How to run FreeCAD on XFCE, LXQT, or LXDE
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How to run FreeCAD on XFCE, LXQT, or LXDE
I want to run FreeCAD AppImage and temporarily using Ubuntu XFCE on android device for testing purpose. I'm facing an issue with the term known as 'packages' for aarch64 and amd64 etc. which I am not familiar in order to install & run FC.
Does FC run any of these desktop version; XFCE, LXQT, LXDE?
However, it runs 0.18 version without any problem (on Android device) using simple command 'sudo apt-get install freecad' but I want to use the latest stable version, any ideas or tweaks that I can follow?
Please note that I am only familiar with the Ubuntu desktop version.
Does FC run any of these desktop version; XFCE, LXQT, LXDE?
However, it runs 0.18 version without any problem (on Android device) using simple command 'sudo apt-get install freecad' but I want to use the latest stable version, any ideas or tweaks that I can follow?
Please note that I am only familiar with the Ubuntu desktop version.
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Re: How to run FreeCAD on XFCE, LXQT, or LXDE
you probably just have to make the appimage executable,
then you can start it with a double click
Re: How to run FreeCAD on XFCE, LXQT, or LXDE
From what I know:
AppImages are compiled for Linux, and probably for "amd64" architecture, so if you don't have an android device with "amd64" architecture (and probably they are rare or non existent), you could only rely on the "distribution packages" probably cross compiled for the "aarch64" architecture.
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Re: How to run FreeCAD on XFCE, LXQT, or LXDE
Yes, I did that but no luck since it's not executable in XFCE.thomas-neemann wrote: ↑Fri Oct 07, 2022 7:42 amyou probably just have to make the appimage executable,
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then you can start it with a double click
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Re: How to run FreeCAD on XFCE, LXQT, or LXDE
I am using xfce on an intel processor
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OS: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS (XFCE/xubuntu)
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.20.1.29410 (Git) AppImage
Build type: Release
Branch: (HEAD detached at 0.20.1)
Hash: f5d13554ecc7a456fb6e970568ae5c74ba727563
Python 3.10.5, Qt 5.15.4, Coin 4.0.0, Vtk 9.1.0, OCC 7.6.2
Locale: German/Germany (de_DE)
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Re: How to run FreeCAD on XFCE, LXQT, or LXDE
MrCAD wrote: ↑Fri Oct 07, 2022 9:09 amYes, I did that but no luck since it's not executable in XFCE.thomas-neemann wrote: ↑Fri Oct 07, 2022 7:42 amyou probably just have to make the appimage executable,
Bildschirmfoto_2022-10-07_09-41-20.png
then you can start it with a double click
I'm running FreeCAD on XFCE, the desktop version shouldn't matter. I guess it's the android part that is the issue here?
Not sure if that makes a difference, but maybe try the terminal route. Open a terminal in the directory where the Appimage is or navigate to the directory in the terminal and type
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chmod a+x (yourversionoffreecad).AppImage
Note that you do NOT want to be superuser when using chmod (so neither su nor sudo command), because it defines the rights for the current user.
Re: How to run FreeCAD on XFCE, LXQT, or LXDE
The appimage is compiled for amd64 and not arm64 which android uses your best bet is if you cross compile it or you use the apt get version
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Re: How to run FreeCAD on XFCE, LXQT, or LXDE
0.18 works that means you have actual opengl support in your device and kernel. However you need to find a package compiled for the architecture of your processor, most likely arm64. How are you running linux in that device? what distro is it running? I recommend using debian testing which has arm64 builds available for 0.20.1 otherwise you have to compile yourself which could take a lot of time in such a device.
Re: How to run FreeCAD on XFCE, LXQT, or LXDE
Sorry for late reply!adrianinsaval wrote: ↑Tue Oct 11, 2022 11:36 am 0.18 works that means you have actual opengl support in your device and kernel. However you need to find a package compiled for the architecture of your processor, most likely arm64. How are you running linux in that device? what distro is it running? I recommend using debian testing which has arm64 builds available for 0.20.1 otherwise you have to compile yourself which could take a lot of time in such a device.
I am using couple of apps on my Android Tablet called Andronix, Termux and VNC Viewer. Which you can easily found tutorials on Youtube. I supposed that my android tablet has no arm64, it is aarch64 instead. Which I believe that I will unable to run using PPA or something like that because I managed to found aarch64 based version of FC but it has lots of confusing tweaks, so I gave up on that and back to my desktop PC.
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Re: How to run FreeCAD on XFCE, LXQT, or LXDE
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/318 ... nd-aarch64
arm64 and aarch64 are the same thing. Like said, your best bet is to use debian testing and get freecad from the repos, see https://github.com/sp4rkie/debian-on-termux for installing debian on termux (I have not tested this)
arm64 and aarch64 are the same thing. Like said, your best bet is to use debian testing and get freecad from the repos, see https://github.com/sp4rkie/debian-on-termux for installing debian on termux (I have not tested this)