I need help
>Recently moved completely from windows to linux (mint-cinnamon)
>want to download pixel art program I like called Piskel
>tried multiple times using different methods and its not worked

pic related is my most recent failed attempt which involved trying to execute the exe file using something called bottle, which looks like it should work but literally nothing happens when I try and launch

I am a noob so im sure there are things i should explain that i havent that would help you help me, but thats part of my issue

what should i do? there is a browser version of piskel, but I prefer the offline version

download linux version from
https://www.piskelapp.com/download/ and extract. if you click the executable and nothing happens, you may be missing libraries (like .dlls on windows). you can tell this by running the program from the terminal.

for example, if you open the terminal and type:

/home/anon/downloads/piskeldirectory/piskel

./piskel: error while loading shared libraries: libgconf-2.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

try doing this and paste the error here.

>>1530058
i did that and the error message is

bash: /home/anon/downloads/piskeldirectory/piskel: No such file or directory

>>1530060
>/home/anon/downloads/piskeldirectory/piskel
that was an example. you will need to type in the path where you extracted the program to.

>>1530060
I think you misunderstood. You have to navigate to the directory where the executables is either by cd command or by opening it with context menu with your file manager, then type: ./[name of the executable]
so it would be: ./piskel

Usually permission to execute is not set. I think you might be able to set with the context menu from the gui, but if not command would be: chmod +x piskel

>>1530064
im sorry for being a dumb ass, this is the file directory of extracted file and i thought i was doing the right thing

>>1530065
ok you are right i was doing it wrong
the error message is the one you thought it was

>>1530069
okay. so that tells you that something the software needs is missing. in this case, libgconf2 version 4. try installing the package libgconf2-4 by running sudo apt install libgconf-2-4. then run piskel again. i don't have a mint install so i can't check. good luck

>>1530069
Try: sudo apt install gconf2

>>1530072
>>1530073
here is the error messages i get when i try and do that
im inexperienced with this stuff

>>1530072
ok i googled it, libconf-2-4 doesnt exist anymore, it was removed by the dude who made it

>>1530073
i cant figure out why this one isnt working, package package has no installation candidate? clueless

>>1530074
sorry dude. it's fucked. apparently piskel needs something that was deprecated 12 years ago.

https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxmint/comments/1kahh7g/unable_to_instal_piskel/

one alternative: you can try using the linux mint webapp manager to turn the website into a pretend app.

>im sorry for being a dumb ass
>im inexperienced with this stuff
by the way, it's okay. you're trying to learn new things and this is what matters. normally this library stuff is taken care for you (flatpak, snap, even regular packages)

>>1530084
damn that sucks, thanks anyway