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I installed MultiSystem so I could create a toolkit USB drive, as I have done on previous Xubuntu and Lubuntu machines, following http://www.pendrivelinux.com/multiboot-create-a-multiboot-usb-from-linux/ .

However, doesn't seem to work with Mint Cinnamon 17.1 (and, later, 17.2) as on the first attempt to select the USB drive (pic #5 from the web page cited above), I see this error dialog:

The terminal (VteTerminal) widget requires a version of gtkdialog built with libvte.

Closing that dialog box closes the app.

Where could I go from here? Don't know how to fix.

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A solution is mentioned in the page linux mint 17.1 multisystem error, The terminal (VteTerminal) widget requires a version of gtkdialog built with libvte.. The solution involves compiling multisystem.

The author tells of his epic fight to install multisystem, terminating by :

So I tried to purge all instances of multisystem, then did a fresh install of the newest version, which showed the gtkdialog error again.

This time, using dutch webpage solution, I compiled gtkdialog using vte as follows,

-> wget https://gtkdialog.googlecode.com/files/gtkdialog-0.8.3.tar.gz
-> decompress file to '~/Download/gtkdialog-0.8.3/', and cd into the folder
-> sudo apt-get install gtk+-2.0-dev
-> sudo ./configure
look for VTE... no
-> sudo apt-get install libvte-dev
-> sudo ./configure
look for VTE... yes
-> sudo make
-> sudo make install
-> gtkdialog -v

This should show:

gtkdialog version 0.8.3 release (C) 2003-2007
Laszlo Pere, 2011-2012 Thunor Built with additional support for: VTE.

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  • Urk. Thank you for the precise and intimidating answer.
    – K7AAY
    Sep 24, 2015 at 9:15
  • @K7AAY: You had better decide what to do with this answer. If it's too intimidating, then get help or try to follow the above directions. This procedure is not very risky.
    – harrymc
    Sep 30, 2015 at 10:09
  • Your comment, sir, exceeds the bounds of commonly accepted manners.
    – K7AAY
    Sep 30, 2015 at 10:14
  • I was only trying to encourage you to try this procedure, but you took this as an insult. I apologize if my comment contained any kind of insult, and would like to understand more about your feelings in the matter. Please remember that I'm only trying to help and do not receive any kind of return for my efforts except appreciation.
    – harrymc
    Sep 30, 2015 at 18:45
  • Excellent solution. Only the site where is gtkdialog is different: wget code.google.com/archive/p/gtkdialog/downloads/… and in the third line you wrote sudo apt-get intsall gtk+-2.0-dev it should be: sudo apt-get install gtk+-2.0-dev
    – Carlos Eugenio CE
    Jul 4, 2017 at 18:16

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