Dear friends,
the best way to install Zoom meeting is supposed to be AUR because it allows updates.
During Endeavouros updates I vaguely remember to have seen yay, which seems dedicated to simplify AUR installations. But I never tried it
So may you please direct me to the easiest and safer way to get Zoom-AUR working?
Also I have a very old version on Zoom already installed, that should be removed before doing anything.
Best
yay -S zoom
works for me.
Wow, this simple!
Many thanks
I am unable to remove the old zoom version.
tried:
sudo pacman -Rs zoom
sudo pacman -Rs Zoom
Also, if I try to start zoom from the terminal calling
zoom or Zoom it replies target not found.
But if I click on the image on the app panel, it starts
So perhaps zoom is installed with another name
How did you install the old zoom?
It was many years ago, I remember nothing. I suppose downloaded an installer from official zoom website and used it.
The AUR zoom installs it to /opt/zoom and /usr/{share,bin}, so I guess the old zoom might be mostly in the same folders.
Here’s a listing of the AUR zoom folders:
/usr
/usr/share
/usr/share/mime
/usr/share/mime/packages
/usr/share/doc
/usr/share/doc/zoom
/usr/share/applications
/usr/share/pixmaps
/usr/bin
/opt
/opt/zoom
/opt/zoom/json
/opt/zoom/xcbglintegrations
/opt/zoom/QtWayland
/opt/zoom/QtWayland/Compositor
/opt/zoom/wayland-decoration-client
/opt/zoom/QtQml
/opt/zoom/QtQml/StateMachine
/opt/zoom/QtQml/Models.2
/opt/zoom/Qt
/opt/zoom/Qt/WebSockets
/opt/zoom/Qt/labs
/opt/zoom/Qt/labs/calendar
/opt/zoom/Qt/labs/sharedimage
/opt/zoom/Qt/labs/folderlistmodel
/opt/zoom/Qt/labs/platform
/opt/zoom/Qt/labs/settings
/opt/zoom/Qt/labs/wavefrontmesh
/opt/zoom/Qt/labs/qmlmodels
/opt/zoom/Qt/labs/location
/opt/zoom/wayland-graphics-integration-client
/opt/zoom/generic
/opt/zoom/cef
/opt/zoom/cef/swiftshader
/opt/zoom/cef/locales
/opt/zoom/QtGraphicalEffects
/opt/zoom/QtGraphicalEffects/private
/opt/zoom/audio
/opt/zoom/imageformats
/opt/zoom/ringtone
/opt/zoom/sip
/opt/zoom/bearer
/opt/zoom/QtQuick
/opt/zoom/QtQuick/Scene2D
/opt/zoom/QtQuick/Layouts
/opt/zoom/QtQuick/LocalStorage
/opt/zoom/QtQuick/Shapes
/opt/zoom/QtQuick/Controls.2
/opt/zoom/QtQuick/Controls.2/Material
/opt/zoom/QtQuick/Controls.2/Imagine
/opt/zoom/QtQuick/Controls.2/designer
/opt/zoom/QtQuick/Controls.2/designer/images
/opt/zoom/QtQuick/Controls.2/Fusion
/opt/zoom/QtQuick/Controls.2/Universal
/opt/zoom/QtQuick/PrivateWidgets
/opt/zoom/QtQuick/Scene3D
/opt/zoom/QtQuick/Window.2
/opt/zoom/QtQuick/Templates.2
/opt/zoom/QtQuick/Dialogs
/opt/zoom/QtQuick/Dialogs/images
/opt/zoom/QtQuick/Dialogs/Private
/opt/zoom/QtQuick/Dialogs/qml
/opt/zoom/QtQuick/Controls
/opt/zoom/QtQuick/Controls/Styles
/opt/zoom/QtQuick/Controls/Styles/Flat
/opt/zoom/QtQuick/Controls/Styles/Base
/opt/zoom/QtQuick/Controls/Styles/Base/images
/opt/zoom/QtQuick/Controls/Styles/Desktop
/opt/zoom/QtQuick/Controls/Private
/opt/zoom/QtQuick/Particles.2
/opt/zoom/QtQuick/XmlListModel
/opt/zoom/QtQuick/Extras
/opt/zoom/QtQuick/Extras/designer
/opt/zoom/QtQuick/Extras/designer/images
/opt/zoom/QtQuick/Extras/Private
/opt/zoom/QtQuick.2
/opt/zoom/wayland-graphics-integration-server
/opt/zoom/platformthemes
/opt/zoom/egldeviceintegrations
/opt/zoom/wayland-shell-integration
/opt/zoom/iconengines
/opt/zoom/scheduler
/opt/zoom/scheduler/static
/opt/zoom/scheduler/static/css
/opt/zoom/scheduler/static/fonts
/opt/zoom/scheduler/static/img
/opt/zoom/scheduler/static/js
/opt/zoom/timezones
/opt/zoom/timezones/id
/opt/zoom/timezones/fr
/opt/zoom/timezones/vi
/opt/zoom/timezones/jp
/opt/zoom/timezones/ru
/opt/zoom/timezones/es
/opt/zoom/timezones/ko
/opt/zoom/timezones/zh_TW
/opt/zoom/timezones/it
/opt/zoom/timezones/en
/opt/zoom/timezones/zh_CN
/opt/zoom/timezones/de
/opt/zoom/timezones/ptg
/opt/zoom/platforminputcontexts
/opt/zoom/platforms
/opt/zoom/translations
Many thanks my friend
I checked all of them, but found nothing with word “zoom”
In the old zoom installation there might be some kind of uninstall script. If so, that might help.
Type z in a terminal and tap twice on the tab key.
Will this reveal something about zoom?
I did not know this one, many thanks
tipe z and click tab twice
Name is zoom-client
type zoom-client
will tell you more…
Type
which zoom-client
This should give the path to the binary.
Run then:
pacman -Qo PATH
replacing PATH with what you got before.
Or try something like:
pacman -Si zoom-client
Will this reveal something?
type zoom-client gives
zoom client is hashed (/var/lib/snapd/snap/bin/zoom-client)
So it was installed by snap. This is why sudo pacman -Rs zoom-client
replied target not found.
Try:
sudo snap remove zoom-client
edit:
correcting the typo: snapd >> snap
Many great thanks my friends
sudo snap remove zoom-client worked
Now I try Yay
The most easy way is to simple not install it and use the web-app directly in your browser…