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#123 Impossible installation on Linux

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PiCiJi
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Linux
2026-01-14
2025-12-26
Anonymous
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Cannot install Denise 2.7 On Linux Mint Cinnamon 22.2 (fully up to date) with the .deb file. The installation starts fine but never finishes, the installation window completely freezes after a while. I can still move the window, but not close it (unless I kill it). So the installation never gets completed.

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  • PiCiJi

    PiCiJi - 2025-12-26

    This version is for Linux with Ubuntu 22.04 as the base. Ignore the 20.04 in the filename, I forgot to rename it.
    Cinnamon 22.2 is based on Ubuntu 24.04 and requires a separate DEB package.
    But you can easily build it from the source code.

    1. Install dependencies. Most will already be installed.
      sudo apt install libgtk-3-dev
      sudo apt install mesa-common-dev
      sudo apt install libpulse-dev
      sudo apt install libudev-dev
      sudo apt install libxcb-xinput-dev && apt install libxcb-xfixes0
      sudo apt install libusb-1.0-0-dev
      sudo apt install libmp3lame-dev

    2. build denise
      git clone https://piciji@bitbucket.org/piciji/denise.git denise
      cd denise
      cmake -B builds/release
      cmake --build builds/release -j 8
      cmake --build builds/release --target install

     
  • Anonymous

    Anonymous - 2025-12-26

    Thank you for that. Building went smooth, but it still doesn't work. Denise starts fine, but after closing and reopening only the background process is active and the main window does no longer display. There's probably something wrong with my system, I have some other problems with it as well. I switched back to v2.6 for the time being. Thanks again for your quick reply and help.

     
    • PiCiJi

      PiCiJi - 2025-12-26

      I'll leave the ticket open and as soon as I have time, I'll install a Linux system with Ubuntu 24.04 as a base and see if I can reproduce the problem.

       
  • Anonymous

    Anonymous - 2025-12-26

    I just tried it in a live session of Mint CNM 22 and there I could open and close Denise without any problem. So the fault is probably on my system. However, even in the live session the install didn't fully complete because there was an error saying "Installed-Size is not available KiB". Don't know if this is any help.

     
  • PiCiJi

    PiCiJi - 2025-12-26
    • status: open --> pending
     
  • PiCiJi

    PiCiJi - 2025-12-30

    I was able to use Denise 2.7 in Mint Cinnamon 22.2 without any problems. An incorrect setting might be causing the issue. You could try renaming the Denise settings files "C64_settings, Amiga_settings, global_settings" in the .config folder. This will revert to the default settings. If it then works without problems, please send me the problematic config files.

    "Installed-Size is not available KiB"
    This is just display information. I'll see if I can change it.

     

    Last edit: PiCiJi 2025-12-30
  • Anonymous

    Anonymous - 2026-01-14

    I tried 2.7 again and now it seems to work. The installer still freezes (I have to xkill the process to end it) but everything gets installed and works. It sometimes happens that starting Denise does not display the main window even though the "denise" process is running in the background. Once this happens I can only get the main window back after restarting the computer. It's hard to pinpoint when this happens. But that's just a minor problem, I just leave Denise running.

    Thanks again for a great emulator.

    PS: I upgraded to Mint 22.3 Cinnamon now.

     
  • PiCiJi

    PiCiJi - 2026-01-14

    The installer installs following Dependencies:
    libgtk-3-0,libpulse0,libudev1,libxcb-xinput0,libxcb-xfixes0,libmp3lame0
    One of them might be causing a problem in your system.

     

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