[Zubersoft]

Glad to hear that Skip - thanks for sharing that it worked for you.

Mike

[bfields]

I installed the Flatpak on Fedora 40.  A few obvious clicks to install, run, and connect, and it does look quick and more convenient for some editing tasks.  Neat, thanks.

The only thing I ran into was the path issue mentioned by Daniel.  Following his hint, I deleted the Path= line from the desktop file (which was under /var/lib/flatpak/app somewhere), then rebooted (no doubt there's a better way).

[Zubersoft]

I'll get that fixed for the next update.

Mike

[hari]

Wow, thanks so much Mike, this is just amazing! Thanks for your hard work, I do very appreciate the Linux support!

[Zubersoft]

I'm glad to hear that! It was a fair amount of work, so it's really nice to know it's providing value for some users.

Mike

[rolf.rolfs]

I'm glad to hear that! It was a fair amount of work, so it's really nice to know it's providing value for some users.

Mike

Hello Mike,

I found the Linux companion today and installed it instantly on Debian testing with no problems.

Many thanks!
Rolf

[shiihs]

Installed it on EndeavourOS linux today, and it works like a charm. 
I'm kind of hoping it will be maintained and get a few more features in the future (e.g. allowing to delete/rename composers).

[Zubersoft]

I believe you should already be able to do that by enabling the composers tab if needed, right-clicking on the composer and selecting "Rename".

Mike

[kiat]

Cool you've got some functionaility working Linux, being a very experienced Linux user and a happy MobileSheets user I was curious to try it.  Installed both flatpack (and later the zip) file on a Fedora laptop and both apps start up fine, I connect to the tablet via the Companion method, I can make a backup, install songs etc, but can't see how to view songs.  What's the scope of functionality?  It seems mainly useful for Importing songs for the tablet.

[Zubersoft]

It's mainly for speeding up imports and entering metadata in a more convenient manner. You can also set up setlists and such, and extract files from library backups if needed.

Mike

[kiat]

Unfortunately the latest version 4.1.6 does not install or update (from 4.1.5) in Linux, specifically Fedora.

Please fix, it's useful!

What doesn't work.
* updating to 4.1.6 from the update dialogue within the mobileSheetsCompanion UI (it downloads to 100% then crashes - still on 4.1.5)
* updating to 4.1.6 from 4.1.5 using the flatpak utility on the CLI claims there is no such update available (is this MobileSheets flatpak configuration in the binary, incomplete or otherwise broken?)
* installing from the latest Linux image on the MobileSheets gets you 4.1.5 (not 4.1.6)

Code:

kiat@xmas:~/Downloads$ flatpak info com.zubersoft.mobileSheetsCompanion           ID: com.zubersoft.mobileSheetsCompanion         Ref: app/com.zubersoft.mobileSheetsCompanion/x86_64/master         Arch: x86_64       Branch: master       Origin: mobilesheetscompanion-origin   Collection: Installation: system   Installed: 590.8 MB     Runtime: org.freedesktop.Platform/x86_64/24.08         Sdk: org.freedesktop.Sdk/x86_64/24.08       Commit: 46dfffdbd04d01f70135675353d21d8048a2fd2a4890d1ad8bd2ce1be7ce2756       Parent: 19b6fdfe1cda79249b0f85c199436cbfcc664996bca6fab2fb153d814bc7cb01     Subject: Export com.zubersoft.mobileSheetsCompanion         Date: 2025-03-15 01:40:47 +0000 kiat@xmas:~/Downloads$ flatpak update com.zubersoft.mobileSheetsCompanion Looking for updates… Nothing to do. kiat@xmas:~/Downloads$

[Zubersoft]

That's odd as I tested all three types of installers on Linux for 4.1.6. I'm testing with an Ubuntu VM. I'll test it again though. On a side note, you can't use flatpak like that to look for updates - you have to download the latest flatpak file off my website then install it.

Mike

[kiat]

That's odd as I tested all three types of installers on Linux for 4.1.6. I'm testing with an Ubuntu VM. I'll test it again though. On a side note, you can't use flatpak like that to look for updates - you have to download the latest flatpak file off my website then install it.

Mike

I did do that too Mike (I mentioned this in my post - the latest flatpak binary installs 4.1.5 not 4.1.6).

Very impressive design and update work on MobileSheets btw. I use it daily and it helps so much with setlists for practice and gigs.

[Zubersoft]

I completely uninstalled the companion app on linux, downloaded the latest flatpak, ran flatpak install mobilesheets.flatpak, then did flatpak run com.zubersoft.mobileSheetsCompanion and version 4.1.6 is listed in the about dialog.

Mike

[Zubersoft]

I downloaded the .deb file, ran sudo dpkg MobileSheetsCompanion.deb and version 4.1.6 is listed.

Mike