Easy-install will not work when clicked

Hevithan · 04-30-2011, 04:57 AM

When I click on the Easy-install icon, I see the cursor change to a watch, and then it stops, and Easy-install does not start.

I have run:

Code:

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
-and-
apt-get install libgtk2-ruby libgtk2-ruby1.8

The latter being recommended when I searched google (Apparently apt-get sometimes removes ruby which easyinstall uses)

It turns out I did need ruby, But my easy-install remains closed

... Does anyone know why and/or how to fix it?

smoker · 05-01-2011, 02:31 AM

Right click the icon to get the properties. In there will be the command used. Copy that to a terminal window and run it from there. You will see what the errors are and what you need to do.

knudfl · 05-01-2011, 02:33 AM

Please try to run Easy-install from the command line.

Then you might get a text output about some errors.

'cat <Easy-install icon>' to see the used command. ( Exec=<command> ).