Installing MuseScore on Linux
I've been struggling to get MuseScore to open on my Chromebook.
After finding my architecture and downloading the appropriate version, I couldn't find a 'Properties' option to give the file permission to execute, so I tried doing it in the Terminal.
Each time I tried to change the directory to my Downloads folder, it said no such directory existed, so it wouldn't recognise the downloaded file name.
Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong? Thanks
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In the terminal window, use the ls -l command to "see" what is in your current folder.
Most likely you will find the Downloads folder in that.
Try to do: cd ./Downloads
Then again confirm the contents of the folder using ls -l.
Hope you will now "see" the appimage file and should be able to run the chmod command to make it executable.
Sorry, I don't have a chromebook...to confirm exact steps.
In reply to In the terminal window, use… by Henk De Groot
Thanks. I used the ls -l command and the Downloads folder showed up, but for some reason it wasn't highlighted like the others, so I still couldn't change the directory to it.
I tried putting MuseScore in the Desktop folder instead. After changing the directory to Desktop, I was able to run the chmod command, but that still didn't let me open MuseScore, even after rebooting.
Having looked at danielbaldwin's answer, I think the issue might be that I don't have the correct version of FUSE, which has opened a whole new can of worms. I'll go into more detail in a reply to daniel's answer.
In reply to Thanks. I used the ls -l… by Luna Tibling
Best of luck, I did just check the most recent nightly build, and it looks like the issue has been fixed there, so you could try that:
https://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/musescore-nightlies/linux/4x/nightly/?C=M;O=D
Looks like you indeed need fuse2, I'm unfamiliar with ChromeOS so I'm not sure of the details there.
Also regarding the solution I used, tldr, running this (make a backup of the AppImage first just in case):
printf "\x00" | dd of=MuseScore-Studio-4.5.1.250800846-x86_64.AppImage bs=1 seek=8 conv=notrunc
in the AppImage's directory fixed the issue for me, I'm able to launch it from the terminal like normal now.
In reply to Best of luck, I did just… by danielbaldwin
I've managed to open MuseScore now but it keeps being unresponsive and not doing anything. I need to take a break from all this stress so I'll see if I can work it out later
In reply to I've managed to open… by Luna Tibling
Totally get that, no worries! I know it's a big pain to work through. You got this
Looks like some mishandling of spaces in filenames.
In reply to Looks like some mishandling… by rothers
To start from command line, you type:
./MuseScore-Studio....
You have to specify your current directory with ./
(the dot and slash at the beginning are important!)
I just made another post addressing this same issue before I saw yours, sorry about that. Hope this works for you as well
https://musescore.org/en/node/377566