The software tries to match the VFX Reference Platform versions.
For das element and das element lite you need to have a UI (Gnome, KDE, …) installed.
das element cli can run on a Headless Linux.
AppImage
Install
To start the application you can just run the AppImage version. There is no need to install any software.
Uninstall
Remove the AppImage file. That's it.
Troubleshooting
If you get the following error message …
[24377:0812/042355.069283:FATAL:setuid_sandbox_host.cc(158)] The SUID sandbox helper binary was found, but is not configured correctly. Rather than run without sandboxing I'm aborting now. You need to make sure that /tmp/.mount_das-elZOz7Kl/chrome-sandbox is owned by root and has mode 4755.
… try run the AppImage with --no-sandbox flag:
das-element_x.x.x_lin.AppImage --no-sandbox
CentOS
Install
However, if you want to install the application permanently, use the following command:
sudo rpm -i das-element_x.x.x_lin.rpm
Now you can start the application by typing into you terminal: das-element-x.x.x
Installation location
/opt/das-element-x.x.x/usr/bin/das-element-x.x.x
Uninstall
Run the following command:
sudo rpm -e das-element-x.x.x
Debian
Install
If you want to install the application permanently use the following command:
sudo dpkg -i das-element_x.x.x_lin.deb
Now you can start the application by typing into you terminal: das-element-x.x.x
Installation location
/opt/das-element-x.x.x/usr/bin/das-element-x.x.x
Uninstall
Run the following command:
sudo dpkg --remove das-element-x.x.x
Temp folder
For Linux the folder for temporary files (e.g. temp-previews of the ingest view) is in the users home directory:~/tmp/das-element
If you disk space is running full, please make sure to also check this directory and delete files from time to time if needed.