Hi all,
I wanted to try out Geany on my Manjaro system, as a Linux alternative to Notepad++, however the program doesn't start.
I installed Geany using the instructions on the [Snapcraft website](https://snapcraft.io/install/geany-gtk/manjaro). Installation was succesful:
```sh $ sudo snap install geany-gtk --edge 2019-09-10T10:23:02+02:00 INFO Waiting for restart... geany-gtk (edge) 1.33.01+git from Felicia Hendrickson (fehfeh1) installed ```
But when I try to open Geany from the start menu, I'm getting the following error:
My installation doesn't have a `/share` directory, so the error makes sense. Is there a way to solve this? How?
Please note that the snap package is not made by the Geany project, so you may not get a solution here. You may be better off asking the snap creator if there is such a facility on snapcraft.
My installation doesn't have a /share directory, so the error makes sense.
It sounds like the package you used is broken. If your `geany` binary is in, say, `/usr/bin` the `geany.glade` file needs to go into `/usr/share/geany`.
Is there a way to solve this? How?
Geany is pretty easy to compile from source and it will get you the current version instead of one from early last year.
Thanks for your quick replies. I will try to install Geany by another method. :smile:
After duckduckgoing around for a bit, my approach seemed to be the recommended one. :thinking:
my approach seemed to be the recommended one.
By who?
my approach seemed to be the recommended one.
By who?
You got me there. I guess I stopped looking after I found the aforementioned installation guide on that nice looking and convincing Snapcraft website. :blush:
Closed #2295.
And therefore your enquires and complaints should be directed to that site, which, as I said above, is not connected to this project.
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