Installing Sherpa RPA on OSNova#

Root or sudo privileges are required to install.

Disable memory protection:

To disable permanently, add the following to /etc/default/grub:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet mprotect=off"

Update GRUB:

sudo update-grub

Reboot the machine.

Add the Debian repository to install libgdiplus:

For OSNova 2:
- Download the file:
sudo wget https://dl.nppct.ru/onyx/stable/misc/apt/sources.list.d/zz-debian-10-buster.list
- Save the downloaded file to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/:
-P /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
For OSNova 3:
- Download the file:
sudo wget https://dl.nppct.ru/onyx3/stable/misc/apt/sources.list.d/zz-debian-12-bookworm.list
- Save the downloaded file to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/:
-P /etc/apt/sources.list.d/

Update package lists:

sudo apt update

1. Install .NET Core 8#

General installation instructions are available from Microsoft:

linux debiandocs.microsoft.com

install debiandocs.microsoft.com

Run in a terminal:

Download the installer file:
- For OSNova 2:
wget https://packages.microsoft.com/config/debian/10/packages-microsoft-prod.deb -O packages-microsoft-prod.deb
- For OSNova 3:
wget https://packages.microsoft.com/config/debian/12/packages-microsoft-prod.deb -O packages-microsoft-prod.deb
Install the downloaded file:

sudo dpkg -i packages-microsoft-prod.deb

Remove the temporary installer file:

rm packages-microsoft-prod.deb

Update package lists:

sudo apt update

Install .NET SDK version 8.0:

sudo apt install -y dotnet-sdk-8.0

Install PowerShell:

sudo apt install -y powershell

2. Install libgdiplus#

To enable keyboard and mouse emulation, install the libgdiplus library.

Run in a terminal:

sudo apt install libgdiplus

3. Install Tesseract#

Install Tesseract with:

sudo apt install tesseract-ocr-rus

If you plan to use Tesseract OCR or the automatic page rotation detection in the Templating tool, improve recognition quality by doing the following:

Download the archive

wget https://downloads.sherparpa.ru/SherpaRPA/linux/ru/traineddata.zip -O traineddata.zip

Unpack it to the folder

sudo unzip -o traineddata.zip -d /usr/share/tesseract-ocr/4.00/tessdata

4. Download and run the installer#

Remove the old installer and download the new one.

Run in a terminal:

Remove the old installer:

rm -f SherpaRPA ;

Download the latest installer:

wget https://downloads.sherparpa.ru/SherpaRPA/linux/ru/SherpaRPA -O SherpaRPA ;

Make the file executable:

chmod +x SherpaRPA ;

Run the installer:

./SherpaRPA .

To download and run the installer in one line, you can use: rm -f SherpaRPA && wget https://sherparpa.ru/downloads/linux/SherpaRPA.php -O SherpaRPA && chmod +x SherpaRPA && ./SherpaRPA

To install Sherpa RPA follow the instructions below:

If Sherpa was installed previously, a dialog will inform you. You can choose "Install" (to update) or "Remove" (to uninstall);

If this is a first-time installation, or you selected "Install" in the previous dialog, the installer will appear. You can choose:
- create a desktop shortcut,
- create a Start Menu folder,
- install the Robot for the current user or for all users;
Then click "Next";
Choose the installation folder and click "Next";