Error trying to install "fsl" on Mint 19

[mahshidf]

Hi,
I am trying to install a software named "fsl" (https://fsl.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/fsl/fslwiki/ ... tion/Linux) on linuxmint 19 but it failed and the error is : "[FAILED] linuxmint x86_64 not supported". However it could be installed on different releases of ubuntu. what do you suggest? is there any way or solution to solve it ? or I should uninstall the mint and reinstall ubuntu?
Best,
Mahshid

[catweazel]

Hi,
I am trying to install a software named "fsl" (https://fsl.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/fsl/fslwiki/ ... tion/Linux) on linuxmint 19 but it failed and the error is : "[FAILED] linuxmint x86_64 not supported". However it could be installed on different releases of ubuntu. what do you suggest? is there any way or solution to solve it ? or I should uninstall the mint and reinstall ubuntu?

You ought to contact the developers or maintainers.

[thx-1138]

.............what do you suggest?

...what i would try...totally untested in this case.
1) ...make a Timeshift snapshot in case things go wrong, as the following is a rather stupid hack...
2) ...modify /etc/os-release & /etc/lsb-release to match Bionic's...first make a backup of them:
sudo mv /etc/os-release /etc/os-release.mint && sudo mv /etc/lsb-release /etc/lsb-release.mint

xed admin:///etc/os-release

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NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION="18.04.1 LTS (Bionic Beaver)"
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS"
VERSION_ID="18.04"
HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy"
VERSION_CODENAME=bionic
UBUNTU_CODENAME=bionic

xed admin:///etc/lsb-release

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DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=18.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=bionic
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS"

Now try their installer...
3)...did i mentioned that you should absolutely take a Timeshift snapshot before trying out ugly hacks like that?...

[mahshidf]

.............what do you suggest?

...what i would try...totally untested in this case.
1) ...make a Timeshift snapshot in case things go wrong, as the following is a rather stupid hack...
2) ...modify /etc/os-release & /etc/lsb-release to match Bionic's...first make a backup of them:
sudo mv /etc/os-release /etc/os-release.mint && sudo mv /etc/lsb-release /etc/lsb-release.mint

xed admin:///etc/os-release

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NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION="18.04.1 LTS (Bionic Beaver)"
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS"
VERSION_ID="18.04"
HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy"
VERSION_CODENAME=bionic
UBUNTU_CODENAME=bionic

xed admin:///etc/lsb-release

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DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=18.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=bionic
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS"

Now try their installer...
3)...did i mentioned that you should absolutely take a Timeshift snapshot before trying out ugly hacks like that?...

hi,
Thanksssssssssssssssssssssss, it just started working. kiss,

[msp]

.............what do you suggest?

...what i would try...totally untested in this case.
1) ...make a Timeshift snapshot in case things go wrong, as the following is a rather stupid hack...
2) ...modify /etc/os-release & /etc/lsb-release to match Bionic's...first make a backup of them:
sudo mv /etc/os-release /etc/os-release.mint && sudo mv /etc/lsb-release /etc/lsb-release.mint

xed admin:///etc/os-release

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NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION="18.04.1 LTS (Bionic Beaver)"
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS"
VERSION_ID="18.04"
HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy"
VERSION_CODENAME=bionic
UBUNTU_CODENAME=bionic

xed admin:///etc/lsb-release

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DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=18.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=bionic
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS"

Now try their installer...
3)...did i mentioned that you should absolutely take a Timeshift snapshot before trying out ugly hacks like that?...

Hi, I understand Fedoria is not Debian, but I have this exact same problem on Fedora 29, and I must admit I'm confused by what you mean about making the os-release and lsb-release "match Bionic's". Would you please provide more detail?

[thx-1138]

............................
Hi, I understand Fedoria is not Debian, but I have this exact same problem on Fedora 29, and I must admit I'm confused by what you mean about making the os-release and lsb-release "match Bionic's". Would you please provide more detail?

...hi msp, the above was meant to 'trick' the installer's script into thinking that Mint was 'vanilla' Ubuntu,
but Fedora is not even binary compatible with such.
I believe something among those lines is what you're looking for (ie. making fsinstaller believe it deals with CentOS).

In case it further helps...examining said json file, leads here currently as the latest CentOS version.
Then follow instructions from the gist above to install further required dependencies there / configure the installation etc...

[msp]

Hi thx-1138,

Thanks so much for your help. May I ask another question?

I note in the gist you sent instructions to "append this filename (of the latest v. of CentOS) to the string in Settings.mirror and paste into your browser". Can one download binaries using Chrome?

[msp]

Apologies thx-1138,

When attempting to follow gist instructions using a Python 2.7 interpreter, when I type: with open('~/manifest.json`, 'w') as fp: -the terminal returns Syntax error w a carrot below the "w".

Any additional help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks again.

[thx-1138]

msp, just grab the latest binaries (3.3gb roughly, browser doesn't matter), then extract the archive / install dependencies etc etc...