New User looking for assistance on getting executable qnewb file to launch the app

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I am thinking it is time to abandon Windows and all has gone well in the install of KDS Plasma.
This is the first app I am installing that is not available in Discover.
I have downloaded and extracted but qnewb will not launch.
Quick 'n Easy Web Builder - Download](Quick 'n Easy Web Builder - Download)

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I suggest you run it from a terminal window to see if it produces any useful error messages:

~ > Downloads/qnewb12_linux64/qnewb # or whatever path you extracted it to

Edit: Note that I downloaded the package to inspect it, but I have deliberately not run it, I don’t know the application or the developer and I value the data on my machine. :wink:

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Pablo is trustworthy. Here is his Windows app. I have been using for over a decade.

https://www.wysiwygwebbuilder.com/

His Windows support forum is the best there is …
https://forum.wysiwygwebbuilder.com/

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this is what i get …
Steve@fedora:~$ ~ > Downloads/qnewb12_linux64/qnewb
bash: /home/Steve: Is a directory
Steve@fedora:~$

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You are free to trust the developer. The fact remains that the website doesn’t have an imprint or any other place with a company name or address on it. And since I am not the one looking to use the application, I prefer not to run it.

You copied my prompt (~ > ). Since you are using bash, you need to enter the path to the binary after your bash prompt:

Steve@fedora:~$ Downloads/qnewb12_linux64/qnewb
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no error, does not launch

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Steve@fedora:~$ Downloads/qnewb12_linux64/qnewb
Steve@fedora:~$

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Weird. I ran it in Firejail and I get an error about a missing shared library:

~$ firejail Downloads/qnewb12_linux64/qnewb
Reading profile /etc/firejail/default.profile
Reading profile /etc/firejail/disable-common.inc
Reading profile /etc/firejail/disable-programs.inc
Reading profile /etc/firejail/landlock-common.inc

** Note: you can use --noprofile to disable default.profile **

firejail version 0.9.76

Parent pid 119226, child pid 119227
Warning: /sbin directory link was not blacklisted
Warning: /usr/sbin directory link was not blacklisted
Base filesystem installed in 50.92 ms
Child process initialized in 105.89 ms
Downloads/qnewb12_linux64/qnewb: error while loading shared libraries: libjpeg.so.8: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Parent is shutting down, bye...

I suggest you ask the developer about what the requirements for the Linux version are.

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Was just about to say. it’s missing a library.

16:26 Mon 22-Dec ./qnewb: error while loading shared libraries: libjpeg.so.8: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
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It works for me on F43 with Distrobox:

sudo dnf install wget unzip distrobox podman
wget -P ~ https://www.quickandeasywebbuilder.com/qnewb12_linux64.zip
unzip -o ~/qnewb12_linux64.zip -d ~/qnewb
tee ~/qnewb/qnewb.desktop << EOF > /dev/null
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Quick 'n Easy Web Builder
Icon=${HOME}/qnewb/qnewb.png
Exec=${HOME}/qnewb/qnewb %f
EOF
distrobox assemble create --file /dev/stdin << EOI
[tumbleweed]
image="docker.io/opensuse/tumbleweed:latest"
additional_packages="libgtk-3-0 libjpeg8"
exported_apps="${HOME}/qnewb/qnewb.desktop"
exported_bins="${HOME}/qnewb/qnewb"
EOI
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Thank you guys. @vgaetera your 5 steps worked like a charm

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