Is pan your username ?
If so double click on that to open that folder (which is your home directory)
then you should be able to paste?
so paste in computer/home directory or in my computer/home/username directory?
can you be precise and explain where should i paste this file exactly?
in your computer/home/username directory
sudo dpkg -i appinventor2-setup_2.3_all.deb
(Reading database ... 213611 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack appinventor2-setup_2.3_all.deb ...
Unpacking appinventor2-setup (2.3) over (2.3) ...
Configuring the appinventor2-setup (2.3) package ...
pan @ pan-H61M-D2-B3: ~ $ cd
pan @ pan-H61M-D2-B3: ~ $ / usr / google / appinventor / commands-for-Appinventor / aiStarter &
[1] 49484
pan @ pan-H61M-D2-B3: ~ $ Bottle server starting up (using WSGIRefServer ()) ...
Listening on http://127.0.0.1:8004/
Hit Ctrl-C to quit.
Shutdown ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 129, in <module>
File "/home/mckinney/Development/repo/mit-cml/appinventor-setup/Linux/aiStarter/build/aiStarter/out00-PYZ.pyz/bottle", line 2389, in run
File "/home/mckinney/Development/repo/mit-cml/appinventor-setup/Linux/aiStarter/build/aiStarter/out00-PYZ.pyz/bottle", line 2086, in run
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/wsgiref/simple_server.py", line 144, in make_server
File "/home/mckinney/Development/repo/mit-cml/appinventor-setup/Linux/aiStarter/build/aiStarter/out00-PYZ.pyz/SocketServer", line 419, in __init__
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/wsgiref/simple_server.py", line 48, in server_bind
File "/home/mckinney/Development/repo/mit-cml/appinventor-setup/Linux/aiStarter/build/aiStarter/out00-PYZ.pyz/BaseHTTPServer", line 108, in server_bind
File "/home/mckinney/Development/repo/mit-cml/appinventor-setup/Linux/aiStarter/build/aiStarter/out00-PYZ.pyz/SocketServer", line 430, in server_bind
File "/home/mckinney/Development/repo/mit-cml/appinventor-setup/Linux/aiStarter/build/aiStarter/out00-PYZ.pyz/socket", line 224, in meth
socket.error: [Errno 98] Address already in use
Killed adb
emulator: no process found
emulator64-arm: no process found
Killed emulator
and, not working.
Did you run CTRL-C ?
no, i only wrote command:
/usr/google/appinventor/commands-for-Appinventor/aiStarter &
thats is last thing i've made.
OK, it looks like there is a leftover process running on that port. Try closing the terminal, then open the terminal again, and try running the last command /usr/google/appinventor/commands-for-Appinventor/aiStarter & again.
pan @ pan-H61M-D2-B3: ~ $ pan @ pan-H61M-D2-B3: ~ $ / usr / google / appinventor / commands-for-Appinventor / aiStarter &
[1] 50118
pan @ pan-H61M-D2-B3: ~ $ Bottle server starting up (using WSGIRefServer ()) ...
Listening on http://127.0.0.1:8004/
Hit Ctrl-C to quit.
Shutdown ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 129, in <module>
File "/home/mckinney/Development/repo/mit-cml/appinventor-setup/Linux/aiStarter/build/aiStarter/out00-PYZ.pyz/bottle", line 2389, in run
File "/home/mckinney/Development/repo/mit-cml/appinventor-setup/Linux/aiStarter/build/aiStarter/out00-PYZ.pyz/bottle", line 2086, in run
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/wsgiref/simple_server.py", line 144, in make_server
File "/home/mckinney/Development/repo/mit-cml/appinventor-setup/Linux/aiStarter/build/aiStarter/out00-PYZ.pyz/SocketServer", line 419, in __init__
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/wsgiref/simple_server.py", line 48, in server_bind
File "/home/mckinney/Development/repo/mit-cml/appinventor-setup/Linux/aiStarter/build/aiStarter/out00-PYZ.pyz/BaseHTTPServer", line 108, in server_bind
File "/home/mckinney/Development/repo/mit-cml/appinventor-setup/Linux/aiStarter/build/aiStarter/out00-PYZ.pyz/SocketServer", line 430, in server_bind
File "/home/mckinney/Development/repo/mit-cml/appinventor-setup/Linux/aiStarter/build/aiStarter/out00-PYZ.pyz/socket", line 224, in meth
Killed emulator no process found
Closed terminal, opened again.
not working.
Hmmm, the program appears to be starting up OK, but not sure why it is then shutting itself down?
Might require input from the AI2 devs, unlikely to get a response tonight, with the SuperBowl on right now 
Will assign, you will just have to be patient.
You could try restarting your computer, and running the command again....
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thanks for help, but I think nobody will help with it. Rather, I'm going to waste more time and nerves on this before I trigger it. And I thought that I would program myself from blocks. But without the emulator, there is no point in compiling the program every now and then and installing it on the phone to check how it works.
pan@pan-H61M-D2-B3:~$ /usr/google/appinventor/commands-for-Appinventor/aiStarter &
[1] 3318
pan@pan-H61M-D2-B3:~$ Bottle server starting up (using WSGIRefServer())...
Listening on http://127.0.0.1:8004/
Hit Ctrl-C to quit.
and in web when i try to connect with emulator:
The aiStarter helper does not appear to be running
Need Help?
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OK, well done, getting closer 
The installation appears to now be working OK, and starting up, but now not connecting....
(Did you have a project open ?)
The Need Help link doesn't really help because it just takes you to the AI2 home page.
This page:
http://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/ai2/connect-help-emulator
though Windows-centric may offer some things you can try...
Yes, project was open when i tried to connect. I'll tried with closed project too- nothing.
I relied on the emulator for years until I got an actual Android phone with camera.
If you can manage to download this .apk file onto your Android phone, you won't need any of
- aistarter
- any Android emulator.
http://ai2.appinventor.mit.edu/companions/MITAI2Companion.apk
Once you get that Companion app onto your phone, you can debug from your desktop web browser and phone.
I'm not threatening anyone and I'm not going to, I find it funny that the MIT community can't run a program on ubuntu.
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But technically you can run aiStarter on ubuntu! (with a compatibility layer)! 
Please explain and detail your method for this.....
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We, after significant effort, successfully installed and ran the AI2Starter program on your computer yesterday. i do not understand why you would say this?
For some reason, the web connection is not working (for you)
We await further input from MIT devs on this.
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Ok, so this method will work on every linux distro. 
So you need to download this tool named 'WINE'
Download the package from terminal using winehq.org and follow this tutorial:
and run the aiStarter setup by configuring the emulator
Yeah. and I do not know this method works or not, because my linux machine fails to boot.
Worth a try I suppose, but given there is a native linux solution - that works for most people (and the fact that most people using linux do so to avoid using Windows.... )
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