[SOLVED} Zoom Meetings client Install Failure

[oldbaldy]

Hello all,

I have used and old version of Zoom on Magiea 7 without problems. The old one was removed prior to installing the current version from Zoom.us.

Installation fails after the warning message...

" Some requested packages cannot be installed : zoom-5.5.70011.0206-1.x86_64 (due to unsatisfied freetype[>=2.61])
Continue installation anyway?

Attempting to continue fails.

I cannot find freetype in the Mageia packages list.

Is it possible to overcome this block and install Zoom?

Any help will be appreciated.

[doktor5000]

That is because you are using a package for Fedora and the dependencies are called slightly different. You'd have to install zoom via
urpmi --allow-nodeps as it's not possible to overcome that dependency when trying to install with dnf.

This is also explained in existing threads, e.g. viewtopic.php?f=7&t=13362

[leoyoshiyang]

You could try installing a flatpak. I have successfully used flatpaks in those circumstances, though never tried Zoom.

Simply follow these instructions: https://flatpak.org/setup/Mageia/ ; and then https://www.flathub.org/apps/details/us.zoom.Zoom

[oldbaldy]

Hi again,

I chose the Flatpak route. After some false starts due to my incompetence I finally worked out how to install from the command line.

I now have the latest version of Zoom running as expected.

Thanks for the help.

oldbaldy

[isadora]

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[morgano]

Simply follow these instructions: https://flatpak.org/setup/Mageia/

We also have a bit more thorough instructions at https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Ways_to_inst ... ms#Flatpak

[oldbaldy]

Thanks morgano the wiki page is very helpful. I may need it again.

[flink]

I have tried to install the Fedora Zoom.

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[root@localhost Linux]# urpmi --allow-nodeps zoom_x86_64.rpm
WARNING: --allow-nodeps option is in use. Some strange problems may happen


installing zoom_x86_64.rpm
Installation failed:
   freetype >= 2.6 is needed by zoom-5.6.13632.0328-1.x86_64
Try installation without checking dependencies? (y/N) y
Sorry, bad choice, try again
Installation failed:
   freetype >= 2.6 is needed by zoom-5.6.13632.0328-1.x86_64


[flink]

Ok, I have found out, that I must press Y twice. Then the installation process will finish at the end.

[root@localhost Linux]# urpmi --allow-nodeps zoom_x86_64.rpm
WARNING: --allow-nodeps option is in use. Some strange problems may happen


installing zoom_x86_64.rpm
Installation failed:
freetype >= 2.6 is needed by zoom-5.6.13632.0328-1.x86_64
Try installation without checking dependencies? (y/N) y
Sorry, bad choice, try again
Installation failed:
freetype >= 2.6 is needed by zoom-5.6.13632.0328-1.x86_64
Try installation without checking dependencies? (y/N) y
Preparing... ##############################################################
1/1: zoom ##############################################################
run post install script, action is 1...

The zoom icon is visible now.

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[root@localhost Linux]# rpm -qa | grep zoom
zoom-5.6.13632.0328-1
[root@localhost Linux]# rpm -ql zoom-5.6.13632.0328-1
....
/opt/zoom/wayland-shell-integration/libxdg-shell-v6.so
/opt/zoom/wayland-shell-integration/libxdg-shell.so
...
/opt/zoom/zoom
/opt/zoom/zopen
/usr/bin/zoom
/usr/share/applications/Zoom.desktop
/usr/share/doc/zoom
/usr/share/mime/packages/zoom.xml
/usr/share/pixmaps/Zoom.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/application-x-zoom.png




[flink]

However the start of Zoom fails.

[root@localhost Linux]# /usr/bin/zoom &
[1] 24119
[root@localhost Linux]# ZoomLauncher started.
Zoom path is: /opt/zoom
cmd line:
Start subprocess: /opt/zoom/zoom sucessfully, process pid: 24121
Can't load/root/.config/zoomus.conf
No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
zoom started.
Client: Breakpad is using Single Client Mode! client fd = -1
qt.qpa.xcb: could not connect to display
qt.qpa.plugin: Could not load the Qt platform plugin "xcb" in "" even though it was found.
This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.

Available platform plugins are: eglfs, linuxfb, minimal, minimalegl, offscreen, vnc, xcb, wayland-egl, wayland, wayland-xcomposite-egl, wayland-xcomposite-glx.

zoom was exited due to a handled signal: 6
ZoomLauncher exit.

[1]+ Done /usr/bin/zoom

[flink]

The flatpak seems to be the only way to use Zoom on Mageia.

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flatpak install flathub us.zoom.Zoom

Looking for matches…
Required runtime for us.zoom.Zoom/x86_64/stable (runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform/x86_64/20.08) found in remote flathub
Do you want to install it? [Y/n]: >
Do you want to install it? [Y/n]: y

us.zoom.Zoom permissions:
ipc network pulseaudio x11
devices file access [1] dbus access [2] bus ownership [3]
tags [4]

[1] ~/.zoom:create, ~/Documents/Zoom:create
[2] org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver, org.gnome.Shell
[3] org.kde.*
[4] proprietary


ID Branch Op Remote Download
1. org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default 20.08 i flathub < 96,0 MB
2. org.freedesktop.Platform.Locale 20.08 i flathub < 322,2 MB (partial)
3. org.freedesktop.Platform.VAAPI.Intel 20.08 i flathub < 11,5 MB
4. org.freedesktop.Platform.openh264 2.0 i flathub < 1,5 MB
5. org.freedesktop.Platform 20.08 i flathub < 267,9 MB
6. us.zoom.Zoom stable i flathub < 51,4 MB

Proceed with these changes to the system installation? [Y/n]: y

ID Branch Op Remote Download
1. [✓] org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default 20.08 i flathub 95,3 MB / 96,0 MB
2. [✓] org.freedesktop.Platform.Locale 20.08 i flathub 23,6 MB / 322,2 MB
3. [✓] org.freedesktop.Platform.VAAPI.Intel 20.08 i flathub 11,4 MB / 11,5 MB
4. [✓] org.freedesktop.Platform.openh264 2.0 i flathub 1,5 MB / 1,5 MB
5. [✓] org.freedesktop.Platform 20.08 i flathub 222,5 MB / 267,9 MB
6. [✓] us.zoom.Zoom stable i flathub 51,3 MB / 51,4 MB

Installation complete.

[flink]

At the start of Zoom this dialog box is shown:

Wayland screen sharing is not yet enabled. Please restart Zoom for it to automatically enable, or manually change the value of "enableWaylandShare" to "true" in "/home/franz/.var/app/us.zoom.Zoom/config/zoomus.conf".

It works!