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Good morning everyone,

I would like to know if you could help, the problem is the following :

Yesterday i tried to install "Atom" and "Gimp" from Ubuntu Software, both downloaded correctly, but when i lunch the programs they do not respond, i mean they do not open at all, it seems that they are only loading for few second but that's it.

I'm currently running Ubuntu 18.04 with Usb persistence.

Any help would be appreciated,

Thanks anyway.

jacopoburelli
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    Are you sure that the programs are installed correctly and completely? Please run the following command line, edit your original question to show the output (of the command). Indent each line of the output 4 spaces to render it as 'code', sudo apt update && sudo apt install gimp – sudodus Jul 09 '18 at 15:44
  • After installing again, try launching gimp again. Note the exact time. If it fails again, please edit your question with the relevant error messages in /var/log/syslog from the seconds before and after that time. – user535733 Jul 09 '18 at 15:44
  • How much drive space is free in /cow? Please check with the command df -h, edit your original question to show the output (of the command). Indent each line of the output 4 spaces to render it as 'code' – sudodus Jul 09 '18 at 15:58
  • 4 Gb of freespace @sudodus – jacopoburelli Jul 09 '18 at 16:03
  • @sudodus it say E : Unable to locate the package (Gimp or Atom) Although i'm seeing them – jacopoburelli Jul 09 '18 at 16:04
  • You must activate the repository 'universe' for the gimp package to be found and installed. I don't know where to find Atom (yet). See my answer below. – sudodus Jul 09 '18 at 16:11
  • What atom program and corresponding package do you want? There seems to be more than one, that are available in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. – sudodus Jul 09 '18 at 16:23
  • Let us continue this discussion in chat. – sudodus Jul 09 '18 at 16:50

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I can verify that gimp can be installed and that it works in a persistent live Ubuntu 18.04 LTS [family flavour, Lubuntu].

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My test system was installed into an old hard disk drive, that I have connected via a USB3 to SATA adapter. I used mkusb to create the persistent live system.

I have run gimp also in standard Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and it works also in a USB pendrive, if there is enough free space in the casper-rw file or partition. You must activate the repository 'universe' for the gimp package to be found and installed,

sudo add-apt-repository universe

Edit: Before giving up your current persistent live system, try to reboot.

  • If no luck, maybe it would be best to create a fresh persistent live system with mkusb, or

  • if your USB drive is big and fast enough to create an installed system in it, installed like into an internal drive but into a USB drive. Such a system can be portable enough (but not as portable as a persistent live system), and it is more flexible and stable, when we talk about installing program packages.

sudodus
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