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I just installed Debian for the first time. I use KDE. I'm trying to install Google Chrome and Steam. I download the installation package, then I double-click it. Instead of installing, both display the error
Failed to execute child process "ar" no file or directory
kde deb file-opening ar
|
show 1 more comment
I just installed Debian for the first time. I use KDE. I'm trying to install Google Chrome and Steam. I download the installation package, then I double-click it. Instead of installing, both display the error
Failed to execute child process "ar" no file or directory
kde deb file-opening ar
ar
is a tool for creating code libraries, part of the development toolchain. It's very surprising to say the least that installation of either Google Chrome or Steam would involve runningar
in any way. Only if you were building them from source (and even then it wouldn't be a natural thing to expect). Can you provide any more details about what you're doing exactly, for example what commands you're running?
– Celada
May 1 '15 at 2:48
I'm downloading the Google chrome install, and then double clicking it.
– Villa Caleb
May 1 '15 at 3:34
2
@VillaCaleb by default the file manager is set to open dpkg files withar
because it's a "safer" default. Just usedpkg -i <file>
or installgdebi-kde
and open it from the file manager with that.
– jordanm
May 1 '15 at 4:09
1
@jordanm Good catch. I see how that could happen now. Please post that as an answer because it's almost certainly the problem and syntaxerror's existing answer is off base.
– Celada
May 1 '15 at 12:34
1
.deb
files are Debian packages. They should be associated with a program likegdebi-kde
that can install them. It happens that the.deb
format is a special kind ofar
file; your system lacks an association for.deb
files and instead falls back to the genericar
file handler, which will not help you at all. You need to associate.deb
files with a package management application. I don't know how to do this with KDE.
– Gilles
May 1 '15 at 21:03
|
show 1 more comment
I just installed Debian for the first time. I use KDE. I'm trying to install Google Chrome and Steam. I download the installation package, then I double-click it. Instead of installing, both display the error
Failed to execute child process "ar" no file or directory
kde deb file-opening ar
I just installed Debian for the first time. I use KDE. I'm trying to install Google Chrome and Steam. I download the installation package, then I double-click it. Instead of installing, both display the error
Failed to execute child process "ar" no file or directory
kde deb file-opening ar
kde deb file-opening ar
edited May 11 '15 at 6:40
Anthon
61.7k17107171
61.7k17107171
asked May 1 '15 at 2:42
Villa CalebVilla Caleb
135
135
ar
is a tool for creating code libraries, part of the development toolchain. It's very surprising to say the least that installation of either Google Chrome or Steam would involve runningar
in any way. Only if you were building them from source (and even then it wouldn't be a natural thing to expect). Can you provide any more details about what you're doing exactly, for example what commands you're running?
– Celada
May 1 '15 at 2:48
I'm downloading the Google chrome install, and then double clicking it.
– Villa Caleb
May 1 '15 at 3:34
2
@VillaCaleb by default the file manager is set to open dpkg files withar
because it's a "safer" default. Just usedpkg -i <file>
or installgdebi-kde
and open it from the file manager with that.
– jordanm
May 1 '15 at 4:09
1
@jordanm Good catch. I see how that could happen now. Please post that as an answer because it's almost certainly the problem and syntaxerror's existing answer is off base.
– Celada
May 1 '15 at 12:34
1
.deb
files are Debian packages. They should be associated with a program likegdebi-kde
that can install them. It happens that the.deb
format is a special kind ofar
file; your system lacks an association for.deb
files and instead falls back to the genericar
file handler, which will not help you at all. You need to associate.deb
files with a package management application. I don't know how to do this with KDE.
– Gilles
May 1 '15 at 21:03
|
show 1 more comment
ar
is a tool for creating code libraries, part of the development toolchain. It's very surprising to say the least that installation of either Google Chrome or Steam would involve runningar
in any way. Only if you were building them from source (and even then it wouldn't be a natural thing to expect). Can you provide any more details about what you're doing exactly, for example what commands you're running?
– Celada
May 1 '15 at 2:48
I'm downloading the Google chrome install, and then double clicking it.
– Villa Caleb
May 1 '15 at 3:34
2
@VillaCaleb by default the file manager is set to open dpkg files withar
because it's a "safer" default. Just usedpkg -i <file>
or installgdebi-kde
and open it from the file manager with that.
– jordanm
May 1 '15 at 4:09
1
@jordanm Good catch. I see how that could happen now. Please post that as an answer because it's almost certainly the problem and syntaxerror's existing answer is off base.
– Celada
May 1 '15 at 12:34
1
.deb
files are Debian packages. They should be associated with a program likegdebi-kde
that can install them. It happens that the.deb
format is a special kind ofar
file; your system lacks an association for.deb
files and instead falls back to the genericar
file handler, which will not help you at all. You need to associate.deb
files with a package management application. I don't know how to do this with KDE.
– Gilles
May 1 '15 at 21:03
ar
is a tool for creating code libraries, part of the development toolchain. It's very surprising to say the least that installation of either Google Chrome or Steam would involve running ar
in any way. Only if you were building them from source (and even then it wouldn't be a natural thing to expect). Can you provide any more details about what you're doing exactly, for example what commands you're running?– Celada
May 1 '15 at 2:48
ar
is a tool for creating code libraries, part of the development toolchain. It's very surprising to say the least that installation of either Google Chrome or Steam would involve running ar
in any way. Only if you were building them from source (and even then it wouldn't be a natural thing to expect). Can you provide any more details about what you're doing exactly, for example what commands you're running?– Celada
May 1 '15 at 2:48
I'm downloading the Google chrome install, and then double clicking it.
– Villa Caleb
May 1 '15 at 3:34
I'm downloading the Google chrome install, and then double clicking it.
– Villa Caleb
May 1 '15 at 3:34
2
2
@VillaCaleb by default the file manager is set to open dpkg files with
ar
because it's a "safer" default. Just use dpkg -i <file>
or install gdebi-kde
and open it from the file manager with that.– jordanm
May 1 '15 at 4:09
@VillaCaleb by default the file manager is set to open dpkg files with
ar
because it's a "safer" default. Just use dpkg -i <file>
or install gdebi-kde
and open it from the file manager with that.– jordanm
May 1 '15 at 4:09
1
1
@jordanm Good catch. I see how that could happen now. Please post that as an answer because it's almost certainly the problem and syntaxerror's existing answer is off base.
– Celada
May 1 '15 at 12:34
@jordanm Good catch. I see how that could happen now. Please post that as an answer because it's almost certainly the problem and syntaxerror's existing answer is off base.
– Celada
May 1 '15 at 12:34
1
1
.deb
files are Debian packages. They should be associated with a program like gdebi-kde
that can install them. It happens that the .deb
format is a special kind of ar
file; your system lacks an association for .deb
files and instead falls back to the generic ar
file handler, which will not help you at all. You need to associate .deb
files with a package management application. I don't know how to do this with KDE.– Gilles
May 1 '15 at 21:03
.deb
files are Debian packages. They should be associated with a program like gdebi-kde
that can install them. It happens that the .deb
format is a special kind of ar
file; your system lacks an association for .deb
files and instead falls back to the generic ar
file handler, which will not help you at all. You need to associate .deb
files with a package management application. I don't know how to do this with KDE.– Gilles
May 1 '15 at 21:03
|
show 1 more comment
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Debian feels very non-standard here again (as usual). For instance, in Debian Jessie, the physical ar
program usually shows up as /usr/bin/i486-linux-gnu-ar
resp. /usr/bin/i586-linux-gnu-ar
resp. /usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-ar
.
Though I have no Debian here at my disposal, I assume that /usr/bin/ar
is merely a symbolic link. (Please note that this is just an assumption - it would require me direct access to a live system to verify on location.)
So maybe the following line will help you out of your misery, provided your aptitude works:
$ sudo apt-get install binutils
In the negative case (i. e. if it does NOT work), download e. g. binutils_x.yy-p_i386.deb
(x.yy
is version number (e. g. 2.25), p
is patch level) from a Debian FTP server and install it using dpkg -i
(must be superuser).
I did sudo apt-get install binutils and where do i do the dpkg -i?
– Villa Caleb
May 1 '15 at 15:30
1
The OP should not requirebinutils
to be installed in order to install packages and I don't believe installing it would help anyway becausedpkg
does not requirebinutils
or thear
command in order to work: it does its own archive processing on deb packages.binutils
is for development. I believe instead that VillaCaleb's hypothesis is the correct one: something is trying to invokear
where it should just have invokeddpkg
in the first place.
– Celada
May 1 '15 at 16:35
FWIW,/usr/bin/ar
is not a symlink. There is a symlink called<arch>-linux-gnu-ar
which points back toar
but that's moregcc
/GNU
thing (for supporting cross compilers) than a Debian thing.
– Celada
May 1 '15 at 16:39
2
Opening a .deb file withar
is completely useless under most circumstances. It certainly won't help install the software packaged in those files.
– Gilles
May 1 '15 at 20:59
1
$ lsb_release -d && ls -l /usr/bin/ar
Description: Debian GNU/Linux 8.0 (jessie)
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 56280 Feb 25 03:00 /usr/bin/ar
So no, it's not a symlink. In fact/usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-ar
is the symlink.
– derobert
May 1 '15 at 21:26
|
show 2 more comments
You can change which program opens a file when you single/double-click it in KDE by:
- Temporarily, for this open only: Right click, Open With, select a program.
- Permanently: Right click, Properties. On the General tab, File Type Options. Change the order of apps under "Application Preference Order". They're tried from the top.
Most likely, to get this to work, you should probably install gdebi-kde
. It'll probably become the default "open" action, but if not one of the two methods above let you change the default.
(You've currently got something that is trying to use ar
to list the contents of the package. Listing the contents isn't your goal, so installing ar
isn't really going to help.)
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Debian feels very non-standard here again (as usual). For instance, in Debian Jessie, the physical ar
program usually shows up as /usr/bin/i486-linux-gnu-ar
resp. /usr/bin/i586-linux-gnu-ar
resp. /usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-ar
.
Though I have no Debian here at my disposal, I assume that /usr/bin/ar
is merely a symbolic link. (Please note that this is just an assumption - it would require me direct access to a live system to verify on location.)
So maybe the following line will help you out of your misery, provided your aptitude works:
$ sudo apt-get install binutils
In the negative case (i. e. if it does NOT work), download e. g. binutils_x.yy-p_i386.deb
(x.yy
is version number (e. g. 2.25), p
is patch level) from a Debian FTP server and install it using dpkg -i
(must be superuser).
I did sudo apt-get install binutils and where do i do the dpkg -i?
– Villa Caleb
May 1 '15 at 15:30
1
The OP should not requirebinutils
to be installed in order to install packages and I don't believe installing it would help anyway becausedpkg
does not requirebinutils
or thear
command in order to work: it does its own archive processing on deb packages.binutils
is for development. I believe instead that VillaCaleb's hypothesis is the correct one: something is trying to invokear
where it should just have invokeddpkg
in the first place.
– Celada
May 1 '15 at 16:35
FWIW,/usr/bin/ar
is not a symlink. There is a symlink called<arch>-linux-gnu-ar
which points back toar
but that's moregcc
/GNU
thing (for supporting cross compilers) than a Debian thing.
– Celada
May 1 '15 at 16:39
2
Opening a .deb file withar
is completely useless under most circumstances. It certainly won't help install the software packaged in those files.
– Gilles
May 1 '15 at 20:59
1
$ lsb_release -d && ls -l /usr/bin/ar
Description: Debian GNU/Linux 8.0 (jessie)
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 56280 Feb 25 03:00 /usr/bin/ar
So no, it's not a symlink. In fact/usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-ar
is the symlink.
– derobert
May 1 '15 at 21:26
|
show 2 more comments
Debian feels very non-standard here again (as usual). For instance, in Debian Jessie, the physical ar
program usually shows up as /usr/bin/i486-linux-gnu-ar
resp. /usr/bin/i586-linux-gnu-ar
resp. /usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-ar
.
Though I have no Debian here at my disposal, I assume that /usr/bin/ar
is merely a symbolic link. (Please note that this is just an assumption - it would require me direct access to a live system to verify on location.)
So maybe the following line will help you out of your misery, provided your aptitude works:
$ sudo apt-get install binutils
In the negative case (i. e. if it does NOT work), download e. g. binutils_x.yy-p_i386.deb
(x.yy
is version number (e. g. 2.25), p
is patch level) from a Debian FTP server and install it using dpkg -i
(must be superuser).
I did sudo apt-get install binutils and where do i do the dpkg -i?
– Villa Caleb
May 1 '15 at 15:30
1
The OP should not requirebinutils
to be installed in order to install packages and I don't believe installing it would help anyway becausedpkg
does not requirebinutils
or thear
command in order to work: it does its own archive processing on deb packages.binutils
is for development. I believe instead that VillaCaleb's hypothesis is the correct one: something is trying to invokear
where it should just have invokeddpkg
in the first place.
– Celada
May 1 '15 at 16:35
FWIW,/usr/bin/ar
is not a symlink. There is a symlink called<arch>-linux-gnu-ar
which points back toar
but that's moregcc
/GNU
thing (for supporting cross compilers) than a Debian thing.
– Celada
May 1 '15 at 16:39
2
Opening a .deb file withar
is completely useless under most circumstances. It certainly won't help install the software packaged in those files.
– Gilles
May 1 '15 at 20:59
1
$ lsb_release -d && ls -l /usr/bin/ar
Description: Debian GNU/Linux 8.0 (jessie)
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 56280 Feb 25 03:00 /usr/bin/ar
So no, it's not a symlink. In fact/usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-ar
is the symlink.
– derobert
May 1 '15 at 21:26
|
show 2 more comments
Debian feels very non-standard here again (as usual). For instance, in Debian Jessie, the physical ar
program usually shows up as /usr/bin/i486-linux-gnu-ar
resp. /usr/bin/i586-linux-gnu-ar
resp. /usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-ar
.
Though I have no Debian here at my disposal, I assume that /usr/bin/ar
is merely a symbolic link. (Please note that this is just an assumption - it would require me direct access to a live system to verify on location.)
So maybe the following line will help you out of your misery, provided your aptitude works:
$ sudo apt-get install binutils
In the negative case (i. e. if it does NOT work), download e. g. binutils_x.yy-p_i386.deb
(x.yy
is version number (e. g. 2.25), p
is patch level) from a Debian FTP server and install it using dpkg -i
(must be superuser).
Debian feels very non-standard here again (as usual). For instance, in Debian Jessie, the physical ar
program usually shows up as /usr/bin/i486-linux-gnu-ar
resp. /usr/bin/i586-linux-gnu-ar
resp. /usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-ar
.
Though I have no Debian here at my disposal, I assume that /usr/bin/ar
is merely a symbolic link. (Please note that this is just an assumption - it would require me direct access to a live system to verify on location.)
So maybe the following line will help you out of your misery, provided your aptitude works:
$ sudo apt-get install binutils
In the negative case (i. e. if it does NOT work), download e. g. binutils_x.yy-p_i386.deb
(x.yy
is version number (e. g. 2.25), p
is patch level) from a Debian FTP server and install it using dpkg -i
(must be superuser).
edited 10 hours ago
Rui F Ribeiro
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answered May 1 '15 at 8:52
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I did sudo apt-get install binutils and where do i do the dpkg -i?
– Villa Caleb
May 1 '15 at 15:30
1
The OP should not requirebinutils
to be installed in order to install packages and I don't believe installing it would help anyway becausedpkg
does not requirebinutils
or thear
command in order to work: it does its own archive processing on deb packages.binutils
is for development. I believe instead that VillaCaleb's hypothesis is the correct one: something is trying to invokear
where it should just have invokeddpkg
in the first place.
– Celada
May 1 '15 at 16:35
FWIW,/usr/bin/ar
is not a symlink. There is a symlink called<arch>-linux-gnu-ar
which points back toar
but that's moregcc
/GNU
thing (for supporting cross compilers) than a Debian thing.
– Celada
May 1 '15 at 16:39
2
Opening a .deb file withar
is completely useless under most circumstances. It certainly won't help install the software packaged in those files.
– Gilles
May 1 '15 at 20:59
1
$ lsb_release -d && ls -l /usr/bin/ar
Description: Debian GNU/Linux 8.0 (jessie)
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 56280 Feb 25 03:00 /usr/bin/ar
So no, it's not a symlink. In fact/usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-ar
is the symlink.
– derobert
May 1 '15 at 21:26
|
show 2 more comments
I did sudo apt-get install binutils and where do i do the dpkg -i?
– Villa Caleb
May 1 '15 at 15:30
1
The OP should not requirebinutils
to be installed in order to install packages and I don't believe installing it would help anyway becausedpkg
does not requirebinutils
or thear
command in order to work: it does its own archive processing on deb packages.binutils
is for development. I believe instead that VillaCaleb's hypothesis is the correct one: something is trying to invokear
where it should just have invokeddpkg
in the first place.
– Celada
May 1 '15 at 16:35
FWIW,/usr/bin/ar
is not a symlink. There is a symlink called<arch>-linux-gnu-ar
which points back toar
but that's moregcc
/GNU
thing (for supporting cross compilers) than a Debian thing.
– Celada
May 1 '15 at 16:39
2
Opening a .deb file withar
is completely useless under most circumstances. It certainly won't help install the software packaged in those files.
– Gilles
May 1 '15 at 20:59
1
$ lsb_release -d && ls -l /usr/bin/ar
Description: Debian GNU/Linux 8.0 (jessie)
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 56280 Feb 25 03:00 /usr/bin/ar
So no, it's not a symlink. In fact/usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-ar
is the symlink.
– derobert
May 1 '15 at 21:26
I did sudo apt-get install binutils and where do i do the dpkg -i?
– Villa Caleb
May 1 '15 at 15:30
I did sudo apt-get install binutils and where do i do the dpkg -i?
– Villa Caleb
May 1 '15 at 15:30
1
1
The OP should not require
binutils
to be installed in order to install packages and I don't believe installing it would help anyway because dpkg
does not require binutils
or the ar
command in order to work: it does its own archive processing on deb packages. binutils
is for development. I believe instead that VillaCaleb's hypothesis is the correct one: something is trying to invoke ar
where it should just have invoked dpkg
in the first place.– Celada
May 1 '15 at 16:35
The OP should not require
binutils
to be installed in order to install packages and I don't believe installing it would help anyway because dpkg
does not require binutils
or the ar
command in order to work: it does its own archive processing on deb packages. binutils
is for development. I believe instead that VillaCaleb's hypothesis is the correct one: something is trying to invoke ar
where it should just have invoked dpkg
in the first place.– Celada
May 1 '15 at 16:35
FWIW,
/usr/bin/ar
is not a symlink. There is a symlink called <arch>-linux-gnu-ar
which points back to ar
but that's more gcc
/GNU
thing (for supporting cross compilers) than a Debian thing.– Celada
May 1 '15 at 16:39
FWIW,
/usr/bin/ar
is not a symlink. There is a symlink called <arch>-linux-gnu-ar
which points back to ar
but that's more gcc
/GNU
thing (for supporting cross compilers) than a Debian thing.– Celada
May 1 '15 at 16:39
2
2
Opening a .deb file with
ar
is completely useless under most circumstances. It certainly won't help install the software packaged in those files.– Gilles
May 1 '15 at 20:59
Opening a .deb file with
ar
is completely useless under most circumstances. It certainly won't help install the software packaged in those files.– Gilles
May 1 '15 at 20:59
1
1
$ lsb_release -d && ls -l /usr/bin/ar
Description: Debian GNU/Linux 8.0 (jessie)
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 56280 Feb 25 03:00 /usr/bin/ar
So no, it's not a symlink. In fact /usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-ar
is the symlink.– derobert
May 1 '15 at 21:26
$ lsb_release -d && ls -l /usr/bin/ar
Description: Debian GNU/Linux 8.0 (jessie)
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 56280 Feb 25 03:00 /usr/bin/ar
So no, it's not a symlink. In fact /usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-ar
is the symlink.– derobert
May 1 '15 at 21:26
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You can change which program opens a file when you single/double-click it in KDE by:
- Temporarily, for this open only: Right click, Open With, select a program.
- Permanently: Right click, Properties. On the General tab, File Type Options. Change the order of apps under "Application Preference Order". They're tried from the top.
Most likely, to get this to work, you should probably install gdebi-kde
. It'll probably become the default "open" action, but if not one of the two methods above let you change the default.
(You've currently got something that is trying to use ar
to list the contents of the package. Listing the contents isn't your goal, so installing ar
isn't really going to help.)
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You can change which program opens a file when you single/double-click it in KDE by:
- Temporarily, for this open only: Right click, Open With, select a program.
- Permanently: Right click, Properties. On the General tab, File Type Options. Change the order of apps under "Application Preference Order". They're tried from the top.
Most likely, to get this to work, you should probably install gdebi-kde
. It'll probably become the default "open" action, but if not one of the two methods above let you change the default.
(You've currently got something that is trying to use ar
to list the contents of the package. Listing the contents isn't your goal, so installing ar
isn't really going to help.)
add a comment |
You can change which program opens a file when you single/double-click it in KDE by:
- Temporarily, for this open only: Right click, Open With, select a program.
- Permanently: Right click, Properties. On the General tab, File Type Options. Change the order of apps under "Application Preference Order". They're tried from the top.
Most likely, to get this to work, you should probably install gdebi-kde
. It'll probably become the default "open" action, but if not one of the two methods above let you change the default.
(You've currently got something that is trying to use ar
to list the contents of the package. Listing the contents isn't your goal, so installing ar
isn't really going to help.)
You can change which program opens a file when you single/double-click it in KDE by:
- Temporarily, for this open only: Right click, Open With, select a program.
- Permanently: Right click, Properties. On the General tab, File Type Options. Change the order of apps under "Application Preference Order". They're tried from the top.
Most likely, to get this to work, you should probably install gdebi-kde
. It'll probably become the default "open" action, but if not one of the two methods above let you change the default.
(You've currently got something that is trying to use ar
to list the contents of the package. Listing the contents isn't your goal, so installing ar
isn't really going to help.)
edited May 2 '15 at 6:29
answered May 1 '15 at 21:19
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-ar, deb, file-opening, kde
ar
is a tool for creating code libraries, part of the development toolchain. It's very surprising to say the least that installation of either Google Chrome or Steam would involve runningar
in any way. Only if you were building them from source (and even then it wouldn't be a natural thing to expect). Can you provide any more details about what you're doing exactly, for example what commands you're running?– Celada
May 1 '15 at 2:48
I'm downloading the Google chrome install, and then double clicking it.
– Villa Caleb
May 1 '15 at 3:34
2
@VillaCaleb by default the file manager is set to open dpkg files with
ar
because it's a "safer" default. Just usedpkg -i <file>
or installgdebi-kde
and open it from the file manager with that.– jordanm
May 1 '15 at 4:09
1
@jordanm Good catch. I see how that could happen now. Please post that as an answer because it's almost certainly the problem and syntaxerror's existing answer is off base.
– Celada
May 1 '15 at 12:34
1
.deb
files are Debian packages. They should be associated with a program likegdebi-kde
that can install them. It happens that the.deb
format is a special kind ofar
file; your system lacks an association for.deb
files and instead falls back to the genericar
file handler, which will not help you at all. You need to associate.deb
files with a package management application. I don't know how to do this with KDE.– Gilles
May 1 '15 at 21:03