chmod: cannot access '/opt/Insomnia/chrome-sandbox': No such file or directory

[joshuataylor]

Describe the bug
Trying to install Insomnia.Designer-2020.1.3.deb on Ubuntu 20.04 shows the following:

Selecting previously unselected package insomnia-designer.
(Reading database ... 616674 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../Insomnia.Designer-2020.1.3.deb ...
Unpacking insomnia-designer (2020.1.2) ...
Setting up insomnia-designer (2020.1.2) ...
chmod: cannot access '/opt/Insomnia Designer/chrome-sandbox': No such file or directory
Error in file "/usr/share/applications/org.kde.kdeconnect_open.desktop": "*/*" is an invalid MIME type ("*" is an unregistered media type)
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.36.0-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.24-1ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.64ubuntu1) ...

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Run Ubuntu 20.04
2. dpkg -i Insomnia.Designer-2020.1.3.deb
3. See error

Expected behavior
It installs?

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Ubuntu 20.04
• Installation Method: dpkg -i
• App Version: 2020.1.3

[sonicyeti]

Thanks for the catch and level of detail provided, we're on it! ❤️

[burtonr]

Not sure if this helps, but I was having trouble running the Insomnia REST client (not designer) with a similar error on Ubuntu freshly updated to 20.04:

$ insomnia
/snap/insomnia/62/insomnia: error while loading shared libraries: libgtk-3.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

As you can see, this was installed via snap. It was working fine, but once upgrading to Ubuntu 20.04, the app no longer started.

To "fix" it, I removed the snap and re-installed:

$ sudo snap remove insomnia 
insomnia removed
$ sudo snap install insomnia
insomnia 7.1.1 from Gregory Schier (gschier1990) installed
$
$ insomnia 
Gtk-Message: 19:15:50.024: Failed to load module "appmenu-gtk-module"
Error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Failed: cannot use setting "default-url-scheme-handler": not allowed
[fix] Running database repairs
[db] Initialized DB at /home/burtonr/snap/insomnia/62/.config/Insomnia/insomnia.$TYPE.db
Init responses DB
[localstorage] Initialized at /home/burtonr/snap/insomnia/62/.config/Insomnia/localStorage
[main] Loading file:///snap/insomnia/62/resources/app.asar/renderer.html
[updater] Updater not running platform=linux dev=false

Working fine after that (lost my data though ☹️ )

[sonicyeti]

We are exploring another installation delivery approach for linux but haven't an ETA on when that may ship. Thanks for the additional notes @burtonr!

[tavareshenrique]

Same problem here

[stevenossa21]

Same problem. Im waiting for new replies

[arjunbazinga]

same, bumping issue

[tavareshenrique]

I am upgrading my Insomnia to Version 2020.3.3 and now it looks stable.

[armandoSandino]

I'm getting the same problem in version 2020.3.3 on Ubuntu 16

[MartinX3]

Fresh installed 2020.3.3 via PPA on a fresh installed Ubuntu 20.04
Getting the same error

[zigiiprens]

Installation on Ubuntu 20.04.1 get the same chmod: cannot access '/opt/Insomnia/chrome-sandbox': No such file or directory error from PPA source.
version 2020.3.3

[jmoniatte]

I was having a similar issue on Debian and was able to fix it with:

sudo chmod 4755 /opt/Insomnia/chrome-sandbox

(If you try to launch insomnia with ./insomnia, the console throws an error with instructions for fixing it)

[graphpudding]

how you can change chmod if you havent got a folder???