Most of the Webmin modules are not available by default when installing (either by .deb or tar) on the Linux Lite OS. The Webmin installer finds the Linux Lite OS as "Generic Linux" and I think that maybe the crux of the problem. I've also got a Linux Mint 21 machine running Webmin and it works fine there. Both it and Linux Lite 6 are based on Ubuntu 22.04 and I've looked around through both and don't find any difference at all in the file system layout and locations of directories / files.
After installing Webmin won't load most of the modules (Apache etc.) and wants the paths to executable etc, although the install completes successfully and works for the most part. I think if Webmin could be tricked into thinking the OS was Ubuntu 22.04 or even Debian 11 (From which Ubuntu 22.04 is based) it would find the paths correctly for Linux Lite 6 OS.
Maybe the devs could add Linux Lite to the supported OS list? I'm fairly certain that the install routines for Ubuntu 22.04 or Linux Mint 21 would work fine for it the way they are now since I don't see any difference in the file systems between Lite 6 / Mint 21 / Ubuntu 22.04 .
Thanks for any info!
Does anyone have any ideas on this? Is there a way to force Webmin to run a certain install routine? Or is there a way to spoof the OS so Webmin will think I'm running Ubuntu 22.04? Does anyone know does Webmin determines the host OS that it's being installed on? Thanks!
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Thanks for the heads up. Next release of Webmin (2.010) will have Linux Lite support. You can run apt-get purge webmin to completely uninstall current version of Webmin (i.e. including /etc/webmin directory) and try installing this pre-release version of Webmin to see how it works for you.
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That's great Ilia! Thanks a lot. I've got it up and running now and see no issues so far. Were you able to use the same basic install routines as Ubuntu?
The only other thing I noticed with the 2.000 Webmin on Linux Lite was that when there were updates available Webmin didn't show the small red icon next to the bell icon on the right-hand side of the screen as it usually does. That issue is probably resolved too but I won't know until there is a new update available.
Thank again for the update Ilia!
Last edit: sqwuade 2022-11-22
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I have confirmed that the "updates available icon," that I mentioned earlier, is showing up in the beta version (Wasn't working for Linux Lite on 2.000 version). Rock-n-Roll! Thanks.
Most of the Webmin modules are not available by default when installing (either by .deb or tar) on the Linux Lite OS. The Webmin installer finds the Linux Lite OS as "Generic Linux" and I think that maybe the crux of the problem. I've also got a Linux Mint 21 machine running Webmin and it works fine there. Both it and Linux Lite 6 are based on Ubuntu 22.04 and I've looked around through both and don't find any difference at all in the file system layout and locations of directories / files.
After installing Webmin won't load most of the modules (Apache etc.) and wants the paths to executable etc, although the install completes successfully and works for the most part. I think if Webmin could be tricked into thinking the OS was Ubuntu 22.04 or even Debian 11 (From which Ubuntu 22.04 is based) it would find the paths correctly for Linux Lite 6 OS.
Maybe the devs could add Linux Lite to the supported OS list? I'm fairly certain that the install routines for Ubuntu 22.04 or Linux Mint 21 would work fine for it the way they are now since I don't see any difference in the file systems between Lite 6 / Mint 21 / Ubuntu 22.04 .
Thanks for any info!
Last edit: sqwuade 2022-11-08
Does anyone have any ideas on this? Is there a way to force Webmin to run a certain install routine? Or is there a way to spoof the OS so Webmin will think I'm running Ubuntu 22.04? Does anyone know does Webmin determines the host OS that it's being installed on? Thanks!
Hello,
Thanks for the heads up. Next release of Webmin (2.010) will have Linux Lite support. You can run
apt-get purge webminto completely uninstall current version of Webmin (i.e. including/etc/webmindirectory) and try installing this pre-release version of Webmin to see how it works for you.That's great Ilia! Thanks a lot. I've got it up and running now and see no issues so far. Were you able to use the same basic install routines as Ubuntu?
Here are a couple screenshots.
Thanks again!
Thanks for the feedback. Happy to know it works for you!
The only other thing I noticed with the 2.000 Webmin on Linux Lite was that when there were updates available Webmin didn't show the small red icon next to the bell icon on the right-hand side of the screen as it usually does. That issue is probably resolved too but I won't know until there is a new update available.
Thank again for the update Ilia!
Last edit: sqwuade 2022-11-22
I have confirmed that the "updates available icon," that I mentioned earlier, is showing up in the beta version (Wasn't working for Linux Lite on 2.000 version). Rock-n-Roll! Thanks.
Last edit: sqwuade 2022-11-23