Cant find application after package install

[whatisthisfor]

Hi friends,

I have a mini PC that is running Deb 12 that i use to control a CNC. I am trying to install NoMachine on the Linux computer to be able to remote it from a Windows machine. The Windows machine install went fine and I’m able to open and navigate the application but every time I go to do it for the Linux machine there is nothing to be found.

I am using this link and below are the output of certain terminal commands, any advice is appreciated.

https://downloads.nomachine.com/download/?id=1

entered :
‘uname -srm`
returned:
‘Linux 6.1.0-23-rt-amd64 x86_64’
endtered:
‘cat /etc/os-release’
returned:
‘PRETTY_NAME=”Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)”
NAME=”Debian GNU/Linux”
VERSION_ID=”12″
VERSION=”12 (bookworm)”
VERSION_CODENAME=bookworm
ID=debian
HOME_URL=”https://www.debian.org/”
SUPPORT_URL=”https://www.debian.org/support”
BUG_REPORT_URL=”https://bugs.debian.org/”‘

[Britgirl]

Hi, the link is correct. Can you tell us the exact steps you took to install the package? Did you run in CLI:

$ sudo dpkg -i nomachine_8.16.1_1_amd64.deb

[whatisthisfor]

Hi,

 

No I didn’t use CLI. i just used the download link and tried using the graphical install method. I downloaded the .deb from the link above (it took a long time to download). Once it finished i clicked the link in the firefox downloads folder and that brought up the package installer gui i clicked ‘install package’ and then the window disappeared and nothing happened.

 

Should I try the command you lists there to install it?

[Britgirl]

It seems that the gdebi package manager on Debian has a problem. This means that any package you try to install will not work, not just NoMachine. Installing from the command line with dpkg -i should work however.

If you still prefer the GUI method, try opening gdebi as root. It was discussed here in an external forum:

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/405520/gdebi-keeps-crashing-when-install-is-clicked

[whatisthisfor]

Thanks for your reply i will try with CLI.

I tried running the code above but got the following output. Should I have placed the .deb file in a certain location before I run that command?

james@CNCPC:~$ sudo dpkg -i nomachine_8.16.1_1_amd64.deb
[sudo] password for james:
dpkg: error: cannot access archive ‘nomachine_8.16.1_1_amd64.deb’: No such file or directory

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