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Originally created by @825i on GitHub (Dec 29, 2019).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/BoostIO/BoostNote-App/issues/244

Originally assigned to: @Rokt33r on GitHub.

Current behavior

After running

root@debian:/opt/Boost Note# chown root chrome-sandbox
root@debian:/opt/Boost Note# chmod 4755 chrome-sandbox

I receive the error

Trace/breakpoint trap

The software does not run.

Expected behavior

Boostnote should open.

Steps to reproduce

Download the .deb file from the Boostnote website
Install the .deb and dependencies with

dpkg -i boostnote.deb
apt install -f

Change ownership of chrome-sandbox as above.
Error occurs when trying to open the app via the terminal command " boostnote "
Trying to open boostnote with the application icon doesn't work either.

Environment

Version: v0.14.0-0
OS Version and name: Debian 10.1 buster

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@Rokt33r commented on GitHub (Dec 30, 2019):

@pythonInRelay We are also providing AppImage. https://github.com/BoostIO/BoostNote.next/releases
It might be better than snapcraft. How do you think?

@Rokt33r commented on GitHub (Dec 30, 2019): @pythonInRelay We are also providing AppImage. https://github.com/BoostIO/BoostNote.next/releases It might be better than snapcraft. How do you think?

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@RyanGreenup commented on GitHub (Dec 30, 2019):

@Rokt33r The advantage to snap (or any package manager e.g. apt or pacman is that all packages can be updated with one command, e.g on Ubuntu/Mint/Debian you could update the entire system and all programs with:

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
sudo snap refresh

Moreover, Snap will automatically put the package into a location that is in the path, whereas with a .appimage the user needs to edit there ~/.profile to add something like ~/bin to the path.

So although an app image is really convenient, snap would be even easier because users wouldn’t need to watch Github for releases.

@RyanGreenup commented on GitHub (Dec 30, 2019): @Rokt33r The advantage to `snap` (or any package manager e.g. `apt` or `pacman` is that all packages can be updated with one command, e.g on *Ubuntu*/*Mint*/*Debian* you could update the entire system and all programs with: ```bash sudo apt update sudo apt upgrade sudo snap refresh ``` Moreover, Snap will automatically put the package into a location that is in the path, whereas with a `.appimage` the user needs to edit there `~/.profile` to add something like `~/bin` to the path. So although an app image is really convenient, snap would be even easier because users wouldn’t need to watch *Github* for releases.

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@Rokt33r commented on GitHub (Jan 3, 2020):

@RyanGreenup Okay, I'll try snap soon. Btw did you also confront this problem?

@Rokt33r commented on GitHub (Jan 3, 2020): @RyanGreenup Okay, I'll try snap soon. Btw did you also confront this problem?

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@Rokt33r commented on GitHub (Jan 4, 2020):

I confirmed the deb package file is broken. I'll replace its link with the AppImage link until I fix this problem

@Rokt33r commented on GitHub (Jan 4, 2020): I confirmed the deb package file is broken. I'll replace its link with the AppImage link until I fix this problem

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@RyanGreenup commented on GitHub (Jan 5, 2020):

@Rokt33r I have not actually encountered this problem with v 0.1.1, although I install the new version over the old version so maybe that's why, it might be nice to give the binary a slightly different name so the old version and new version can be run concurrently.

udo dpkg -i boost-note-linux.deb
dpkg: warning: downgrading boostnote from 0.14.0-0-1 to 0.1.1
(Reading database ... 853268 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack boost-note-linux.deb ...
Unpacking boostnote (0.1.1) over (0.14.0-0-1) ...
Setting up boostnote (0.1.1) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3+18.04.20180207.2-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.24-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.63ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.32.0-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ...

@RyanGreenup commented on GitHub (Jan 5, 2020): @Rokt33r I have not actually encountered this problem with v 0.1.1, although I install the new version over the old version so maybe that's why, it might be nice to give the binary a slightly different name so the old version and new version can be run concurrently. ```bash udo dpkg -i boost-note-linux.deb dpkg: warning: downgrading boostnote from 0.14.0-0-1 to 0.1.1 (Reading database ... 853268 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack boost-note-linux.deb ... Unpacking boostnote (0.1.1) over (0.14.0-0-1) ... Setting up boostnote (0.1.1) ... Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3+18.04.20180207.2-0ubuntu1) ... Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.24-1ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for mime-support (3.63ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.32.0-1ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ... ```

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@Rokt33r commented on GitHub (Jan 14, 2020):

@RyanGreenup I'll change the name in this month. Until I change it, please use AppImage one.

@Rokt33r commented on GitHub (Jan 14, 2020): @RyanGreenup I'll change the name in this month. Until I change it, please use AppImage one.

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@Rokt33r commented on GitHub (Jan 29, 2020):

@RyanGreenup https://github.com/BoostIO/BoostNote.next/issues/319 Please follow this issue. I'll try to resolve in this week.

@Rokt33r commented on GitHub (Jan 29, 2020): @RyanGreenup https://github.com/BoostIO/BoostNote.next/issues/319 Please follow this issue. I'll try to resolve in this week.

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@Rokt33r commented on GitHub (Feb 14, 2020):

@RyanGreenup @pythonInRelay
Both of your issues should be fixed in v0.2.1. Please try it and reopen the issue if the problem still exist.
https://github.com/BoostIO/BoostNote.next/releases/tag/v0.2.1

@Rokt33r commented on GitHub (Feb 14, 2020): @RyanGreenup @pythonInRelay Both of your issues should be fixed in v0.2.1. Please try it and reopen the issue if the problem still exist. https://github.com/BoostIO/BoostNote.next/releases/tag/v0.2.1

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@philippludwig commented on GitHub (May 11, 2020):

Sadly this issue still occurs, at least for me on Debian. However, this is not unique to the .deb package; the AppImage does not work either.

@philippludwig commented on GitHub (May 11, 2020): Sadly this issue still occurs, at least for me on Debian. However, this is not unique to the .deb package; the AppImage does not work either.

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@Flexo013 commented on GitHub (May 11, 2020):

@philippludwig What OS are you running on?

@Flexo013 commented on GitHub (May 11, 2020): @philippludwig What OS are you running on?

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@philippludwig commented on GitHub (May 11, 2020):

As I wrote above, I am running Debian. The release is 10.4.

@philippludwig commented on GitHub (May 11, 2020): As I wrote above, I am running Debian. The release is 10.4.

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2026-03-03 00:18:15 +03:00

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@luoxiao78 commented on GitHub (May 13, 2020):

same here, also using Debian 10.

@luoxiao78 commented on GitHub (May 13, 2020): same here, also using Debian 10.

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@Flexo013 commented on GitHub (May 18, 2020):

Reopening this as it still seems to be an issue with the latest version.

@philippludwig @luoxiao78 Do either of you have Boostnote and BoostNote.next installed? What version are you trying to install? (Probs 0.4.1)

@Flexo013 commented on GitHub (May 18, 2020): Reopening this as it still seems to be an issue with the latest version. @philippludwig @luoxiao78 Do either of you have Boostnote and BoostNote.next installed? What version are you trying to install? (Probs 0.4.1)

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@philippludwig commented on GitHub (May 18, 2020):

I installed the boost-note-linux.deb package from the main page, which carries version 0.4.1 apparently.

@philippludwig commented on GitHub (May 18, 2020): I installed the `boost-note-linux.deb` package from the main page, which carries version 0.4.1 apparently.

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@myOmikron commented on GitHub (May 29, 2020):

Same here,
running Debian bullseye/sid.
I'm getting following error when executing the binary or the AppImage:

[116110:0529/134857.575581:FATAL:setuid_sandbox_host.cc(157)] The SUID sandbox helper binary was found, but is not configured correctly. Rather than run without sandboxing I'm aborting now. You need to make sure that /tmp/.mount_boost-v4zR1R/chrome-sandbox is owned by root and has mode 4755.
Trace/breakpoint trap

When I'm correcting the Sandbox permissions only the last line appears.

@myOmikron commented on GitHub (May 29, 2020): Same here, running Debian bullseye/sid. I'm getting following error when executing the binary or the AppImage: ``` [116110:0529/134857.575581:FATAL:setuid_sandbox_host.cc(157)] The SUID sandbox helper binary was found, but is not configured correctly. Rather than run without sandboxing I'm aborting now. You need to make sure that /tmp/.mount_boost-v4zR1R/chrome-sandbox is owned by root and has mode 4755. Trace/breakpoint trap ``` When I'm correcting the Sandbox permissions only the last line appears.

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@SamsiFPV commented on GitHub (Jun 12, 2020):

I've got the same problem, also running Debian 10 Buster. Boostnote.next version 0.6.1

@SamsiFPV commented on GitHub (Jun 12, 2020): I've got the same problem, also running Debian 10 Buster. Boostnote.next version 0.6.1

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@AkhilVinayakp commented on GitHub (Jul 1, 2020):

Getting a trace trap "/opt/Boost Note/boostnote.next" error in parrot linux 4.8

@AkhilVinayakp commented on GitHub (Jul 1, 2020): Getting a trace trap "/opt/Boost Note/boostnote.next" error in parrot linux 4.8

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@revive commented on GitHub (Jul 2, 2020):

I got the same issue on Debian 10.4 with the latest deb package.

@revive commented on GitHub (Jul 2, 2020): I got the same issue on Debian 10.4 with the latest deb package.

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@Rokt33r commented on GitHub (Jul 21, 2020):

Thanks for the reporting. I'll check again in this week.

@Rokt33r commented on GitHub (Jul 21, 2020): Thanks for the reporting. I'll check again in this week.

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@pablodz commented on GitHub (Feb 7, 2021):

Same here, using Debian 10 64bits.

With Boostnote.next version 0.12.4 and .deb package
Also with .AppImage package

After one hour checking for solutions, we need to run --no-sandbox arg to run the program. See below:

In Debian with KDE Plasma you need to add --no-sandbox like the image below in properties

@pablodz commented on GitHub (Feb 7, 2021): Same here, using Debian 10 64bits. ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/28235457/107156356-d1e76a80-694b-11eb-8977-faffdc1e2c2d.png) With Boostnote.next version 0.12.4 and `.deb` package Also with `.AppImage` package ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/28235457/107156535-d8c2ad00-694c-11eb-8233-eee5da21ca69.png) After one hour checking for solutions, we need to run `--no-sandbox` arg to run the program. See below: ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/28235457/107156591-33f49f80-694d-11eb-8d81-eb567866fdd1.png) ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/28235457/107156600-41118e80-694d-11eb-936c-e0089b80ff5b.png) In Debian with KDE Plasma you need to add `--no-sandbox` like the image below in properties ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/28235457/107157565-bb90dd00-6952-11eb-8b7d-48fb61728f66.png)

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@Rokt33r commented on GitHub (Feb 22, 2021):

@ZurMaD Thanks for the comment. Apparently we can set the argument by default. I'll try to apply it from the next version. https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/pull/4364

@Rokt33r commented on GitHub (Feb 22, 2021): @ZurMaD Thanks for the comment. Apparently we can set the argument by default. I'll try to apply it from the next version. https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/pull/4364

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@rome-legacy commented on GitHub (Jul 25, 2021):

had the same problem with latest deb package on debian buster
--no-sandbox flag helped to get app running.
thx

@rome-legacy commented on GitHub (Jul 25, 2021): had the same problem with latest deb package on debian buster --no-sandbox flag helped to get app running. thx

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@Rokt33r commented on GitHub (Aug 25, 2021):

Is there anyone able to try the steps below? I don't have a device using Debian so it is a bit difficult for me to test the solution.

set ["--no-sandbox"] to "build.linux.executableArgs" of package.json

  "linux": {
    "icon": "static/icon.icns",
    "target": [
      "deb",
      "rpm",
      "AppImage"
    ],
    // Add the below
    "executableArgs": [
      "--no-sandbox"
    ]
  },

Add .env file

NODE_ENV=production
BOOST_HUB_BASE_URL=https://boostnote.io

Run these script

npm run build:electron
npm run pack

Test .deb and .AppImage files in dist directory

@Rokt33r commented on GitHub (Aug 25, 2021): Is there anyone able to try the steps below? I don't have a device using Debian so it is a bit difficult for me to test the solution. 1. set `["--no-sandbox"]` to "build.linux.executableArgs" of package.json ```js "linux": { "icon": "static/icon.icns", "target": [ "deb", "rpm", "AppImage" ], // Add the below "executableArgs": [ "--no-sandbox" ] }, ``` 2. Add .env file ``` NODE_ENV=production BOOST_HUB_BASE_URL=https://boostnote.io ``` 3. Run these script ``` npm run build:electron npm run pack ``` 4. Test .deb and .AppImage files in `dist` directory

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@revive commented on GitHub (Sep 7, 2021):

@Rokt33r I tried with my Debian box, currently with Debian 10.9.
It seems that the additional argments of "--no-sandbox" in the package.json file does not resolve the problem.
When I tried to run the generated boost-note-linux.AppImage, I got following messages

[16145:0907/093219.679087:FATAL:setuid_sandbox_host.cc(158)] The SUID sandbox helper binary was found, but is not configured correctly. Rather than run without sandboxing I'm aborting now. You need to make sure that /tmp/.mount_boost-yPAGMj/chrome-sandbox is owned by root and has mode 4755.

@revive commented on GitHub (Sep 7, 2021): @Rokt33r I tried with my Debian box, currently with Debian 10.9. It seems that the additional argments of `"--no-sandbox"` in the `package.json` file does not resolve the problem. When I tried to run the generated `boost-note-linux.AppImage`, I got following messages ``` [16145:0907/093219.679087:FATAL:setuid_sandbox_host.cc(158)] The SUID sandbox helper binary was found, but is not configured correctly. Rather than run without sandboxing I'm aborting now. You need to make sure that /tmp/.mount_boost-yPAGMj/chrome-sandbox is owned by root and has mode 4755. ```

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