Hello,
After the recent updates, I am unable to run FreeFileSync.
I attempted to re-install but get the same error message.
exec: Failed to execute process: './FreeFileSync_13.4_Install.run' the file could not be run by the operating system.

I have checked permissions and these seem OK.
Any ideas on the problem here, please?

JJ

Not an update or pacman issue, freefilesync is not in the KaOS repo's.

freefilesync run happily for years until the pacman update.
Any idea what pacman did to produce this fault?
JJ

The whole point of maintaining your own packages is checking when system libraries updates require a rebuild, again, nothing to do with pacman. Pacman is the package manager that does the work to introduce the updates.
You have no update error, so please stop referring to this being a pacman issue.
If this is a package that doesn't require building, then check upstream if it is compatible with newer libraries that are always introduced in KaOS.

#JohnJark
Try changing the path to ie. " /opt/FreeFileSync/Bin/FreeFileSync_x86_64"

Thank you for the replies.
Nezzie - I cannot install the package - so changing the path doesn't help.

I am not stating that this is a pacman issue - I am just seeking help to address my problem....
freefilesync worked before the upgrade.
It does not work after the upgrade
It will not now re-install.
I get a consistent and very opaque error message exec: Failed to execute process: './FreeFileSync_13.4_Install.run' the file could not be run by the operating system.
I don[t understand the error message and there is no help on this in Google .... so I'm seeking help,

Any thoughts and support are most welcome.

JJ

You could install it in Discover, flathub provides FreeFileSync and it works, I test it.

#johnjark.
Just did a little exercise. Try this, it doesn't install anything in the system and works OK.

Ensure you have these progs gtk2 & libxxf86vm installed
Download "FreeFileSync-bin" from Arch linux AUR
mkdir ~/temp
copy the bin file file to the above dir
cd ~/temp
extract the bin file
cd /freefilesync-bin
run makepkg
extract "freefilesync-bin-13.4-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst"
cd freefilesync-bin-13.4-1-x86_64.pkg
cd /opt
as root copy the "freefilesync" dir to /opt
then use "/opt/FreeFileSync/Bin/FreeFileSync_x86_64" in a shortcut/desktop file.

Many thanks to you both.
Both methods worked perfectly.

It is a real pleasure getting the help and support for Kaos from the community.
JJ

8 days later