Installing via the DEB file

[AstroT]

I have downloaded the "AstroImageJ_v5.3.3.00-linux-x86_64Bit.deb" file and installed it on my Ubuntu using

> sudo dpkg -i AstroImageJ_v5.3.3.00-linux-x86_64Bit.deb

The installation went fine with the output like
user@ubuntu:~/Downloads$ sudo dpkg -i AstroImageJ_v5.3.3.00-linux-x86_64Bit.deb
[sudo] password for user:
Selecting previously unselected package astroimagej.
(Reading database ... 260668 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack AstroImageJ_v5.3.3.00-linux-x86_64Bit.deb ...
Unpacking astroimagej (5.3.3.00) ...
Setting up astroimagej (5.3.3.00) ...
Processing triggers for mate-menus (1.26.1-1build3) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.36.0-1.1ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.27-2build1) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.6+22.04.20220217-0ubuntu5) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (2.4-4) ...
user@ubuntu:~/Downloads$ aij &

user@ubuntu:~/Downloads$ Command 'aij' not found, did you mean:

user@ubuntu:~/Downloads$ astroimagej
astroimagej: command not found

But astroimagej wont start when invoked as "astroimagej" or "aij".

[Riccardo Papini]

The same with Ubuntu 22.04 and Debian 12.

However, installing it with tar.gz and following the on-line instructions works fine.

Riccardo

[karenacollins]

Hi Riccardo,

There is indeed a bug in the DEB installation package tool that we use. We are waiting on a fix from the project. In the meantime, please do use the tar.gz workaround.

For now, I have removed the DEB package from the installation website.

We'll post back here when we have a new package.

Thank you for reporting this issue!
Karen

[Fred]

Hello

Do you succeed updating AIJ to daily built release once AIJ 3.3 installed ?

My pc with kubuntu24.4 fails. I begin the through menu > help > update. After downloading ij jar, then Astronomy, then another one I can't see, AIJ closes and when I launch it again,  it's still 3.3.

Any idea ?

kind regards

Fred

[karenacollins]

AIJ 3.3 will not update to AIJ 5.4. You’d need to download and install a new AIJ 5.4 installation package from the AIJ website instead.

If you are actually trying to update from AIJ 5.3 and it does not update, then your AstroImageJ folder is likely write protected. In that case, use the chmod command in a Linux terminal window to allow writes in that folder by the user’s account.

Karen

[Fred]

Hello Karen

I believe I understand something new : on the installation notice, I've skipped the step 6 :
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If you want ownership so that you alone can do the updates, then change the owner of the AstroImageJ directory to your own user name. If you leave it with root ownership, you will have to run as root to do routine updates and this is not recommended. You may assign ownership to any user and run it as another user. This change is for software maintenance.

    chown -R myname.users AstroImageJ
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because I'm the one and only user on this PC, and furthermore, I did skim read . But I should'nt have skipped it, to achieve maintenance. It's clear now.
Thank you for beeing so patient, and for the nice job you make and share with AIJ.
Fred