Added a resolution case on Fedora 37+ #7114
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Added a check-list of actions to solve the execution of Slicer on Fedora 37+
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Thank you for suggesting these changes 👍
We want the documentation to be complete and helpful. Since differences across linux versions can be a complex topic we want to be sure we are specifically addressing issues in the correct spot (e.g. what's unique to Fedora vs what's generic to linux).
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| If you double-clicked on the app and it doesn't launch, you can try this (in order): | ||
| - verify execution rights of the app (Right click on the app > properties > executable as a program checked) or in terminal, in the app folder: | ||
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| chmod +x Slicer |
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This shouldn't be needed since the file will be executable after extracting from the tar file. Did you ever have it happen that this was not the case?
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Some unzip software have special usage. Like Info-Zip 3.0 for instance, where you need to unzip as root if you want to restore the rights scheme on the files. Some also configure their unzip software to restore files only in 666 (rw-rw-rw-) maximum for security reasons. So you can't pass this option to troubleshoot i think (or at least you have to check that permissions are 755...)
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Thanks, that makes more sense. Maybe you can make a small edit to the documentation text summarizing this.
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Would you be interested in a french translation of the documentation ?
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Would you be interested in a french translation of the documentation ?
Yes! In fact, there's a project devoted to that and any help would be greatly appreciated!
There is an internationalization group and infrastructure that you can learn about here:
https://projectweek.na-mic.org/PW39_2023_Montreal/Projects/3DSlicerInternationalization/
The first fully-French tutorial was recently held, but there is a lot more to be done:
@spujol is the PI of these projects.
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| - if you get the "error: Failed to obtain launcher executable name !" message : move the app in your Software Home folder and double click on the app, it should launch. |
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It would help if you could provide more context for this. Is there something special on Fedora that files are downloaded by default to a place where they can't be executed?
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On fedora, only User's Home folders get execution rights. But for some reason, i do not know why but i experienced it : if you unpack the files in the download folder : you get the error message, if you unpack in the "Applications" folder, it just work fine... That's why i suggested the addition to the documentation.
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This also makes sense and would be nice to mention in the text. Maybe some documentation about installing applications in these systems.
following Slicer#7114 modification of troubleshooting for the Fedora distro
following Slicer#7114 modification of troubleshooting for the Fedora distro (rights for execution)
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Added a check-list of actions to solve the execution of Slicer on Fedora 37+