Run Musescore 4.4 on Debian 11
I've installed this without any apparent problems, and the icon has appeared in the list of applications. But clicking on it does not open the program. I've checked that libfuse2 is installed, so this shouldn't be the issue. Is there anything else I can try?
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You could run it from the command line; perhaps the output gives a clue of what's going on.
In reply to You could run it from the… by cbjeukendrup
Thanks - I tried that - message came up as "command not found". I tried it with sudo preceding "mscore" with same result. (I should add - although I'm familiar with musescore, not so much with Debian and using the terminal!)
In reply to Thanks - I tried that -… by Chris Sugden
Perhaps the command is
mscore4portable. (That's a bit of a guess though, I don't have my Linux machine handy at the moment to try it out...)In reply to Perhaps the command is… by cbjeukendrup
Thanks - I did try that as well, but it didn't work either.
So you are using the appimage? (probably, or you would not be needing libfuse2)
Do a
chmod +x [appimagename] to make it executable.
run
./appimagename
it should start, or at least give some indication why it does not start.
Unless you do appimage install , you don't have mscore nor mscoreportable yet, which are just symlinks to the appimage created with the install option and located (at least in Ubuntu) under ~/.local/bin/
Logfiles are under ~/.local/share/MuseScore/MuseScore4/logs/
In reply to So you are using the… by graffesmusic
Many thanks for that - I did in fact install it using that procedure. But to try again, I downloaded the AppImage once more, and applied the "chmod . . . " procedure, followed by "MuseScore. . . " install. As happened originally, all looked good, and the message said, "Installed in home/ ...". The MuseScore icon appeared in the list of applications but clicking on it produces the "wait while loading" icon,but then nothing. I must be missing something here, but no idea what it is!
In reply to Many thanks for that - I did… by Chris Sugden
OK.
Start from command line:
~/.local/bin/mscore4portable
(copy/paste into terminal)
Logs are under ~/.local/share/MuseScore/MuseScore4/logs
In reply to OK. Start from command line:… by graffesmusic
Many thanks for your ongoing help . . . I followed your instructions but again received the message "no such file . . ." . I also entered the command line for finding the log, but got the same response. I also searched through the file system but couldn't find a "log" folder anywhere.
In reply to Many thanks for your ongoing… by Chris Sugden
.local (note the dot) is a hidden folder.
To get to the logs, you can copy/paste in a terminal
cd ~/.local/share/MuseScore/MuseScore4/logs
In reply to .local (note the dot) is a… by graffesmusic
Many thanks for your patience here - I copied and pasted the line you sent (I'd sudo'd first) but again got the message "no such file or directory"
In reply to Many thanks for your… by Chris Sugden
But why do you sudo?
You should not use sudo for any of this: not for installing the appimage, not to run it from command line, not to view logfiles.
This should not run as root.
In reply to But why do you sudo? You… by graffesmusic
Yes, well I'm on a steep learning curve here.
However, trying again without sudo still produces the same response, i.e.no such file or directory.
In reply to Yes, well I'm on a steep… by Chris Sugden
What if you download the appimage, chmod +x and just start the appimage from the commandline?
No sudo. No 'install'. Only the appimage.
For sure, you will not have a 'no such file' error, since the file you just download is there.
./MuseScore-Studio-4.4.1.242490810-x86_64.AppImage
In reply to What if you download the… by graffesmusic
Well, I've gone through the download and install process from the commandline a couple of times already, and I've just done it again, with the same result. Here is the message I get each time:
"Installation step 1 of 3.
PREFIX is '/home/debian/.local'.
Preparing to install resources to:
PREFIX/share/applications/*
PREFIX/share/icons/*
PREFIX/share/man/*
PREFIX/share/mime/*
gtk-update-icon-cache: Cache file created successfully.
Resources installed to '/home/debian/.local'.
Step 2 of 3.
MuseScore is at: /home/debian/Downloads/MuseScore-Studio-4.4.1.242490810-x86_64.AppImage
Moving AppImage to 'PREFIX/bin'.
Finished installing MuseScore to /home/debian/.local
Step 3 of 3.
Symlinks can be created to make it easier to launch MuseScore from
the command line. (Symlinks are like shortcuts or aliases.)
INFORMATION: MuseScore is not in PATH. If you want to run MuseScore from
the command line you will have to type the full file path, like this:
/home/debian/.local/bin/MuseScore-Studio-4.4.1.242490810-x86_64.AppImage
This does not affect you if you launch MuseScore by clicking on the icon." (my quotes)
So . . . I have tried running it from the commandline with the full path, as above, but without success. And although it says I can launch it by clicking on the icon, it doesn't work.
In reply to Well, I've gone through the… by Chris Sugden
So if you type this on a command line
/home/debian/.local/bin/MuseScore-Studio-4.4.1.242490810-x86_64.AppImage
it still does not start?
Your username is debian?
it seems ~/.local/bin is not in your $PATH.
But It should start with the complete command line anyhow.
In reply to So if you type this on a… by graffesmusic
Yes, my username is debian. Rather than copy and paste the download name, I typed it in manually.
Here's the result:
debian@debian:~$ /home/debian/.local/bin/MuseScore-Studio-4.4.1.242490810-x86_64.AppImage
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjack.so.0
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnss3.so
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwayland-client.so.0
/tmp/.mount_MuseSc72JWBA/bin/mscore4portable: error while loading shared libraries: libOpenGL.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
debian@debian:~$
As you know, I'm not at all familiar with using the terminal, so this doesn't mean much to me!
But perhaps you might be able to see where I'm going wrong?
In reply to Yes, my username is debian… by Chris Sugden
Thanks, this does give us some clue of where to start looking for the problem.
What do you get when you run the following?
$ /home/debian/.local/bin/MuseScore-Studio-4.4.1.242490810-x86_64.AppImage check-dependencies
This takes a while and generates a big amount of output, so you may want to copy it to a text file and upload that as an attachment, rather than directly pasting into a comment.
(Tip: you'll probably have noticed that Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V have a special meaning in Terminal; copying and pasting can be done via the context menu or (depending on your OS/settings) using Ctrl+Shift+C / Ctrl+Shift+V.)
In reply to Thanks, this does give us… by cbjeukendrup
Hi - again, many thanks for your perseverance with this! I've run the command you suggested, and got a very large output.
Sadly, my ignorance is holding me up here - I'm trying to copy the output to a text file, but when I go to edit>select all, it only selects the first screen, so I can't copy the entire output to the text file. I've searched for what to do, and there are suggestions such as using script or the tee command, but I'm not familiar with these, so for the moment I can't send you the output :-(
In reply to Hi - again, many thanks for… by Chris Sugden
Ah, sorry. I think the easiest way is:
$ /home/debian/.local/bin/MuseScore-Studio-4.4.1.242490810-x86_64.AppImage check-dependencies > deps.txt
This will result in a deps.txt file in the current working directory; you can then locate that file in the GUI file manager, and upload it here.
In reply to Ah, sorry. I think the… by cbjeukendrup
That's great - hopefully it will be attached here . . .
In reply to That's great - hopefully it… by Chris Sugden
Thanks for your reply!
There are two potential fixes:
To try them out:
For the second one, the commands would be:
Could you run them and report if any one of them works (and if yes, which)?
In reply to Thanks for your reply! There… by cbjeukendrup
Many thanks for your ongoing help - I really appreciate it!
Unfortunately, neither of the commands worked - I've copied them below, in case I've made a foolish error. Also, although I'm not familiar with GitHub, I have created an account, and opened it before running the commands, though I may have needed to do something extra?
debian@debian:~$ chmod +x ~/Downloads/MU4_242551809_Lin_24644_/.AppImage
chmod: cannot access '/home/debian/Downloads/MU4_242551809_Lin_24644_/.AppImage': No such file or directory
debian@debian:~$ chmod +x ~/Downloads/MU4_242552054_Lin_24649_/.AppImage
chmod: cannot access '/home/debian/Downloads/MU4_242552054_Lin_24649_/.AppImage': No such file or directory
debian@debian:~$
In reply to Many thanks for your ongoing… by Chris Sugden
Hm, maybe when you download them they go to a different folder than
~/Downloads...The difficulty is that I have Ubuntu, not Debian, and although Ubuntu is based on Debian, I have no idea what Debian even looks like. So it's difficult to provide very useful guidance. But here's another attempt:
In Ubuntu, making files executable can also be done via the UI. You right-click on the file, then choose Properties, go to Permissions, and enable "Allow executing file as program". This is the
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chmod +xstep. Maybe it's similar on Debian?Then to run the AppImage, just double-click it.
In reply to Hm, maybe when you download… by cbjeukendrup
Thanks again . . . . The files are all definitely in the downloads folder.
I have already tried the GUI permissions granted approach but that didn't work either.
Incidentally, I note that your AppImage file name is different from mine, in terms of the numbering. I don't know if that's significant, but I'll try following your suggestions again, with the numbering I have for my downloaded AppImage file, and let you know the outcome.