How to install software "Xeoma" from .tgz archive?

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How to install software "Xeoma" from .tgz archive?

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Hi all,

I'm trying to install a program which is distributed as a ".tgz" containing a ".app" file. The installation instructions appear to indicate that it should install ok on Ubuntu but I can't get my Mate server to install the ".app" file. I've tried installing it via the command line too "./xeoma.app" but no joy either. This is the software - https://felenasoft.com/xeoma/en/download/

Thanks in advance
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I'd suggest posting in the Ubuntu forum. That's where you'll find Ubuntu support.
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Re: How to install software

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Execution failed or installation failed?
If first then do

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chmod +x xeoma.app
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Re: How to install software "Xeoma" from .tgz archive?

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Hello, championc.

BigEasy's question points into the right direction.
The downloaded .tgz archive file xeoma_linux64.tgz only holds the executable file (programme file) xeoma.app, nothing else.

The Xeoma Linux installation instruction, which can be found on this webpage, is very brief and reads
Note: Linux console sound support requires: libasound2. To install or run Xeoma on Linux please make sure you are uncompressing xeoma_linux.tgz archive on Linux machine. Otherwise, it is required to execute: chmod a+x xeoma.app and then you can run Xeoma as usual: ./xeoma.app

You should use your graphical file manager, select the downloaded file xeoma_linux64.tgz. You double-click the filename. This will open the file in the archive manager. Click on the button [Extract] and extract the the application file xeoma.app to a directory of your choice, e.g. $HOME/bin.

Right click the extracted application file and permit to execute the file as a programme. Alternatively use the terminal commandline provided by BigEasy to make the file executable:

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chmod +x /full/path/to/xeoma.app
Replace /full/path/to by the directory pathname where you extracted xeoma.app to.

In order to launch xeoma.app, you only have to double click xeoma.app inside your graphical filemanager.
This should work, provided your system meets the system requirements, laid out on this webpage.

In order to launch xeoma.app from the terminal commandline, either xeoma.app has to be inside a directory which is part of the search path $PATH. In this case typing xeoma.app and pressing enter will launch the programme.
In case, the directory is not part of $PATH, then you have to navigate to the directory where xeoma.app has been stored and execute

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cd /full/path/to
# replace /full/path/to by the appropriate full directory pathname

./xeoma.app
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Re: How to install software "Xeoma" from .tgz archive?

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I'm pretty sure it is available as a Deb but over a year since I last looked at it. Make life a lot easier.
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Re: How to install software "Xeoma" from .tgz archive?

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works for me in linux/mint/mate/17.3 all i do is extract, rightclick empty space in the folder open in terminal DRAG the file in it and hit enter. not sure what you mean by install or why you would want to install it in root partition but it does have an install option in the menu which i haven't tried
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Re: How to install software "Xeoma" from .tgz archive?

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Hi championc,

I just read your post and the good replies to it. Here are my thoughts on this as well.

This works on my system just like everyone has been telling you, simply download their Linux archive file, extract it, and double-click the "xeoma.app" file in their folder.

AFAIK this is an application that you must pay for which is perfectly alright. But, you do know that there are free security camera software packages that are available right, like "ZoneMinder" and "Motion", etc...?

Hope this helps ...
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Re: How to install software "Xeoma" from .tgz archive?

Post by skamba »

I was having this exact same problem with the downloaded app file from Xeoma.

Turns out I had downloaded the 32bit version instead of 64bit. It's not immediately obvious that the download button is in fact two separate download buttons.

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Re: How to install software "Xeoma" from .tgz archive?

Post by BenTrabetere »

To expand on the comments from BigEasy and Karl....

Everything about this file suggest it is an AppImage. I cannot think of a single reasonable reason Xeoma chose not to use the standard extension.

An AppImage is one of the "universal" package management systems - flatpak and snap are two others. An AppImage is a compressed image of an application that contains everything the application needs to run. Normally you would have to make an AppImage executable in order for the program to run - in the case of xeoma.app, it is already set as executable.

I was able to launch xeoma.app from the file manager by double-clicking the icon.
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