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Karlom
Asked: 2019-09-10 19:48:06 +0800 CST

Pencil does not install on Ubuntu 18.04

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I was looking for a UX design tool on Linux, so tried to install Pencil . 

 dpkg -i Pencil_3.0.4_amd64.deb 
Selecting previously unselected package pencil.
(Reading database ... 291107 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack Pencil_3.0.4_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking pencil (3.0.4-49) ...
Setting up pencil (3.0.4-49) ...
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) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ...

I don't see any error, or it appear anywhere on the programs. It does not appear on the installed software either. 

 dpkg -L pencil
/.
/opt
/opt/Pencil
/opt/Pencil/content_resources_200_percent.pak
/opt/Pencil/pencil
/opt/Pencil/views_resources_200_percent.pak
/opt/Pencil/icudtl.dat
/opt/Pencil/LICENSE.electron.txt
/opt/Pencil/blink_image_resources_200_percent.pak
/opt/Pencil/locales
/opt/Pencil/locales/sl.pak
/opt/Pencil/locales/cs.pak
/opt/Pencil/locales/fa.pak
/opt/Pencil/locales/ta.pak
/opt/Pencil/locales/gu.pak
/opt/Pencil/locales/nl.pak
/opt/Pencil/locales/id.pak
/opt/Pencil/locales/et.pak
/opt/Pencil/locales/ar.pak
/opt/Pencil/locales/am.pak
/opt/Pencil/locales/da.pak
/opt/Pencil/locales/fi.pak
/opt/Pencil/locales/lt.pak
/opt/Pencil/locales/en-GB.pak
/opt/Pencil/locales/it.pak
/opt/Pencil/locales/nb.pak
/opt/Pencil/locales/th.pak
/opt/Pencil/locales/sk.pak
/opt/Pencil/locales/ro.pak
/opt/Pencil/locales/hu.pak
/opt/Pencil/locales/sr.pak
/opt/Pencil/locales/mr.pak
/opt/Pencil/locales/fake-bidi.pak
/opt/Pencil/locales/zh-CN.pak
/opt/Pencil/locales/ko.pak
/opt/Pencil/locales/kn.pak
/opt/Pencil/locales/pl.pak
/opt/Pencil/locales/es.pak
/opt/Pencil/locales/ca.pak
/opt/Pencil/locales/vi.pak
/opt/Pencil/locales/he.pak
/opt/Pencil/locales/te.pak
/opt/Pencil/locales/pt-BR.pak
/opt/Pencil/locales/bn.pak
/opt/Pencil/locales/es-419.pak
/opt/Pencil/locales/en-US.pak
/opt/Pencil/locales/uk.pak
/opt/Pencil/locales/ml.pak
/opt/Pencil/locales/hr.pak
/opt/Pencil/locales/lv.pak
/opt/Pencil/locales/el.pak
/opt/Pencil/locales/ru.pak
/opt/Pencil/locales/hi.pak
/opt/Pencil/locales/de.pak
/opt/Pencil/locales/pt-PT.pak
/opt/Pencil/locales/ja.pak
/opt/Pencil/locales/ms.pak
/opt/Pencil/locales/sv.pak
/opt/Pencil/locales/fil.pak
/opt/Pencil/locales/zh-TW.pak
/opt/Pencil/locales/tr.pak
/opt/Pencil/locales/bg.pak
/opt/Pencil/locales/sw.pak
/opt/Pencil/locales/fr.pak
/opt/Pencil/snapshot_blob.bin
/opt/Pencil/libffmpeg.so
/opt/Pencil/resources
/opt/Pencil/resources/app.asar
/opt/Pencil/resources/app.asar.unpacked
/opt/Pencil/resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules
/opt/Pencil/resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/xelement
/opt/Pencil/resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/xelement/Typings
/opt/Pencil/resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/xelement/Typings/xelement.d.ts
/opt/Pencil/resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/xelement/LICENSE
/opt/Pencil/resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/xelement/package.json
/opt/Pencil/resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/xelement/xelement.sln
/opt/Pencil/resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/xelement/.vs
/opt/Pencil/resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/xelement/.vs/xelement
/opt/Pencil/resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/xelement/.vs/xelement/v14
/opt/Pencil/resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/xelement/.vs/xelement/v14/.suo
/opt/Pencil/resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/xelement/sampledata.xml
/opt/Pencil/resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/xelement/.npmignore
/opt/Pencil/resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/xelement/Index.js
/opt/Pencil/resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/xelement/lib
/opt/Pencil/resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/xelement/lib/xelement.js
/opt/Pencil/resources/electron.asar
/opt/Pencil/content_shell.pak
/opt/Pencil/natives_blob.bin
/opt/Pencil/ui_resources_200_percent.pak
/opt/Pencil/libnode.so
/opt/Pencil/LICENSES.chromium.html
/usr
/usr/share
/usr/share/applications
/usr/share/applications/pencil.desktop
/usr/share/doc
/usr/share/doc/pencil
/usr/share/doc/pencil/changelog.gz
/usr/share/icons
/usr/share/icons/hicolor
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/pencil.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/pencil.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/pencil.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/pencil.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/pencil.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/96x96
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/96x96/apps
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/96x96/apps/pencil.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/pencil.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/pencil.png

What could be wrong here and how to fix it?

18.04 pencil

1 Answers

  1. Dpkg installer doesn't handle packages as effectively as apt package manager. So open terminal and type sudo apt install pencil If you have downloaded the .deb file, open terminal cd /your_download_directory and type sudo apt-get install ./pencil_3.1.0.ga_amd64.deb (according to your downloaded version)

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