Package request: UNetbootin for MX-19

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#1 Post by **dreamer** » Fri Mar 20, 2020 7:02 pm

UNetbootin is a universal open source tool to put Linux ISO images on a USB stick. It's good because it always works (for me). A UNetbootin package is available in MX-17/18 test repo, but is unavailable in MX-19. It would be nice to have it in MX-19 as well.

https://unetbootin.github.io/
https://github.com/unetbootin/unetbootin

#2 Post by **JayM** » Fri Mar 20, 2020 7:51 pm

Live USB Maker in dd mode and Mintstick do the same thing.

#3 Post by **Stevo** » Fri Mar 20, 2020 8:10 pm

Just want to mention that we have mintstick in the MX repos--don't want newbies thinking that they have to zip over to Mint to grab a deb.

You should be able to use the MX 17/18 deb in MX 19, too...

#4 Post by **dreamer** » Fri Mar 20, 2020 11:19 pm

Stevo wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2020 8:10 pm Just want to mention that we have mintstick in the MX repos--don't want newbies thinking that they have to zip over to Mint to grab a deb.

You should be able to use the MX 17/18 deb in MX 19, too...

mintstick is probably dd so not my cup of tea. I'll grab the deb from MX-17/18.

#5 Post by **jim8085** » Sun Mar 22, 2020 11:25 pm

Update?
So is the answer no for UNetbootin in MX19?
I like it because the rest of the USB is still usable and it uses FAT.
dd mode just makes the USB a "single use stick"
Also, I don't know how to "grab the deb"
I am more of a check the box and select install kind of user

#6 Post by **JayM** » Sun Mar 22, 2020 11:45 pm

Go to http://unetbootin.github.io/linux_download.html, download the binary, follow the instructions on the page to make it executable, then just run it in a terminal.

#7 Post by **jim8085** » Mon Mar 23, 2020 10:42 am

JayM wrote: Sun Mar 22, 2020 11:45 pm Go to http://unetbootin.github.io/linux_download.html, download the binary, follow the instructions on the page to make it executable, then just run it in a terminal.

I did try this before I posted, I was unable to get it to work.
In the past I have used binaries in Puppy Linux to get UNetbootin to work, so I do understand the idea. UNetbootin need to be run in root, not sure if I was.
I tried this on a USB stick with static persistence.
I can just go back to using MX18.3

#8 Post by **jim8085** » Mon Mar 23, 2020 11:03 am

I tried it again, chmod +x ... did work.
If you go into Properties->Permissions and check the box ... Allow this file to run as a program ... didn't work for me.
Thanks

#9 Post by **JayM** » Mon Mar 23, 2020 8:35 pm

"didn't work" tells us nothing. How exactly did you run the application, and what exactly happened?

#10 Post by **jim8085** » Mon Mar 23, 2020 10:51 pm

JayM wrote: Mon Mar 23, 2020 8:35 pm "didn't work" tells us nothing. How exactly did you run the application, and what exactly happened?

"didn't work for me" really just means I have a low skill level. I didn't really mean to imply that anything was wrong with MX19, sorry if it sounded that way. At that time I would just get errors, like file not found. I am not really sure what I did wrong the first few times I tried it.

I did try this again today on a fresh live USB stick and got it to work by checking the box... Allow this file to run as a program. So I guess I am slowing learning stuff. Like for example,
"then start the application by running ./unetbootin-linux" means you have to add ... 64-677.bin (unetbootin-linux64-677.bin)
I am really not that comfortable working in the terminal, unless its just cutting and pasting.

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