# Installer doesn't work in openSUSE

**URL:** <https://librepcb.discourse.group/t/installer-doesnt-work-in-opensuse/249>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [July 9, 2020, 4:19pm UTC](https://librepcb.discourse.group/t/installer-doesnt-work-in-opensuse/249 "2020-07-09T16:19:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![mprowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@mprowe](https://librepcb.discourse.group/u/mprowe)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 4:19pm UTC](https://librepcb.discourse.group/t/installer-doesnt-work-in-opensuse/249/1 "2020-07-09T16:19:58Z")

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Ran **librepcb-installer-0.1.4-linux-x86\_64.run** as administrator.

Got error messages about Desktop database. Would like to attach **InstallationLog.txt** but can’t see how? Last few lines are:

```auto
    [53497] perform librepcb.stable.app operation: CreateDesktopEntry
    [53497] - arguments: librepcb-stable-from-installer.desktop, Name=LibrePCB
    Comment=Design Schematics and PCBs
    GenericName=PCB Designer
    Categories=Development;Engineering;Electronics;
    Type=Application
    Terminal=false
    Icon=org.librepcb.LibrePCB
    Exec=/opt/LibrePCB/stable/bin/librepcb %U
    MimeType=application/x-librepcb-project;
    [53497] Done
    [53497] backup librepcb.stable.app operation: Execute
    [53497] - arguments: update-desktop-database, /usr/local/share/applications
    [53497] Done
    [53497] perform librepcb.stable.app operation: Execute
    [53497] - arguments: update-desktop-database, /usr/local/share/applications
    [53498] update-desktop-database" started, arguments: "/usr/local/share/applications
    [53500] Warning: The databases in [/usr/local/share/applications] could not be updated.
    [53500] Done
    [53501] Operation \"Execute\" with arguments \"update-desktop-database; /usr/local/share/applications\" failed: Execution failed (Unexpected exit code: 1): \"update-desktop-database /usr/local/share/applications\"
    [53501] Created warning message box "installationErrorWithRetry": "Installer Error", "Error during installation process (librepcb.stable.app):\nExecution failed (Unexpected exit code: 1): \"update-desktop-database /usr/local/share/applications\""
    [163922] backup librepcb.stable.app operation: License
    [163922] - arguments:
    [163922] Done
    [163922] perform librepcb.stable.app operation: License
    [163922] - arguments:
    [163923] Done
    [163929] Writing maintenance tool: "/opt/LibrePCB/librepcb-maintenance.new"
    [164332] Wrote permissions for maintenance tool.
    [164356] Maintenance tool restart: false.

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**Author:** ![ubruhin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/c89c15/32.png) [@ubruhin](https://librepcb.discourse.group/u/ubruhin)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 8:33pm UTC](https://librepcb.discourse.group/t/installer-doesnt-work-in-opensuse/249/2 "2020-07-18T20:33:56Z")

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Hi,

Maybe the command `update-desktop-database` is simply not available on your system? What distribution are you using? On Debian based distributions the package `desktop-file-utils` might need to be installed.

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**Author:** ![mprowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@mprowe](https://librepcb.discourse.group/u/mprowe)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 6:35am UTC](https://librepcb.discourse.group/t/installer-doesnt-work-in-opensuse/249/3 "2020-07-24T06:35:01Z")

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Hi,  
Thank you for the suggestion. I am running openSUSE LEAP15.1 and update-desktop-database is available. See (from log file snippet given in opening over):  
[53497] - arguments: update-desktop-database, /usr/local/share/applications  
[53497] Done  
What I suspect, is wrong are the arguments? I do not have a:  
`/usr/local/share/applications`  
folder?

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**Author:** ![dbrgn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/librepcb.discourse.group/dbrgn/32/25_2.png) [@dbrgn](https://librepcb.discourse.group/u/dbrgn)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2020, 8:24pm UTC](https://librepcb.discourse.group/t/installer-doesnt-work-in-opensuse/249/4 "2020-09-02T20:24:40Z")

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Maybe you could try the AppImage or the FlatPak version instead? Do those work? [https://librepcb.org/download/](https://librepcb.org/download/) (Note: Run the AppImage as regular user, not as root.)