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08-02-2017, 08:17 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Dec 2016
Posts: 15
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Do I have to create an Ubuntu One account to install this?
I want to install the Brackets text editor, so when I find it in the Ubuntu software manager I click on install, and it says that I need to create an Ubuntu One account in order to use Snaps. I have attached a screenshot of this message. I don't want to any more accounts, do I have to create an account with Ubuntu One?
Also, I tried doing it another way by going to the Brackets website and downloading a .deb file. After double clicking it the same Ubuntu software manager pops up, however this time when I click on install it just does nothing. I've tried over and over but it just doesn't seem to do anything. I'm used to things just working with Windows where normally I'll download an .exe and install it.
Thanks.
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08-02-2017, 09:40 AM
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Moderator
Registered: Mar 2011
Location: USA
Distribution: MINT Debian, Angstrom, SUSE, Ubuntu, Debian
Posts: 9,968
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Have you tried, "sudo apt-get install brackets" ?
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08-02-2017, 12:02 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Nov 2008
Location: Pictland
Distribution: Linux Mint 21 MATE
Posts: 8,048
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The Ubuntu Software Manager is a complete pain in this respect.
Instead of double clicking on the deb file to open it with the Ubuntu Software Manager, right-click on it and select "Open with GDebi Package Installer" (if you don't see that option, pre-install GDebi with sudo apt-get install gdebi).
Note that for Brackets, if you're on Ubuntu 16.04 or greater, you will need to pre-install libgcrypt11 as it's no longer available in the repos - you can get it from ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/mai...b7u4_amd64.deb
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08-02-2017, 08:48 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Dec 2016
Posts: 15
Original Poster
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Is gdebi another package manager like apt and snap? This is so confusing. And I also need to install libgcrypt11? From the description it says libgcrypt11:
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"contains cryptographic functions. Many important free ciphers, hash algorithms and public key signing algorithms have been implemented
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I'll assume I'll need this because Brackets isn't in the repository, as you say, well it's in the Ubuntu software centre, does that mean I'm installing an older version of Brackets?
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08-02-2017, 09:24 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jan 2006
Location: Virginia, USA
Distribution: Slackware, Ubuntu MATE, Mageia, and whatever VMs I happen to be playing with
Posts: 20,016
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gdebi is a program for installing *.deb packages that have been downloaded to your local computer.
Update: I just fired up my Ubuntu 16.04 VM and took a look at Synaptic. Brackets does not appear to be in the repos. There does, however, seem to be a PPA: https://launchpad.net/~webupd8team/+...buntu/brackets
More about PPAs: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+ppas
Last edited by frankbell; 08-02-2017 at 09:36 PM.
Reason: More info
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08-03-2017, 12:00 PM
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Member
Registered: Jul 2017
Location: King's Lynn, UK
Distribution: Nowt but Puppies....
Posts: 660
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Originally Posted by hydrurga
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Mm. I'm probably sticking my neck out, here, but isn't it rather 'jumping the gun' to automatically assume that the OP must be running a 64-bit system?
Architecture hasn't been mentioned anywhere in the original post. And some of us do still run 32-bit hardware.....or 32-bit systems on 64-bit hardware.
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08-03-2017, 02:11 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Nov 2008
Location: Pictland
Distribution: Linux Mint 21 MATE
Posts: 8,048
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike_Walsh
Mm. I'm probably sticking my neck out, here, but isn't it rather 'jumping the gun' to automatically assume that the OP must be running a 64-bit system?
Architecture hasn't been mentioned anywhere in the original post. And some of us do still run 32-bit hardware.....or 32-bit systems on 64-bit hardware.
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Good call.
For those of you with 32-bit systems, the link is ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/mai...eb7u4_i386.deb
Remember to hand crank your system up and normalise the transistor tubes first though. 
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08-03-2017, 04:50 PM
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Member
Registered: Jul 2017
Location: King's Lynn, UK
Distribution: Nowt but Puppies....
Posts: 660
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hydrurga
Remember to hand crank your system up and normalise the transistor tubes first though. 
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^^^
Touché, mon ami.
Mike. 
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