed as a bzipped archive which the user can simply unpack into whichever directory they favour -- suggesting that the authors have no concern about dependencies. However, the executable refuses to execute on this Hydrogen-equipped netbook. Invoking it from the terminal (with ./ in front, before anyone asks) throws up a missing dependency:

libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0

I don't fancy dropping Gnome components into my computer without a rationale. I don't suppose anyone out there has dealt with this one already? I already wrote to the developers, btw...

Best, NP.

Last edited by niftyprose (2016-08-03 11:34:09)

xaos52 · 2016-08-03 10:43:57

Works for me.

It is a 32-bit application though.
My system is 64-bit, but I have multiarch enabled.
Perhaps you need that too?

Can you post your architecture? Output of screen-fetch for instance.

NOTE:
I consider Installing binary applications a risk that I am not willing to take on machines containing anything of value to me.

damo · 2016-08-03 10:45:15

That library should be in 'libgtk2.0-0', which you should already have AFAIK.

"Menu -> Help -> Debian -> Package Search"

niftyprose · 2016-08-03 10:58:22

Oh God, how embarrassing. This is my first-ever 64-bit box, and I'm so used to running 32-bit software that I didn't bother to check. Thanks, Good Doc and Damo. Sorry to waste everyone's time. NP.

niftyprose · 2016-08-03 11:33:34

PS. Just in case anyone else is in the same boat -- this is pretty readily available stuff, but here's the actual recipe.

In a terminal, do:

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386

Then add the 32-bit library you require. In our case, Damo helpfully pointed out that it's within the libgtk2 package:

sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-0:i386

Flashnote then works perfectly. Thanks guys and sorry for being thick.

NP

damo · 2016-08-04 10:57:51

^ Thanks for posting your solution. It is sure to help others down the line

#1 2016-08-03 10:16:43

SOLVED #2 of 2: Flashnote libgtk-x11 dependency workaround?

#2 2016-08-03 10:43:57

Re: SOLVED #2 of 2: Flashnote libgtk-x11 dependency workaround?

#3 2016-08-03 10:45:15

Re: SOLVED #2 of 2: Flashnote libgtk-x11 dependency workaround?

#4 2016-08-03 10:58:22

Re: SOLVED #2 of 2: Flashnote libgtk-x11 dependency workaround?

#5 2016-08-03 11:33:34

Re: SOLVED #2 of 2: Flashnote libgtk-x11 dependency workaround?

#6 2016-08-04 10:57:51

Re: SOLVED #2 of 2: Flashnote libgtk-x11 dependency workaround?

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