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[LInux Mint] Can't install FAHcontrol

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 1:10 am
by mrizzone
I received this error message:


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Suggestions?

Both Phyton and Linux Mint are the latest version.

Thanks!

Matías

Re: [LInux Mint] Can't install FAHcontrol

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 4:21 pm
by Joe_H
Welcome to the folding support forum.

Mint is a distro listed in the installation Guide and is listed under the Downloads for the software under Debian, Mint and Ubuntu, so is not an unsupported version of Linux. A forum search will show a number of postings on this issue, the current FAHControl depends on an older version of Python than is installed by default with the latest Mint version. There are some workarounds posted on installing the older Python version.

Re: [LInux Mint] Can't install FAHcontrol

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 8:19 pm
by mrizzone
Thanks!

Re: [LInux Mint] Can't install FAHcontrol

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 8:38 pm
by mrizzone
Is possible to configure the client without FAHcontrol? Thanks.

Re: [LInux Mint] Can't install FAHcontrol

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 9:00 pm
by 7im
mrizzone wrote:Is possible to configure the client without FAHcontrol? Thanks.
Yes, but not recommended.

Did you find this solution while searching the forum? viewtopic.php?p=287334#p287334

Re: [LInux Mint] Can't install FAHcontrol

Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2017 10:27 pm
by awannabeee
Is there any follow up to a solution?

Re: [LInux Mint] Can't install FAHcontrol

Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2017 2:19 pm
by SteveWillis
What worked for me on linux mint 18 was:

#fah folding at home python fix
wget http://launchpadlibrarian.net/109052632 ... 15_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i python-support_1.0.15_all.deb

Re: [LInux Mint] Can't install FAHcontrol

Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 8:45 pm
by bruce
You's think that a later version of Python would work, but the python development team has not been particulary supportive of such releases. Moreover, those who create the Linux install packages only ship the latest and you have to search for the kind of .deb that Steve Willis found for you. (I've see the same problem on other distros)