How to install Xojo on Ubuntu 64-bit

Eugene_Dakin · December 31, 2022, 7:34pm

Hello,

How do I run or install Xojo 64-bit on Ubuntu to run a simple “Hello World” program?

I just installed Xojo 2022r4.1 on Ubuntu 2022.04.01 on VirtualBox 7.0 (7.0 4r154605 (Qt5.15.2)) with Windows 11, intel processor., and attempted to run a Hello World program. Literally, a button with messagebox(“Hello World”), and when I press ‘run’ it crashes. No issues created, just crashed. Here is the video.

UbuntuCrash1

Here is a list of my installation steps:
To install Xojo 2022 r4.1 on Ubuntu 64-bit:

Install dependencies for Xojo

sudo apt-get install libc6
sudo apt-get install libncurses5
sudo apt-get install libstdc++6
sudo apt-get install libglib2.0-dev
sudo apt-get install libglib2.0-0
sudo apt-get install libsoup2.4-1
sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-0
sudo apt-get install rpm

Go to www.xojo.com and download the Xojo deb file

open a terminal and go to the download location (cd Downloads)
type pwd to get the absolute path to Downloads folder (/home/eugenedakin/Downloads)
type to install (sudo dpkg -i /home/eugenedakin/Downloads/xojo2022r41.deb)

Thanks for your help

Edit: I am going for a coffee… I will be back in a couple of hours

Björn_Eiríksson · December 31, 2022, 8:23pm

Run it from console and follow the error messages you get. Think thats the best way

Eugene_Dakin · December 31, 2022, 10:39pm

Thanks for your help Bjorn,

It appears that WaylandCompositor is the issue. When I googled it, WaylandCompositor is supposed to be a replacement for Xorg. Wow, lots of compatibility issues:

gist.github.com

https://gist.github.com/probonopd/9feb7c20257af5dd915e3a9f2d1f2277

Wayland.md

# Think twice before abandoning Xorg. Wayland breaks everything!

__tl;dr: Wayland is not ready as a 1:1 compatible Xorg replacement just yet, and maybe never will.__
Hence, if you are interested in existing applications to "just work" without the need for adjustments, then you may be better of not using Wayland at this point.

Wayland solves no issues I have but breaks almost everything I need. And usually it stays broken, because the Wayland folks only seem to care about Gnome, and alienating everyone else in the process. __DO NOT INSTALL WAYLAND!__ Let Wayland not destroy everything and then have other people fix the damage it caused. Or force more Red Hat/Gnome components (glib, Portals, Pipewire) on everyone!

__Please add more examples to the list.__

## Wayland breaks screen recording applications

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I will continue to work on this and update this post as more information becomes available.

Edit: From the Wayland - Debian Wiki website, it appears that Wayland has unsupported Desktops: Cinnamon, Enlightenment, MATE, XFCE, and more.

Eugene_Dakin · December 31, 2022, 11:03pm

Ok, I have it working - Thanks again Bjorn.

Here are the instructions for the next person who wants to install it.
To install Xojo 2022 r4.1 on Ubuntu 64-bit 22.04.1 LTS with VirtualBox Version 7.0 4r154605 (Qt5.15.2), on 31 Dec 2022:

1. sudo apt-get install libc6
2. sudo apt-get install libncurses5
3. sudo apt-get install libstdc++6
4. sudo apt-get install libglib2.0-dev
5. sudo apt-get install libglib2.0-0
6. sudo apt-get install libsoup2.4-1
7. sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-0
8. sudo apt-get install weston
9. sudo apt-get install rpm
10. Go to www.xojo.com and download the deb file
11. open a terminal and go to the download location (cd Downloads)
12. type pwd to get the absolute path to Downloads folder (/home/eugenedakin/Downloads)
13. type to install  (sudo dpkg -i /home/eugenedakin/Downloads/xojo2022r41.deb)
14. installation directory is /opt/xojo/xojo2022r4.1, and executable is Xojo

Tim_Jones · January 5, 2023, 3:33pm

Eugene Dakin:

1. sudo apt-get install libc6
2. sudo apt-get install libncurses5
3. sudo apt-get install libstdc++6
4. sudo apt-get install libglib2.0-dev
5. sudo apt-get install libglib2.0-0
6. sudo apt-get install libsoup2.4-1
7. sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-0

YMMV on those depending on which desktop manager you install - and remember, you CAN have multiple DMs installed - I have GNOME, Cinnamon, MATE, KDE, and XFCE installed. You can choose which DM to use on the login screen using the little gear icon after you’ve selected your user.

As discussed in other threads, you can also simplify the installion using the tgz version since that works on ANY Linux distro. Once downloaded into your Downloads folder, open a Terminal and do this:

sudo -s
cd /
tar -zxvf ~usename/Downloads/xojo2022r4.1.tgz

That will install the downloaded version of Xojo into its proper location in /opt/xojo. You then need to create a .desktop file in /usr/share/applications. The simplest variant would look like this:

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Xojo 2022r4.1
Name[en_GB]=Xojo 2022r4.1
Comment=Xojo 2022 Release 4.1
Comment[en_GB]=Xojo 2022 Release 4.1
Exec=/opt/xojo/xojo2022r4.1/Xojo %F
Icon=/opt/xojo/xojo2022r4.1/xojo.xpm
Terminal=false
Type=Application
MimeType=application/vnd.xojo.project.binary;application/vnd.xojo.project.normal;application/vnd.xojo.project.xml
Categories=Development;Programming;Building;IDE

The file can be named whatever you want, but xojo2022r41.desktop would be the most logical for this instance.

You won’t even need to restart your desktop session as the desktop file will show up immediately when you look at your start → Programming entries.

[EDIT] - vote for
https://tracker.xojo.com/xojoinc/xojo/-/issues/46267
and
https://tracker.xojo.com/xojoinc/xojo/-/issues/45250
To make Linux Desktop builds that much better!

Eugene_Dakin · January 6, 2023, 3:00am

Thanks for your helpful information Tim!

Issues have been upvoted

Frank_Bicknell · June 11, 2024, 3:31am

Thanks to Tim Jones, The method you presented is what worked for me. I was only able to download a tgz file.