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Cannot get client to install

Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2020 10:03 pm
by xXCapAwesomeXx
I am unable to get my fah client to install on Ubuntu, I am using the command

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 sudo dpkg -i /home/alex/Downloads/fahclient.deb 
but get the error

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 Errors were encountered while processing:
 fahclient 
I am unsure of how to solve this error and would really like to get my Linux server folding. Any suggestions are much appreciated.
Thanks in advance

Re: Cannot get client to install

Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2020 10:22 pm
by toTOW
Is there any other message that could help with a more detailed error message ?

Re: Cannot get client to install

Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2020 11:00 pm
by xXCapAwesomeXx
toTOW wrote:Is there any other message that could help with a more detailed error message ?

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(Reading database ... 173123 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../alex/Downloads/fahclient.deb ...
usermod: no changes
Unpacking fahclient (7.5.1) over (7.5.1) ...
Setting up fahclient (7.5.1) ...
update-rc.d: error: no runlevel symlinks to modify, aborting!
dpkg: error processing package fahclient (--install):
 installed fahclient package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for systemd (237-3ubuntu10.39) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-21) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-11ubuntu1.1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-1ubuntu3.18.04.2) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 fahclient
That is the exact output of the install command. By no means am I a Linux power user so it might be something simple that I am missing.

Re: Cannot get client to install

Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2020 2:18 am
by EXT64
My recommendation is to not install the client. All you need is FAHCoreWrapper and FAHClient (extract from the .deb) and the config.xml (steal from another computer or let me know if you need the format). Place those three files in a folder, make sure the executables are executable, and ./FAHClient from a terminal. Much easier than dealing with the installer and diving deep into the bowels for config files and dealing with autostart.

Re: Cannot get client to install

Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2020 2:20 am
by toTOW
I already saw this error ... I think there is a "magic" command to fix it, but I'm not a Linux expert and I can't remember it ...

Re: Cannot get client to install

Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2020 9:18 am
by kostuek
I think the magic command is:

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sudo update-rc.d FAHClient defaults

Re: Cannot get client to install

Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2020 3:16 pm
by tim
kostuek wrote:I think the magic command is:

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sudo update-rc.d FAHClient defaults
https://github.com/FoldingAtHome/fah-is ... -340875034

Re: Cannot get client to install

Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2020 10:25 pm
by xXCapAwesomeXx
Awesome I'll try this stuff and let you know if any of it works