Error installing NoMachine 5.0.63_1_amd64 on Ubuntu 15.10

[tfennelly]

Hi.

Trying to install NoMachine on an Ubuntu 15.10 machine:

tfennelly@lenny:/tmp$ uname -a
Linux lenny 4.2.0-19-generic #23-Ubuntu SMP Wed Nov 11 11:39:30 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

I get the following error and am wondering if there’s a solution to this:

tfennelly@lenny:/tmp$ sudo dpkg -i nomachine_5.0.63_1_amd64.deb
Selecting previously unselected package nomachine.
(Reading database ... 248394 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack nomachine_5.0.63_1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking nomachine (5.0.63-1) ...
Setting up nomachine (5.0.63-1) ...
NX> 701 Starting update at: Fri Jan 22 10:19:53 2016.
NX> 701 Updating: nxclient version: 5.0.63.
NX> 701 Using installation profile: Ubuntu.
NX> 701 Update log is: /usr/NX/var/log/nxupdate.log.
NX> 701 Updating: nxplayer version: 5.0.63.
NX> 701 Using installation profile: Ubuntu.
NX> 701 Update log is: /usr/NX/var/log/nxupdate.log.
To connect the remote printer to the local desktop,
the user account must be a member of the CUPS System Group: lpadmin
NX> 701 Updating: nxnode version: 5.0.63.
NX> 701 Using installation profile: Ubuntu.
NX> 701 Update log is: /usr/NX/var/log/nxupdate.log.
NX> 701 Saving configuration file to: /usr/NX/etc/node.cfg.backup.
NX> 701 Creating configuration in: /usr/NX/etc/node.cfg.
NX> 701 Updating: nxserver version: 5.0.63.
NX> 701 Using installation profile: Ubuntu.
NX> 701 Update log is: /usr/NX/var/log/nxupdate.log.
NX> 701 Saving configuration file to: /usr/NX/etc/server.cfg.backup.
NX> 701 Creating configuration in: /usr/NX/etc/server.cfg.
NX> 701 ERROR: Installation of NX server is broken:
NX> 701 ERROR: Missing /usr/NX/etc/keys/node.localhost.id_dsa ssh key file!
NX> 701 ERROR: Please uninstall and install again.
NX> 701 Bye.

[zaq]

Hello,

Looks like you uninstalled partially your previous version of NoMachine.
The right uninstall command is:

sudo dpkg -r nomachine

When you do update, uninstallation isn’t necessary.

In your situation you can do this:

1) sudo dpkg -r nomachine

2) sudo rm -rf /usr/NX /etc/NX /var/NX

3) sudo dpkg -i nomachine_5.0.63_1_amd64.deb

• This reply was modified 8 years, 3 months ago by zaq.
• This reply was modified 8 years, 3 months ago by zaq.

[tfennelly]

Ahh … so there are still some files lying around from the previous (bad) install. I’ll try that. Thanks a lot.

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