Then rebooted and went to launch Blockstack which I had installed before Docker because I wasn’t informed that Docker needed to be installed first. Then this:
stephen@stephen-asus ~ $ cd Downloads
stephen@stephen-asus ~/Downloads $ ./Blockstack-for-Linux-v0.20.1.sh
blockstack docker launcher commands:
pull -> fetch docker containers from quay
start -> start the blockstack browser server
stop -> stop the blockstack browser server
logs -> access the logs from the blockstack browser server
enter -> exec into the running docker container
To get started, use
$ ./Blockstack-for-Linux.sh pull [THIS FILENAME IS INCORRECT]
$ ./Blockstack-for-Linux.sh start
This requires Docker to run.
And this will start the environment for running the Blockstack Browser
Note: the Docker containers mount your /home//.blockstack directory
stephen@stephen-asus ~/Downloads $ ./Blockstack-for-Linux.sh pull
bash: ./Blockstack-for-Linux.sh: No such file or directory
stephen@stephen-asus ~/Downloads $ ./Blockstack-for-Linux-v0.20.1.sh pull
Got permission denied while trying to connect to the Docker daemon socket at unix:///var/run/docker.sock: Post http://%2Fvar%2Frun%2Fdocker.sock/v1.29/images/create?fromImage=quay.io%2Fblockstack%2Fblockstack-core&tag=v0.20.1-browser: dial unix /var/run/docker.sock: connect: permission denied
Got permission denied while trying to connect to the Docker daemon socket at unix:///var/run/docker.sock: Post http://%2Fvar%2Frun%2Fdocker.sock/v1.29/images/create?fromImage=quay.io%2Fblockstack%2Fblockstack-browser&tag=v0.20.1: dial unix /var/run/docker.sock: connect: permission denied
Hey @steviedeeee, sorry to hear you’re having trouble!
It looks like you’re doing all the right things–install docker, run the script with the pull directive, and then run the script followed by the start directive.
In most linux distros, installing Docker creates a docker group. Your user must be in this group. You can add yourself with sudo usermod -a -G docker <your username>, and then logging out and logging back in.
Example from my laptop:
$ groups
jude audio video kvm qemu staff
$ sudo usermod -a -G docker jude
Password:
$ logout
And when I log back in, I should see that my group membership has changed:
Adding my user to the group worked as recommended, and then I started up blockstack from the command line:
$ cd Downloads
$ sudo ./Blockstack-for-Linux-v0.20.1.sh start
When I start Blockstack-Browser from the program menu in Linux Mint, I’m taken to a screen which says:
“Please pair your browser with Blockstack”
However, unfortunately there is no Blockstack icon in my menu bar. How do I make it appear?
There won’t be a Blockstack icon in the menu bar in Linux. The fact that you got it to work earlier with sudo may have caused some partially-written state to stick around in the web browser.
Can you try opening a developer console window and clearing localStorage, and then doing a hard-refresh? In Chrome, the developer console can be accessed with Ctrl+Shift+i. You need to navigate to the “application” tab, make sure “Local and session storage” is checked, and click “Clear site data.”
When you run the Linux script, is the browser opening on its own, or are you navigating there manually? The script is supposed to launch the browser automatically, with a special query string to make sure that screen gets skipped.
Can you confirm that the file ~/.local/share/applications/blockstack.desktop exists, and that xdg-open is installed and is able to open your browser?
