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electron cannot open display when running orca --help (Ubuntu) #386
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Hi, am running Ubuntu 18.04 and am trying to install orca. It is installed, but I can't get it to work. I have followed the instructions and also looked at previous issues, but it hasn't helped.
I have installed these in ubuntu:
sudo apt-get install nodejs-dev node-gyp libssl1.0-dev
apt install npm
npm install -g electron@6.1.4 orca
sudo apt-get install xvfb
Looking at the location:
root@cmcapvm01:~# which orca
/usr/local/bin/orca
root@cmcapvm01:~# orca --help
(electron:7505): Gtk-WARNING **: 00:58:35.738: cannot open display: :0
And testing the export: https://plotly.com/r/static-image-export/
library(plotly)
if (!require("processx")) install.packages("processx")
fig <- plot_ly(z = ~volcano) %>% add_surface()
orca(fig, "surface-plot.svg")
Error: The orca command-line utility is required for this functionality.
Please follow the installation instructions here -- https://github.com/plotly/orca#installation
I have also tried the headless server configuration:
$ sudo apt-get install xvfb
#!/bin/bash
xvfb-run -a /path/to/orca-X.Y.Z-x86_64.AppImage "$@"
But it still doesn't run.
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[-]electron cannot open display wneh running orca --help (Ubuntu)[/-][+]electron cannot open display when running orca --help (Ubuntu)[/+]hailindu commentedon Feb 14, 2022
Hi @williamlai2, any solution to it? I am having the same issue
williamlai2 commentedon Feb 14, 2022
No, I haven't found a solution to it yet.