.deb package file is broken

[825i]

Current behavior

After running

root@debian:/opt/Boost Note# chown root chrome-sandbox
root@debian:/opt/Boost Note# chmod 4755 chrome-sandbox

I receive the error

Trace/breakpoint trap

The software does not run.

Expected behavior

Boostnote should open.

Steps to reproduce

1. Download the .deb file from the Boostnote website
2. Install the .deb and dependencies with

dpkg -i boostnote.deb
apt install -f

3. Change ownership of chrome-sandbox as above.
4. Error occurs when trying to open the app via the terminal command " boostnote "
5. Trying to open boostnote with the application icon doesn't work either.

Environment

• Version: v0.14.0-0
• OS Version and name: Debian 10.1 buster

Snapcraft

P.S. I know it is not related but please consider adding this software to the Snapcraft Library to make the installation and update process MUCH easier on Linux: https://snapcraft.io/first-snap

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[Rokt33r]

@pythonInRelay We are also providing AppImage. https://github.com/BoostIO/BoostNote.next/releases
It might be better than snapcraft. How do you think?

[RyanGreenup]

@Rokt33r The advantage to snap (or any package manager e.g. apt or pacman is that all packages can be updated with one command, e.g on Ubuntu/Mint/Debian you could update the entire system and all programs with:

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
sudo snap refresh

Moreover, Snap will automatically put the package into a location that is in the path, whereas with a .appimage the user needs to edit there ~/.profile to add something like ~/bin to the path.

So although an app image is really convenient, snap would be even easier because users wouldn’t need to watch Github for releases.

[Rokt33r]

@RyanGreenup Okay, I'll try snap soon. Btw did you also confront this problem?

[Rokt33r]

I confirmed the deb package file is broken. I'll replace its link with the AppImage link until I fix this problem

[RyanGreenup]

@Rokt33r I have not actually encountered this problem with v 0.1.1, although I install the new version over the old version so maybe that's why, it might be nice to give the binary a slightly different name so the old version and new version can be run concurrently.

udo dpkg -i boost-note-linux.deb
dpkg: warning: downgrading boostnote from 0.14.0-0-1 to 0.1.1
(Reading database ... 853268 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack boost-note-linux.deb ...
Unpacking boostnote (0.1.1) over (0.14.0-0-1) ...
Setting up boostnote (0.1.1) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3+18.04.20180207.2-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.24-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.63ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.32.0-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ...

[Rokt33r]

@RyanGreenup I'll change the name in this month. Until I change it, please use AppImage one.

[Rokt33r]

@RyanGreenup #319 Please follow this issue. I'll try to resolve in this week.

[Rokt33r]

@RyanGreenup @pythonInRelay
Both of your issues should be fixed in v0.2.1. Please try it and reopen the issue if the problem still exist.
https://github.com/BoostIO/BoostNote.next/releases/tag/v0.2.1

[philippludwig]

Sadly this issue still occurs, at least for me on Debian. However, this is not unique to the .deb package; the AppImage does not work either.