Gdebi doesn’t install Zoom for 32 bit OS.

[Member Andy3142]

I updated Antix and Zoom wasn’t re-installed. I can’t now re-install it. When I open the Zoom DEB file with gdebi, it looks OK, but when I click Install, gdebi vanishes and nothing else happens. The version I downloaded today is Zoom for 32 bit OS Debian 7.7+ and looks to be the same file which I downloaded and installed perfectly OK a few months ago.

What’s going on – I missing something obvious…?

System info attached.

Many thanks

Andy

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[Member PPC]

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Don’t use gdebi – it has lots of problems installing .deb packages – that’s why it is not provided in antiX 21
You can try this: use the terminal:
sudo apt install --reinstall
leave a space after reisntall and drag and drop your file to the terminal. Press enter to execute the command and enter your password if asked to…

If you want to use a gui, install the package ft10-transformation , available in the repository and right click the .deb file you want to install using a file manager (I suggest spacefm or zzzfm) and select to open the file with “debinstaller” – it’s a simple GUI for “apt install”

Edit: probably it’s better to install zoom from antiX’s Package Installer

P.

• This reply was modified 1 year, 1 month ago by PPC.

[Moderator Brian Masinick]

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One of the instructions on the Zoom site suggested the use of Gdebi; that’s probably the reason that Andy3142 attempted to install that way.
There are further instructions for installing Zoom from a command; there are also Zoom extensions for both the Firefox and Chrome web browsers; that may work out better, at least for those who use either of those web browsers.

Otherwise, take a look at the following page, where there are other options and alternatives available:
https://zoom.us/download?os=linux

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[Moderator Brian Masinick]

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Also, as many people know, there is a basic free version of Zoom, and there are also a series of commercial Zoom products for business and high volume use.

The page at https://us05web.zoom.us/pricing clearly explains the options; the one at the FAR LEFT- “Basic” is probably what most of us have used.
You can host a meeting there either by creating an account or using a Google or Facebook account.

For those who do not like Zoom, there are other alternatives available too; some are probably hosted on Linux servers; for those interested, more than one software review site provides lists of alternative (and free software) versions of many applications that provide free and/or open alternatives to many commercial software applications.

A few reasonably intelligent searches will yield a lot of information; filter, select, and read carefully and there’s a lot to consider.

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Please use the package-installer to install zoom

control-centre > software > package installation > Messaging > zoom

[Moderator Brian Masinick]

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caprea wrote:

Please use the package-installer to install zoom

control-centre > software > package installation > Messaging > zoom

Best solution for antiX!

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[Member PPC]

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PPC wrote:

probably it’s better to install zoom from antiX’s Package Installer

caprea wrote:

control-centre > software > package installation > Messaging > zoom

Brian Masinick wrote:

Best solution for antiX!

We can all agree on that… let’s hope the OP’s computer does too 🙂

[Member Andy3142]

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@PPC, thank you that worked perfectly. Thanks to everyone else as well, didn’t try your ideas because PPC’s worked first time.

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