I just upgraded my Linux Mint from 22.2 to 22.3 "Zena" ... CLEAN INSTALL, with "git" installed

I started a typical armbian build folder, as per:

https://github.com/armbian/build?tab=readme-ov-file#quick-start

 

But then I got this error:

[🌱] Build host OS release [ zena ]
[🌱] Build host architecture [ amd64 ]
[💥] error! [ Unsupported build system: 'zena'  ]

 

I know that Mint 22.3 was released just last month, but I needed something in the new Linux kernel.

 

I can use Mint 22.2 in another computer (where armbian is working OK)... but what is the typical delay for a new Linux Mint to become supported?

 

Then I tried with $ sudo apt install docker.io , and got a little further:

 

$ ./compile.sh 
[🚸] Docker is installed, but not usable [ can't use Docker; check your Docker config / groups / etc ]
[💥] Problem detected [ Docker installed but not usable ]
[💥] Exiting in 10 seconds [ Press <Ctrl-C> to abort, <Enter> to ignore and continue ]
Counting down: 9... 8... 7... 6... 5... 4... 3... 2... 1... 0... 
[💥] error! [ Exiting due to 'Docker installed but not usable'  ]
[💥] Exiting with error 43 [ at /home/roberto/armbian-2026-feb/build/lib/functions/logging/traps.sh:1
                exit_with_error() --> lib/functions/logging/traps.sh:1
   exit_if_countdown_not_aborted() --> lib/functions/general/countdown.sh:41
   cli_standard_relaunch_docker_or_sudo() --> lib/functions/cli/utils-cli.sh:261
     cli_standard_build_pre_run() --> lib/functions/cli/cli-build.sh:14
    armbian_cli_pre_run_command() --> lib/functions/cli/utils-cli.sh:122
                 cli_entrypoint() --> lib/functions/cli/entrypoint.sh:79
                           main() --> ./compile.sh:50

 

More info: my docker is version 28.2.2

 

$ apt list docker.io
Listing... Done
docker.io/noble-updates,now 28.2.2-0ubuntu1~24.04.1 amd64 [installed]

 

docker v17.6 needed. Reference: https://docs.armbian.com/Developer-Guide_Building-with-Docker/

Edited February 9Feb 9 by robertoj

4 hours ago, robertoj said:

Mint

unsupported build environment. As per documentation Noble is supported only. there are a few others "whitelisted" known mostly to work in the scripts, Zena hasn't yet.

 

4 hours ago, robertoj said:

'Docker installed but not usable' 

Check if your user has access to docker (usermod -aG docker yourusername) and check if docker run hello-world runs properly.

Yes

 

usermod -aG docker yourusername , then reboot, was what I needed to let the armbian build script continue

 

Warning: if you forget the "a" in -aG, you will get locked out being admin in your own computer

 

Second roadblock: I needed to install qemu as per: https://forum.armbian.com/topic/52127-running-armbian-build-on-x86-64/#findComment-219019 Thank you Werner!

 

Edited February 10Feb 10 by robertoj

11 hours ago, robertoj said:

Warning: if you forget the "a" in -aG, you will get locked out being admin in your own computer

 

Yeah, don't do that.. At least read "<application> --help" before doing sensitive stuff like that if you are unfamiliar.

If that happened to you, and that is the reason you typed that.. For future reference: If you have a root account, you can change to root user with "su root" and enter passwd. You are then root and can add your user back to the groups needed.

 

Or you can use the debian "child safe" way, "adduser <user> <group>" (only works on already existing users and groups) instead of usermod to begin with.

But best is you learn usermod, since that will let you utilize that knowledge on pretty much any unix system.

Edited February 10Feb 10 by bedna