Problem with installing Slimjet from source.

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EddJuglans
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Problem with installing Slimjet from source.

Post by EddJuglans »

Greetings all...

Please excuse me if this question is in the wrong section.

I'm trying to install Flashpeak Slimjet browser from source, following the instructions for Slackware from here:

http://www.2daygeek.com/install-slimjet ... linuxmint/#

..and I'm coming up against the following error message:

edd[slimjet]$ sudo ./flashpeak-slimjet
Password:
[9545:9545:1102/142053:ERROR:desktop_window_tree_host_x11.cc(904)] Not implemented reached in virtual void views::DesktopWindowTreeHostX11::InitModalType(ui::ModalType)
Aborted
edd[slimjet]$ [9595:9595:1102/142053:ERROR:broker_posix.cc(41)] Invalid node channel message

That's as far as it goes. Can anyone please tell me, in idiot noob terms, where I'm going wrong?

Kind regards...
Edd
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gapan
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Re: Problem with installing Slimjet from source.

Post by gapan »

One thing you're definitely doing wrong is trying to run it with sudo. There is absolutely no reason to do that. In fact, it's downright stupid running unknown binaries with sudo.

But that is probably not the reason that it doesn't work for you. The webpage you linked to is definitely misleading. It says "Install from source" but apparently there is no source available and that browser is not free software. They just provide compiled binaries. Personally, I don't trust that and I wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole.

That said, if you really want to use it, your only hope is contacting its developers, reporting the problem and hoping they will fix it.
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Re: Problem with installing Slimjet from source.

Post by EddJuglans »

Thank you very much gapan - I appreciate the advice.
I must admit that sudoing everything is a really bad habit I have left over from my Debian days, I must stop doing that! :-)
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