# General help on apps?

**URL:** <https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/general-help-on-apps/81882>\
**Category:** Newbie\
**Created:** [October 10, 2026, 5:30pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/general-help-on-apps/81882 "2026-10-10T17:30:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![matthias](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/cdc98d/32.png) [@matthias](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/matthias)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2026, 5:30pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/general-help-on-apps/81882/1 "2026-10-10T17:30:31Z")

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I still feel a Endeavour OS newbie. Should questions on an app that does not run be asked here or on archlinux forum?

It is Viking GPS data editor that is not running. I have Cinnamon 6.6.9 desktop,

Thanks in advance, Matthias

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**Author:** ![UncleSpellbinder](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/unclespellbinder/32/127055_2.png) [@UncleSpellbinder](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/UncleSpellbinder)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2026, 5:35pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/general-help-on-apps/81882/2 "2026-10-10T17:35:26Z")

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> [@matthias](#):
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> Should questions on an app that does not run be asked here or on archlinux forum?

NEVER ask questions or seek assistance on the Arch forums unless you’re using pure, vanilla Arch. Otherwise, you will be eviscerated.

I’m assuming this is the app?

> **[Viking GPS data editor and analyzer](https://sourceforge.net/projects/viking/)**
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> Download Viking GPS data editor and analyzer for free. Viking is a free/open source program to manage GPS data. Viking is a free/open source program to manage GPS data. You can import, plot and create tracks, routes and waypoints, show OSM, Bing...

> **[Arch Linux - viking 1.11-1 (x86\_64)](https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/viking/)**

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**Author:** ![dalto](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/dalto/32/5577_2.png) [@dalto](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/dalto)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2026, 6:04pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/general-help-on-apps/81882/3 "2026-10-10T18:04:55Z")

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Try launching it from the terminal and see if there are any errors that show up in the terminal.

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**Author:** ![Schlaefer](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/schlaefer/32/11917_2.png) [@Schlaefer](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Schlaefer)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2026, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/general-help-on-apps/81882/4 "2026-10-10T18:29:08Z")

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Doesn’t launch here either. It doesn’t crash, no feedback in the console, but seems to just hang on a futex.

The flathub version works though.

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**Author:** ![UncleSpellbinder](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/unclespellbinder/32/127055_2.png) [@UncleSpellbinder](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/UncleSpellbinder)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2026, 6:43pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/general-help-on-apps/81882/5 "2026-10-10T18:43:36Z")

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I tend to steer clear of GTK apps whenever possible. But I installed Viking to test. Same experience as @Schlaefer. Doesn’t launch from app menu, running in terminal shows zero output. Flatpak runs without issue.

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@matthias, if you don’t want to run the Flatpack and prefer the Arch repo version, I suggest checking out either the Viking [**support page**](https://sourceforge.net/projects/viking/support) or the Viking [**discussion page**](https://sourceforge.net/p/viking/discussion/general/) on Sourceforge.