# Installation trouble on PureOS Debian

**URL:** <https://bisq.community/t/installation-trouble-on-pureos-debian/9790>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [September 5, 2020, 2:30am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/installation-trouble-on-pureos-debian/9790 "2020-09-05T02:30:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![brando](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/brando/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@brando](https://bisq.community/u/brando)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 2:30am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/installation-trouble-on-pureos-debian/9790/1 "2020-09-05T02:30:56Z")

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Hello Bisq Community,  
I have been wanting to use this application for some time but everytime I try and revisit it I run into the same problem. This is the output I receive:

Preparing to unpack Bisq-64bit-1.3.7.deb …  
Removing shortcut  
xdg-desktop-menu: No writable system menu directory found.  
dpkg: warning: old bisq package pre-removal script subprocess returned error exit status 3  
dpkg: trying script from the new package instead …  
dpkg: … it looks like that went OK  
Unpacking bisq (1.3.7) over (1.3.7) …  
Setting up bisq (1.3.7) …  
Adding shortcut to the menu  
xdg-desktop-menu: No writable system menu directory found.  
dpkg: error processing package bisq (–install):  
installed bisq package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 3  
Errors were encountered while processing:  
bisq

If anybody can help me solve it that would be greatly appreciated. Many thank you’s in advance.

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**Author:** ![MnM](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/mnm/32/257_2.png) [@MnM](https://bisq.community/u/MnM)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2020, 6:14am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/installation-trouble-on-pureos-debian/9790/2 "2020-09-07T06:14:37Z")

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Bisq works best with the most known Linux distributions (Ubuntu and Mint). I found this about debian in the [release notes](https://github.com/bisq-network/bisq/releases) maybe it helps:

> Linux:  
> Hint for Debian users:  
> If you have problems starting Bisq on Debian use: `/opt/Bisq/Bisq`  
> If your Linux distro does not support .deb files please follow this instruction:  
> cd ~/Downloads  
> mkdir tmp  
> cd tmp  
> ar x …/Bisq-64bit-1.3.7.deb  
> sudo tar Jxvf data.tar.xz  
> sudo cp -rp opt/Bisq /opt/  
> That instruction is not tested on many different distros. If you encounter problems please report it in a Github issue so we can improve it.

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**Author:** ![Bayernator](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/bayernator/32/2515_2.png) [@Bayernator](https://bisq.community/u/Bayernator)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2020, 3:46pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/installation-trouble-on-pureos-debian/9790/3 "2020-09-07T15:46:50Z")

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Follow what @MnM suggested below. I think that may correct your problem.

Otherwise take a look at this, but i think they are related. Data directory fails to create.

> <https://askubuntu.com/questions/405800/installation-problem-xdg-desktop-menu-no-writable-system-menu-directory-found>