GoPanda2 on Ubuntu

[SpongeBob]

Has anyone successfully installed GoPanda2 on Ubuntu? What are the detailed steps so that a complete Linux-Dummy can do it?

I did the following:
- Downloaded the 64 bit file from their website with Firefox
- In the terminal: - cd Downloads
- tar xvf gopanda2-linux-64.tar.gz
- ./install.sh

Now I have a GoPanda2 icon on my desktop (properties say it's of type desktop configuration file) but when I try to open, nothing happens ... Any ideas?

[HermanHiddema]

I remember that I had problems with a missing library after first install, but don't recall the details.

Can you try running it from the command line? On my system I can do that by opening a terminal window and running .local/bin/GoPanda2 (your system may have installed it elsewhere, right clicking the icon and choosing properties should reveal the location).

Running it from a terminal window should allow you to see missing library errors (if there are any).

[mimano]

Hmmm, that looks odd to me, I remember having to install a library for the Tygem client on Ubuntu, but I have recently installed the latest Gopanda client, and nothing additional was necessary. I would follow the advice above and launch using command line, and try to analyze, or post, the relevant error message if any.

On my side I unpacked the Gopanda archive, got a folder, in which a Gopanda executable is located, and this executable I run directly. I did not even use the install script.

[SpongeBob]

I entered '.local/bin/GoPanda2' and got 'error while loading shared libraries: libudev.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory'.

Indeed the error mentioned in the FAQ on the GoPanda website. According to the instructions there, I cd'ed to directory /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu where libudev.so.1 is located.
Then I created a link with 'sudo ln -s libudev.so.1 libudev.so.0'

and ... it worked! Thanks for your help.