Greetings,

I have a similar issue; I am still using the 0.99 version, but the issue I noticed is with regards to management of versions (app and plugins) and shouldn't be ignored as version management is a HUGE perk of SMath; that it is backwards AND forwards compatible.

This is an annoying bug as it doesn't give you any context, it just closes the application after 3seconds of trying to update plugins (if you have sufficient plugin versions, it doesn't try to update, and it doesn't crash as a result:



There is an easy work-around, just to delete (or correct) the plugin dependents within the SMath file you are accessing.




THOUGHT: I think this is attached to where a plugin is lock'd depending on your Account (for v1.00+ version); however the 0.99- versions do not have these Account restrictions/limitations. That is: the 0.99 version has a right to use a plugin and asks for updates, but the website assumes you need the proper Account level to access the plugins, and refuses the request.


May this be of Good Help;
⚜ Kenny Lemens, P.E. ᵂᴵ

Greetings,

To the best of my knowledge, there are at lest (4) bad plugins that will not install:

• "...\plugins\0370e95d-cfdf-4f76-96cb-468d63d765c0"
• "...\plugins\a9f5e37d-83f5-4a4b-a106-0ba7b202abbb"
• "...\plugins\e40eaef6-4622-4ef3-ad03-077e8f005bb1"
• "...\plugins\20ad815b-bc5e-487d-9258-57fde2ac6de8"

I think the issue is that the program never addressed the possibility that a plugin that throws errors/doesn't work would ever be posted. As such, I believe that if ADMIN removes these (4) plugins from the online gallery, functionality of the 'checking for updates' will be restored:



May this be of Good Help;
⚜ Kenny Lemens, P.E. ᵂᴵ

Greetings,

Thank you for the reply Davide. With regards to this topic:


As it is, I am running appVersion(4)="0.99.7822.147" and SMath does not support the ability to download/update, nor is it possible to view the online gallery [NOTE: I don't even use the (4) plugins that I identified]. I am noticing the same behavior as MarB:



Blow is an error message I captured before the crash. I cannot see much information, but it provides some context (i.e. an XML exception):



[FOLLOWUP]: I will concede, this may not be due to the plugins as the ability to check for updates on the software, or to access any of the online galleries contained within the Extensions Manager, will result in a crash. As such, disabling the (4) 'bad' plugins probably would have ZERO effect on addressing the underlining cause...

May this be of Good Help;
⚜ Kenny Lemens, P.E. ᵂᴵ

Edited by user 08 August 2023 00:23:47(UTC)  | Reason: additional comments in Brown

I have had the same/similar issue and have solved it on my Linux Mint system.
Smath did not start up anymore after installing plugins.

Solution on Linux:
Just simply go to


and delete the latest folder.
The folder name has some randomly looking characters.

Edited by user 17 September 2023 12:43:28(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

The issue also affects the installed version on windows.
Is there a chance to get those "older versions" (i. e. 1.0.8253) to work with plugins or extensions?
Manual download of extensions isn't possible, is it?

Edited by user 18 September 2023 14:40:11(UTC)  | Reason: typo corrected