I started with the plain installation, tried to install mega-sync from the site of mega.nz, chose Debian 8, x64, according to my system, the program is seen in the menu, but doesn't do anything. No system tray icon eighter! I purged mega-sync.
Then I made a medium and after that a full install by chosing the medium and then maximum desktop profiler option. That re-installed mega-sync, but again: no effect after clicking the red mega-icon!
How can I make mega-sync to work? This is absolute necessary for me, otherwise this beautifull OS will be a no-go for me, unfortunately.
Who is able to help me?
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Please try to follow the Debian 8 Jessie instructions, as Q4OS is Debian Jessie actually. We will test the 'megasync' installation a bit later and let some findings here, please be patient.
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I followed the instructions for Debian 8.0: in Google Chrome it is impossible to download the deb-file of the site of Mega, as in any other Linux-version (so this is a failure of Chrome and has nothing to do with Q4OS!), but in Firefox it downloaded just fine. After that it is possible to install it by dubble clicking on it: GDebi does the job. And the red Mega-icon shows up under "Internet" in the menu, but just doesn't do anything. Also: the system tray icon of Mega is missing.
Thank you for investigating, for this IS a great distro, that I discovered just by accident!
I eagerly await your answer!
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That is what I did. The deb-file is indeed installed and shows up under "Internet" in the menu, but clicking on it doesn't result in starting the setup of MegaSync.
Thanks for your investigation; I await your reply!
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We have found a glitch, megasync client doesn't read trinity DE configuration correctly and crashes. The solution is to set a fake KDEHOME path variable. So you can run megasync client from terminal this way:
$ KDEHOME="whatever" megasync
If the client works correctly you can fix the desktop and menu shortcuts as well. Edit file '/usr/share/applications/megasync.desktop', find 'Exec=megasync' line and replace with 'Exec=KDEHOME="whatever" megasync' . The same way update the 'your-home-dir/Desktop/megasync.desktop' file.
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I made an empty folder in my home folder, named FakeHome.
I put into the terminal:
paul@q4os-paul:/usr/share/applications$ KDEHOME=FakeHome megasync
Warning: KDE Home Path not exist
paul@q4os-paul:/usr/share/applications$
And this made MegaSync run! Terrific! I noticed I cannot close the terminal, or else the MegaSync process is killed as well!
Now it collects all files from the server and copies them locally on my computer: so far, so good.
But after this: do I have to change the line Exec=megasync in the file megasync.desktop under /usr/share/applications to Exec=KDEHOME=FakeHome megasync? So exectly to this phrase?
And what do I have to add to the startup folder, next to the file q4os-welcome-screen, so under /home/[username]/.q4data/Programs/Startup something like /usr/share/applications/megasync.desktop?
I am rather new to Linux, and the more to the Trinity DE, so please forgive me asking so many questions!
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You could manually fix 'Megasync' shortcuts, do it exactly as you have described: replace 'Exec=megasync' line with: 'Exec=KDEHOME=FakeHome megasync' in the 'megasync.desktop' file.
How to easily order an application into the autostart sequence:
Copy 'megasync.desktop' file int '/home/[username]/.trinity/Autostart' folder, then edit it, and remove 'Categories=...' line.
or second method:
Roll out start menu -> right mouse click to any item or folder -> Edit menu or Item -> Drag and drop 'megasync.desktop' file to the Startup folder
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I did all you wrote, and it really worked as you told: great job, for which I thank you very much!
One question: could I now delete the folder FakeHome, without stopping the startup and functionality of MegaSync? If not: no problem, then I will let it be, but I'm curious to know if this folder is still needed.
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Hi all,
I started with the plain installation, tried to install mega-sync from the site of mega.nz, chose Debian 8, x64, according to my system, the program is seen in the menu, but doesn't do anything. No system tray icon eighter! I purged mega-sync.
Then I made a medium and after that a full install by chosing the medium and then maximum desktop profiler option. That re-installed mega-sync, but again: no effect after clicking the red mega-icon!
How can I make mega-sync to work? This is absolute necessary for me, otherwise this beautifull OS will be a no-go for me, unfortunately.
Who is able to help me?
Please try to follow the Debian 8 Jessie instructions, as Q4OS is Debian Jessie actually. We will test the 'megasync' installation a bit later and let some findings here, please be patient.
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Thank you very much for (quick!) responding!
I followed the instructions for Debian 8.0: in Google Chrome it is impossible to download the deb-file of the site of Mega, as in any other Linux-version (so this is a failure of Chrome and has nothing to do with Q4OS!), but in Firefox it downloaded just fine. After that it is possible to install it by dubble clicking on it: GDebi does the job. And the red Mega-icon shows up under "Internet" in the menu, but just doesn't do anything. Also: the system tray icon of Mega is missing.
Thank you for investigating, for this IS a great distro, that I discovered just by accident!
I eagerly await your answer!
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That is what I did. The deb-file is indeed installed and shows up under "Internet" in the menu, but clicking on it doesn't result in starting the setup of MegaSync.
Thanks for your investigation; I await your reply!
We have found a glitch, megasync client doesn't read trinity DE configuration correctly and crashes. The solution is to set a fake KDEHOME path variable. So you can run megasync client from terminal this way:
$ KDEHOME="whatever" megasync
If the client works correctly you can fix the desktop and menu shortcuts as well. Edit file '/usr/share/applications/megasync.desktop', find 'Exec=megasync' line and replace with 'Exec=KDEHOME="whatever" megasync' . The same way update the 'your-home-dir/Desktop/megasync.desktop' file.
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Thank you very much! I will work on that, and try to do exactly as you described, and after that let you know if it has effect!
Again: thanks, and "I'll be back"!
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It somehow works:
I made an empty folder in my home folder, named FakeHome.
I put into the terminal:
And this made MegaSync run! Terrific! I noticed I cannot close the terminal, or else the MegaSync process is killed as well!
Now it collects all files from the server and copies them locally on my computer: so far, so good.
But after this: do I have to change the line Exec=megasync in the file megasync.desktop under /usr/share/applications to Exec=KDEHOME=FakeHome megasync? So exectly to this phrase?
And what do I have to add to the startup folder, next to the file q4os-welcome-screen, so under /home/[username]/.q4data/Programs/Startup something like /usr/share/applications/megasync.desktop?
I am rather new to Linux, and the more to the Trinity DE, so please forgive me asking so many questions!
No problem, questions are anticipated here.
You could manually fix 'Megasync' shortcuts, do it exactly as you have described: replace 'Exec=megasync' line with: 'Exec=KDEHOME=FakeHome megasync' in the 'megasync.desktop' file.
How to easily order an application into the autostart sequence:
Copy 'megasync.desktop' file int '/home/[username]/.trinity/Autostart' folder, then edit it, and remove 'Categories=...' line.
or second method:
Roll out start menu -> right mouse click to any item or folder -> Edit menu or Item -> Drag and drop 'megasync.desktop' file to the Startup folder
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I did all you wrote, and it really worked as you told: great job, for which I thank you very much!
One question: could I now delete the folder FakeHome, without stopping the startup and functionality of MegaSync? If not: no problem, then I will let it be, but I'm curious to know if this folder is still needed.
No, this folder is not needed, you can safely delete it.
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Again: thank you very, very much! By following your advice MegaSync now works without flaws!