Installation on Ubuntu
Liam Sharp
Posted 22 October, 2018 by Liam Sharp in
Installation on Ubuntu
These instructions are for installing on Ubuntu 18.04.1.
Download the latest version of the SEO Spider. The downloaded file will be called something like screamingfrogseospider_16.7_all.deb, and will most likely be in the Downloads folder in your home directory.
Installation
You can install the SEO Spider in one of two ways.
GUI
– Double click on the .deb file.
– Choose “Install” and enter your password.
– The SEO Spider requires the ttf-mscorefonts-install to be run, so accept the licence for this when it pops up.
– Wait for the installation to complete.
Command Line
Open up a terminal and enter the following command.
sudo apt-get install ~/Downloads/screamingfrogseospider_15.2_all.deb
You will need enter your password, then enter Y when asked if you want to continue and accept the ttf-mscorefonts-install installations EULA.
Troubleshooting
E: Unable to locate package screamingfrogseospider_15.2_all.deb
Please make sure you are entering an absolute path to the .deb to install as per the example.Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/u/somepackage.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.149 80]
Please run the following and try again.sudo apt-get update
Running the SEO Spider
Irrespective of how the SEO Spider was installed you can run it one of two ways.
GUI
Click the Apps icon in the bottom left hand corner, type “seo spider” and click on the applications icon when it appears.
Command Line
Enter the following command in a terminal:
screamingfrogseospider
For more command line options see our User Guide.