Installing Zoom on AntiX

[Member faith_healer]

Hi,

I am new to Linux and new to Actix. I want to install the Zoom app if possible: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/204206269-Installing-or-updating-Zoom-on-Linux#h_75e1dc24-8db1-4b89-8db9-eb049f9b7987

Can you please let me know which installer to take?

[Forum Admin anticapitalista]

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Welcome!

Update antiX and then use Package Installer. You’ll find zoom under Messaging

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[Member faith_healer]

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Thanks

[Member Mynaardt]

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anticapitalista wrote:

Welcome!

Update antiX and then use Package Installer. You’ll find zoom under Messaging

I tried doing that to install ZOOM a couple of times, but nothing happened.

Any idea why that might be?

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[Member NeuralProsody]

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Were you able to get Zoom to work? I am having the same problem you are describing.

[Member Xecure]

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NeuralProsody wrote:

Were you able to get Zoom to work? I am having the same problem you are describing.

0. Reboot the system after trying to use the packageinstaller (if you still have the same session open).
1. Once back to your desktop, open the menu and click “Terminal” to launch a terminal.
2. Execute these commands ONE AT A TIME:
2A. Execute these commands ONLY if your system is 64 bits:

wget https://zoom.us/client/latest/zoom_amd64.deb
sudo apt install ~/zoom_amd64.deb
rm ~/zoom_amd64.deb

2B. Execute these commands ONLY if your system is 32 bits:

wget https://zoom.us/client/latest/zoom_i386.deb
sudo apt install ~/zoom_i386.deb
rm ~/zoom_i386.deb

3.Zoom should no be installed and working. Rejoice.

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[Member Dzhigit]

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faith_healer wrote:

Can you please let me know which installer to take?

Hello, if you have this issue again, and the application you want to install isn’t in packageinstaller or the repositories, or if packageinstaller isn’t working, take the Debian installer. antiX 19 Buster should be Debian 10 Buster compatible.

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Mynaardt wrote:

I tried doing that to install ZOOM a couple of times, but nothing happened. Any idea why that might be?

NeuralProsody wrote:

Were you able to get Zoom to work? I am having the same problem you are describing.

packageinstaller isn’t working for me either. Xecure’s instructions worked, or you can download the Debian package from Zoom download center and use apt-get install to install it.

[Member andfree]

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Hi. Package Installer hasn’t seemed to work for me, too. Then I followed Xecure’s instructions for 32-bit, but a

sudo apt --fix-broken install

was needed, so as to be able to run

sudo apt install ~/zoom_i386.deb

successfully. Finally, Zoom seems to have been installed, but only an absolutely grey window opens under the label “Zoom Cloud Meetings”. Any ideas?

System:
  Host: dragon Kernel: 4.4.221-antix.2-486-smp i686 bits: 32 compiler: gcc v: 8.3.0 
  Desktop: IceWM 1.8.3 Distro: antiX-19_386-full Marielle Franco 16 October 2019 
  base: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: TOSHIBA product: Satellite 2450 v: PS245E-03TE0-GK 
  serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: TOSHIBA model: Portable PC v: Version A0 serial: <filter> BIOS: TOSHIBA 
  v: Version 1.30 date: 03/20/2003 
CPU:
  Topology: Single Core model: Intel Pentium 4 bits: 32 type: MCP 
  arch: Netburst Northwood rev: 7 L2 cache: 512 KiB 
  flags: pae sse sse2 bogomips: 5585 
  Speed: 2793 MHz min/max: N/A Core speed (MHz): 1: 2793 
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA NV17M [GeForce4 420 Go] vendor: Toshiba America Info Systems 
  driver: nouveau v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.0 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: nouveau unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa 
  resolution: 1024x768~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI nv17 x86/MMX/SSE2 v: 1.2 Mesa 18.3.6 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 82801DB/DBL/DBM AC97 Audio vendor: Toshiba America Info Systems 
  driver: snd_intel8x0 v: kernel bus ID: 00:1f.5 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.4.221-antix.2-486-smp 
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter 
  vendor: Toshiba America Info Systems driver: 8139too v: 0.9.28 port: ce00 
  bus ID: 02:09.0 
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros TP-Link TL-WN821N v2 / TL-WN822N v1 802.11n [Atheros 
  AR9170] 
  type: USB driver: carl9170 bus ID: 1-3:2 
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 93.16 GiB used: 53.88 GiB (57.8%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Toshiba model: MK1032GAX size: 93.16 GiB 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 89.19 GiB used: 53.88 GiB (60.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 
  ID-2: swap-1 size: 2.00 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 67.0 C mobo: N/A 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:
  Processes: 136 Uptime: 47m Memory: 1003.0 MiB used: 377.8 MiB (37.7%) Init: SysVinit 
  runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 8.3.0 Shell: bash v: 5.0.3 inxi: 3.0.36

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[Member Xecure]

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andfree, it seems the zoom packaging team has made a mistake and forgot to add the correct dependencies or got them mixed up with recommended dependencies.
Uninstall zoom first
sudo apt purge zoom
Then download it again if you already removed it:
wget https://zoom.us/client/latest/zoom_i386.deb
And install it with recommended packages
sudo apt install --install-recommends ./zoom_i386.deb

Test if zoom works and delete the downloaded .deb

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My method for installing Zoom version 5.3.472687.1012 on a recent 32-bit antiX VirtualBox VM build was to first install the gdebi package installer.

sudo apt install gdebi

That enabled me to right click the 32-bit Zoom download and select the “Install with gdebi” menu option. Not sure if this does anything different on the install than the “apt-get” method.

The gray box on startup issue sounds like it could be Nvidia driver related, so you might try different driver versions to see if you get some success there.

Here’s my antiX specs for reference.

System:    Host: zoomguest Kernel: 4.9.212-antix.1-486-smp i686 bits: 32 compiler: gcc v: 8.3.0 
           Desktop: IceWM 1.6.5 Distro: antiX-19.2.1_386-base Hannie Schaft 29 March 2020 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)

[Member andfree]

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Xecure, thanks for your reply, but I’m afraid I don’t see any difference. I don’t know if it has to do with the last line (with bold):

$ sudo apt purge zoom
[sudo] password for dragon:
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
dconf-cli gir1.2-ibus-1.0 ibus libibus-1.0-5 libxcb-xtest0
Use ‘sudo apt autoremove’ to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
zoom*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 142 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database … 190204 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing zoom (5.3.472687.1012) …
run post uninstall script, action is remove …
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.62) …
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (1.10-1) …
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-4) …
(Reading database … 189743 files and directories currently installed.)
Purging configuration files for zoom (5.3.472687.1012) …
run post uninstall script, action is purge …
Writing Menu: fluxbox
Writing Menu: jwm
Writing Menu: icewm
dragon@dragon:~
$ wget https://zoom.us/client/latest/zoom_i386.deb
–2020-10-18 13:07:15– https://zoom.us/client/latest/zoom_i386.deb
Resolving zoom.us (zoom.us)… 3.235.71.136
Connecting to zoom.us (zoom.us)|3.235.71.136|:443… connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 302
Location: https://d11yldzmag5yn.cloudfront.net/prod/5.3.472687.1012/zoom_i386.deb [following]
–2020-10-18 13:07:19– https://d11yldzmag5yn.cloudfront.net/prod/5.3.472687.1012/zoom_i386.deb
Resolving d11yldzmag5yn.cloudfront.net (d11yldzmag5yn.cloudfront.net)… 52.85.158.2, 52.85.158.93, 52.85.158.89, …
Connecting to d11yldzmag5yn.cloudfront.net (d11yldzmag5yn.cloudfront.net)|52.85.158.2|:443… connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 200 OK
Length: 39833336 (38M) [binary/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘zoom_i386.deb’

zoom_i386.deb 100%[==========================>] 37.99M 420KB/s in 5m 45s

2020-10-18 13:13:05 (113 KB/s) – ‘zoom_i386.deb’ saved [39833336/39833336]

dragon@dragon:~
$ sudo apt install –install-recommends ./zoom_i386.deb
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
Note, selecting ‘zoom’ instead of ‘./zoom_i386.deb’
The following NEW packages will be installed:
zoom
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/39.8 MB of archives.
After this operation, 142 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 /home/dragon/zoom_i386.deb zoom i386 5.3.472687.1012 [39.8 MB]
Selecting previously unselected package zoom.
(Reading database … 189744 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack /home/dragon/zoom_i386.deb …
Unpacking zoom (5.3.472687.1012) …
Setting up zoom (5.3.472687.1012) …
run post install script, action is configure…
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.62) …
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (1.10-1) …
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-4) …
Writing Menu: fluxbox
Writing Menu: jwm
Writing Menu: icewm
N: Download is performed unsandboxed as root as file ‘/home/dragon/zoom_i386.deb’ couldn’t be accessed by user ‘_apt’. – pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)

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[Member andfree]

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Xecure, thanks for your reply, but I’m afraid I don’t see any difference. I don’t know if it has to do with the last line (with bold):

$ sudo apt purge zoom
[sudo] password for dragon: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  dconf-cli gir1.2-ibus-1.0 ibus libibus-1.0-5 libxcb-xtest0
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  zoom*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 142 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 190204 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing zoom (5.3.472687.1012) ...
run post uninstall script, action is remove ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.62) ...
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (1.10-1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-4) ...
(Reading database ... 189743 files and directories currently installed.)
Purging configuration files for zoom (5.3.472687.1012) ...
run post uninstall script, action is purge ...
Writing Menu: fluxbox
Writing Menu: jwm
Writing Menu: icewm
dragon@dragon:~
$ wget https://zoom.us/client/latest/zoom_i386.deb
--2020-10-18 13:07:15--  https://zoom.us/client/latest/zoom_i386.deb
Resolving zoom.us (zoom.us)... 3.235.71.136
Connecting to zoom.us (zoom.us)|3.235.71.136|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 
Location: https://d11yldzmag5yn.cloudfront.net/prod/5.3.472687.1012/zoom_i386.deb [following]
--2020-10-18 13:07:19--  https://d11yldzmag5yn.cloudfront.net/prod/5.3.472687.1012/zoom_i386.deb
Resolving d11yldzmag5yn.cloudfront.net (d11yldzmag5yn.cloudfront.net)... 52.85.158.2, 52.85.158.93, 52.85.158.89, ...
Connecting to d11yldzmag5yn.cloudfront.net (d11yldzmag5yn.cloudfront.net)|52.85.158.2|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 39833336 (38M) [binary/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘zoom_i386.deb’

zoom_i386.deb          100%[==========================>]  37.99M   420KB/s    in 5m 45s  

2020-10-18 13:13:05 (113 KB/s) - ‘zoom_i386.deb’ saved [39833336/39833336]

dragon@dragon:~
$ sudo apt install --install-recommends ./zoom_i386.deb
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'zoom' instead of './zoom_i386.deb'
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  zoom
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/39.8 MB of archives.
After this operation, 142 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 /home/dragon/zoom_i386.deb zoom i386 5.3.472687.1012 [39.8 MB]
Selecting previously unselected package zoom.
(Reading database ... 189744 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack /home/dragon/zoom_i386.deb ...
Unpacking zoom (5.3.472687.1012) ...
Setting up zoom (5.3.472687.1012) ...
run post install script, action is configure...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.62) ...
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (1.10-1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-4) ...
Writing Menu: fluxbox
Writing Menu: jwm
Writing Menu: icewm
N: Download is performed unsandboxed as root as file '/home/dragon/zoom_i386.deb' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)

N: Download is performed unsandboxed as root as file ‘/home/dragon/zoom_i386.deb’ couldn’t be accessed by user ‘_apt’. – pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)

[Member Xecure]

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Run zoom from terminal and paste here the output.
zoom

Consider what iamercado said, that maybe it is a graphical driver issue.

By the way, do you have your package list updated?
sudo apt update

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[Member andfree]

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I’ve already purged zoom again and reistalled it as iamercado said. No entry for zoom in menu this time. I opened it from terminal and the same grey window appeared again. Not any output on terminal. Of course my packages are updated.

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