after all the trouble yesterday with it- i uninstalled it from the software manager in linux- then installed from command line in terminal instead using sudo apt-get install lynis, then ran from command line- and it worked- I shoudla just installed from terminal at first- lol
Lol, someone here once told me not to discount the power of the command line and to learn how to use it. They were right. I am finding that some of these app packages are not boxed up correctly so they don’t install correctly. But that is not the fault of Linux, it is the fault of the app developer and or download source.
And the CLI is not that hard to use for these things. The commands are actually extremely simple. And when a source supplies the install instructions it is a simple matter of copying and pasting a line for download and a line for install and hit enter. Done...
And honestly, using the CLI always grabs you the very latest newest version of that app. The packages are usually older versions and need to be updated after they are installed anyhow.
Let me share a tip though that has helped me. After you uninstall an app, also go to the terminal and run $ sudo apt purge appname. Or just use the CLI and that same command to uninstall it instead.
It will make sure and remove all traces of the app and configurations before you reinstall that app again. Using the other methods doesn’t always do a complete clean sweep uninstall. Because if there are any configurations left in there it could mess with the new reinstall and prevent it from working when it would have otherwise worked fine if those had not still been there.