Scout-app: Cannot install for development on Linux

Created on 22 Aug 2011 · 9Comments · Source: scout-app/scout-app

I'm trying to get scout-app to run on Linux, specifically Ubuntu 10.04. I am running into what looks like a hard-coded OSX path when rake tries to check the Adobe Air version (File not found: /Library/Frameworks/Adobe AIR.framework/Versions/1.0/Resources/Info.plist)

Here is the full rake trace:

rake --trace
(in /home/ben/Dropbox/Projects/scout-app)
** Invoke default (first_time)
** Invoke run:development (first_time)
** Invoke build:development (first_time)
** Execute build:development
** Invoke build (first_time)
** Invoke environment (first_time)
** Execute environment
** Invoke air:runtime:check (first_time)
** Execute air:runtime:check
rake aborted!
Could not find Adobe AIR installation. To download/install run:

rake air:runtime:download

File not found: /Library/Frameworks/Adobe AIR.framework/Versions/1.0/Resources/Info.plist
/home/ben/Dropbox/Projects/scout-app/config/../lib/adobe/air.rb:51:in version' /home/ben/Dropbox/Projects/scout-app/config/../lib/adobe/air.rb:116:inprint_version_check'
/home/ben/Dropbox/Projects/scout-app/lib/tasks/air.rake:12
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:636:in call' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:636:inexecute'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:631:in each' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:631:inexecute'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:597:in invoke_with_call_chain' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/monitor.rb:242:insynchronize'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:590:in invoke_with_call_chain' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:607:ininvoke_prerequisites'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:604:in each' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:604:ininvoke_prerequisites'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:596:in invoke_with_call_chain' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/monitor.rb:242:insynchronize'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:590:in invoke_with_call_chain' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:583:ininvoke'
/home/ben/Dropbox/Projects/scout-app/lib/tasks/build.rake:9
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:636:in call' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:636:inexecute'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:631:in each' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:631:inexecute'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:597:in invoke_with_call_chain' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/monitor.rb:242:insynchronize'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:590:in invoke_with_call_chain' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:607:ininvoke_prerequisites'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:604:in each' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:604:ininvoke_prerequisites'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:596:in invoke_with_call_chain' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/monitor.rb:242:insynchronize'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:590:in invoke_with_call_chain' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:607:ininvoke_prerequisites'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:604:in each' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:604:ininvoke_prerequisites'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:596:in invoke_with_call_chain' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/monitor.rb:242:insynchronize'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:590:in invoke_with_call_chain' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:583:ininvoke'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:2051:in invoke_task' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:2029:intop_level'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:2029:in each' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:2029:intop_level'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:2068:in standard_exception_handling' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:2023:intop_level'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:2001:in run' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:2068:instandard_exception_handling'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:1998:in `run'
/usr/bin/rake:28

Source

brousch

Most helpful comment

@jarrelldunson
Try with (if you are using Ubuntu)
sudo apt -y install libgconf2-4

valjar on 14 Mar 2019

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All 9 comments

The Scout docs only offer Mac and Windows versions. I am guessing that the use of Adobe Air is an indication that the developers don't choose to support Linux. I would like a Linux version, and therefore probably won't use Scout.

explainer on 18 Sep 2011

We'd love to make this friendlier on Linux but we need a Linux user to help us in that regard. If you or someone you know may be interested have them ping @ScoutForSass on Twitter.

zdennis on 15 May 2012

The biggest problem I see is that Adobe Air is no longer supported or released for Linux. You can install Adobe Air 2.6 on Linux, but it's a dead end. It looks like the current ScoutApp requires Air >= 2.7, so it's not even possible to start working with it on Linux. For Linux support to become possible, all of the Air components will have to be replaced with something else. http://helpx.adobe.com/air/kb/install-32-bit-air-linux.html

brousch on 15 May 2012

@brousch @explainer

Scout-App 2 officially supports many popular Linux distros.

Minimum System Requirements for Linux:
At least 64MB of available RAM. At least 170MB of free space. Ubuntu 12, Ubuntu 14, Ubuntu 16, Debian 8, Zorin 9, Zorin 11. 32-Bit or 64-Bit OS (ARM not supported). Some other Linux OS's (particularly Debian based) may work, though are not officially supported.

Ubuntu 10 is not officially supported, though it will most likely work.

Also Scout-App no longer relies on Adobe Air, Java, or Ruby. It can run similarly to a portable app.

Scout-App.io

Closing this issue.

TheJaredWilcurt on 30 Aug 2016

I downloaded both 64-bit and 32-bit on Ubuntu 18.04.1 ... and tried to run the program...and nothing happens. How can I get the program to run?

jarrelldunson on 14 Nov 2018

@jarrelldunson
This issue is for those having difficulty trying to edit the source code of Scout-App.

It sounds like you are just trying to run Scout-App to use it.

Download the .zip package for the latest version of Scout-App
Extract the Scout-App folder from the zip
Inside the folder you'll find a Scout-App executable.
- In some Linux OS's you can just double-click the executable and it pops up
- In some Linux OS's you will need to launch a terminal window and navigate to the folder containing the executable and run ./Scout-App

32-Bit Scout-App will not run on 64-Bit Linux, and 64-Bit Scout-App will not run on 32-Bit Linux.

TheJaredWilcurt on 14 Nov 2018

Hey, I re-download 64-bit ... and clicked it... and it didn't work. I tried the ./Scout-App from the command line...and got: 'error while loading shared libraries: libgconf-2.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory. I'll run updated on my Linux machine and try again

jarrelldunson on 14 Nov 2018

Hey, I ran updates... and tried again, but still have the same error 'error while loading shared libraries: libgconf-2.so.4'

jarrelldunson on 14 Nov 2018

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@jarrelldunson
Try with (if you are using Ubuntu)
sudo apt -y install libgconf2-4

valjar on 14 Mar 2019

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