I'm using Linux Mint 18.1.

There's an OpenSCAD folder in /usr/share.

There's an OpenSCAD folder in .local/share.

I think there might even be one under .config.

I've copied the folders from /usr/share EVERYWHERE.

I've chmod the settings recursive 777.

Still NOTHING shows up in OpenSCAD.

So, what's the super secret handshake to make this work.

A suggestion:

Maybe either show the folder (such as with Libraries) or perhaps
better yet, allow the setting of the folder location from Preferences.

So far nothing I've seen or tried has worked.

So, what am I missing?

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The examples are normally (well, on Debian) installed in
/usr/share/openscad/examples/examples.json with that JSON
file being the main index and the actual examples in
subdirectories.

ciao,
Torsten.

Yeah, I got it from "some Mint repo".

BIG mistake.

As an alternative, on two PCs tested now,
I used the instructions from the download page
for Ubuntu, including the add repository.

I, first, uninstalled, cleaned out my system and
purged files with:

sudo apt-get autoremove,
sudo apt-get autoclean,

and

sudo apt-get purge.

Then I added the other install commands, verbatim.

After that, openscad found the example files, no doubt,
via a more accurate install / update and they're all there
now, where I was expecting to find them and as indicated
here.

If only there weren't so many ways to get it wrong.

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