How can I install Chirpity on Linux

[paulauvirage]

Hello is there any plan to make this available for download on Linux (Ubuntu 20.04 LTS in my case)?

[Mattk70]

Hey, I've no plans to package a Linux app, but you should be able to get Chirpity running on Linux by following the instructions here: https://github.com/Mattk70/Chirpity-Electron/blob/master/README.md#running-the-application-from-source

[Mattk70]

@paulauvirage There is now an AppImage for Linux among the release packages

[paulauvirage]

Thank you I've downloaded the AppImage

[gitalm]

Dear @Mattk70 and @paulauvirage

i tried to run the AppImage on Ubuntu 24.04 and i got an errror.
[660333:1223/074706.499428:FATAL:setuid_sandbox_host.cc(158)] The SUID sandbox helper binary was found, but is not configured correctly. Rather than run without sandboxing I'm aborting now. You need to make sure that /tmp/.mount_chirpinGaGu4/chrome-sandbox is owned by root and has mode 4755.
Thanks for your help. I couldn't change any permission in /tmp
Thanks for the wonderful work.
Johannes

[Mattk70]

Hi @gitalm, I recently upgraded to 24.04, and hadn't seen this issue until I tried to launch the AppImage from the terminal.

A quick Google leads me to believe the problem is due to Ubuntu's introduction of restricted unprivileged user namespaces

Nonetheless, did you try launching the AppImage from the Files program by double-clicking the file? This works fine for me.

If that doesn't work, your best bet will be to disable the Ubuntu feature, like this:

sudo sysctl -w kernel.apparmor_restrict_unprivileged_unconfined=0
sudo sysctl -w kernel.apparmor_restrict_unprivileged_userns=0

[gitalm]

Dear @Mattk70 ,

merry thanks 🎄🦅 for your help.

1. I tried within the thunar explorer and sudo dmesg shows

audit: type=1400 audit(1734963607.919:301): apparmor="DENIED" operation="capable" class="cap" profile="unprivileged_userns" pid=5681 comm="chirpity" capability=21  capname="sys_admin"
[   60.851712] traps: chirpity[5671] trap int3 ip:5cbb804fa75a sp:7ffefc9ea600 error:0 in chirpity[5cbb7c9f9000+7e3a000]

2. Next i tried sudo ./chirpity-2.4.7.AppImage --no-sandbox and a empty window showed up.
3. Your solution with sudo systemctl .... worked finally

Thanks for your help.

Best wishes Johannes

[Mattk70]

I'm glad that worked, by the way, I have AppImageLauncher on my system, which allows you to integrate Chirpity into the desktop launcher. This may also be the reason I don't get the problem you've been having.