Omniture Discover on Ubuntu Linux

July 21st, 2010 | Tags: , , ,

Let me save you some time: It doesn’t work!
Although the discover.jnlp (Java Web Start) file does indicate that Discover should be able to run on several Linux variants, well Ubuntu Linux isn’t one of these.
The problem lies in the desktop manager, Omniture Discover is, as of now, not compatible with the Gnome desktop manager.

Workarounds:

  • Switch to Kubuntu or some other NON-Gnome based Linux distro
  • Make your Ubuntu installation capable of running with the KDE desktop manager (sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop)
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  1. Ben Gaines
    July 21st, 2010 at 17:12
    Reply | Quote | #1

    Henrik,

    This is interesting. Can’t say I’ve ever heard of someone trying to run Discover in Ubuntu before, although I’m sure it has been tried. Did you submit an idea for this? I’d be curious to hear how many others would like to run Discover in a Gnome-based Linux distribution.

    Thanks,

    Ben Gaines
    Product Manager
    Omniture, an Adobe company

  2. Henrik Schack
    July 25th, 2010 at 20:27
    Reply | Quote | #2

    Hi Ben.
    No I have not submitted an idea on the Omniture Idea Exchange.
    If supporting Ubuntu Linux isn’t an obvious thing to do when you claim to support Linux, well then ….