ZIP files do not include executable information for Linux

[sduensin]

Unzipping the Linux distribution leaves all the binaries un-executable. Since nw tries to execute other things, it's like playing whack-a-mole to make it run. Tarball?

[jerrywham]

Open a terminal in the folder where you unzip all the binaries then run ./nw. Exemple : we consider that the folder is /home/youraccount/tiddlywiki

cd /home/youraccount/tiddlywiki
./nw

You can do a launcher to avoid to use terminal.

[Jermolene]

Thanks @sduensin @jerrywham, and apologies for the late reply (I was ill over the summer).

I can certainly look at making a tarball instead of a zip file, or do other zip utilities preserve executable information?

[asheingold]

@Jermolene Would it be a good idea to create a package for Linux / Ubuntu distributions? I'd package it for release, but don't know if it's actually needed / wanted.

[Jermolene]

@Jermolene Would it be a good idea to create a package for Linux / Ubuntu distributions? I'd package it for release, but don't know if it's actually needed / wanted.

Hi @asheingold I'm not familiar with Linux, but if making a package makes things easier for end users, then I'd be very much in favour.

At the moment we don't have CI set up for TiddlyDesktop, so I build it manually on my Mac, and would need to be able to run the Linux packaging steps.