uiScribe uiScribe installation failed, scribe is not installed

[garycnew]

All:

When I attempt to install uiScribe using amtm I receive the error: uiScribe installation failed, scribe is not installed.

amtm 6.1.5 by thelonelycoder

GT-AXE11000 (aarch64) Kernel-4.1.52
FW-3004.388.8_4 @ 192.168.0.1
Operation Mode: Wireless router
Thu Jan 15 20:59:07 MST 2026

Please select an option: s

checking syslog-ng daemon ... alive.
syslog.log default location ... /tmp/syslog.log
... & agrees with config file ... okay!

checking system for necessary scribe hooks ...

checking S01syslog-ng ... present.
checking service-event ... present.
checking post-mount ... present.
checking unmount ... present.
checking logrotate cron job ... present.
checking directory links ... present.

checking syslog-ng configuration ...

syslog-ng.conf version check ... in sync. (4.7)
syslog-ng.conf syntax check ... okay!

scribe installed version: v3.2.6 (master)
scribe GitHub version: v3.2.6 (master)
scribe is up to date!

Scribe is clearly installed and appears to be running fine.

What's up with uiScribe?

Thanks.

 

[dave14305]

uiScribe/uiScribe.sh at f860012232cd7ecc79aa325dfb6541d387465262 · AMTM-OSR/uiScribe

uiScribe updates the System Log page to show log files created by Scribe (syslog-ng). Requires Scribe https://github.com/cynicastic/scribe - AMTM-OSR/uiScribe

github.com

It’s looking for scribe to be executable.

 

[garycnew]

uiScribe/uiScribe.sh at f860012232cd7ecc79aa325dfb6541d387465262 · AMTM-OSR/uiScribe

uiScribe updates the System Log page to show log files created by Scribe (syslog-ng). Requires Scribe https://github.com/cynicastic/scribe - AMTM-OSR/uiScribe

github.com

It’s looking for scribe to be executable.

It appears to be World executable...

# ls -l /opt/bin/scribe
lrwxrwxrwx    1 admin    root            20 Dec  7 16:54 /opt/bin/scribe -> /jffs/scripts/scribe

# ls -l /jffs/scripts/scribe
-rwxr-xr-x    1 admin    root         79649 Jan 15 20:38 /jffs/scripts/scribe

 

[dave14305]

It appears to be World executable...

# ls -l /opt/bin/scribe
lrwxrwxrwx    1 admin    root            20 Dec  7 16:54 /opt/bin/scribe -> /jffs/scripts/scribe

# ls -l /jffs/scripts/scribe
-rwxr-xr-x    1 admin    root         79649 Jan 15 20:38 /jffs/scripts/scribe

Oh, amtm is looking for logrotate in post-mount also. Maybe scribe has changed.

amtm/amtm_modules/uiScribe.mod at 6251ec0cc8610d717493ebedd80bf29a383fb757 · decoderman/amtm

amtm - the Asuswrt-Merlin Terminal Menu. Contribute to decoderman/amtm development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

Edit: yes, the post-mount entry changed here:

New option and Code Improvements · AMTM-OSR/scribe@725db09

- New menu option to set the interval for the logrotate cron job. - Changes to support uiScribe calls to rotate or clear logs. - Miscellaneous code improvements.

github.com

 

[Martinski]

When I attempt to install uiScribe using amtm I receive the error: uiScribe installation failed, scribe is not installed.
...

This morning, a friend of mine alerted me to the uiScribe installation problem reported on this thread. Apologies for not responding earlier; I've been very busy with work and have had no time to check my secondary emails and the SNB Forums messages all this past week.

Oh, amtm is looking for logrotate in post-mount also. Maybe scribe has changed.

amtm/amtm_modules/uiScribe.mod at 6251ec0cc8610d717493ebedd80bf29a383fb757 · decoderman/amtm

amtm - the Asuswrt-Merlin Terminal Menu. Contribute to decoderman/amtm development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

Edit: yes, the post-mount entry changed here:

New option and Code Improvements · AMTM-OSR/scribe@725db09

- New menu option to set the interval for the logrotate cron job. - Changes to support uiScribe calls to rotate or clear logs. - Miscellaneous code improvements.

github.com

Thanks @dave14305 for pointing out where the problem is. Yes, the format of the line inserted into the "/jffs/scripts/post-mount" script to create the cron job for log rotation was modified in November last year (and was modified further this year), so the current check in AMTM no longer works to find the inserted command, which is 1 of 2 checks used to validate whether Scribe is indeed installed.

I'll submit a PR later this evening to modify the check in the AMTM script. IMO, it should no longer check for the "logrotate" cron job since logrotate might no longer be needed if/when Entware eventually releases (sometime this year) syslog-ng version 4.10.xx, which integrates its own log rotation mechanism. Instead, AMTM can make a couple of other checks to verify that Scribe has been installed.

Scribe is clearly installed and appears to be running fine.

In the meantime, you can install uiScribe directly from the Scribe CLI menu.
Select the "su) scribe utilities" option and then select the "ui" option to install uiScribe.

 

[thelonelycoder]

This morning, a friend of mine alerted me to the uiScribe installation problem reported on this thread. Apologies for not responding earlier; I've been very busy with work and have had no time to check my secondary emails and the SNB Forums messages all this past week.


Thanks @dave14305 for pointing out where the problem is. Yes, the format of the line inserted into the "/jffs/scripts/post-mount" script to create the cron job for log rotation was modified in November last year (and was modified further this year), so the current check in AMTM no longer works to find the inserted command, which is 1 of 2 checks used to validate whether Scribe is indeed installed.

I'll submit a PR later this evening to modify the check in the AMTM script. IMO, it should no longer check for the "logrotate" cron job since logrotate might no longer be needed if/when Entware eventually releases (sometime this year) syslog-ng version 4.10.xx, which integrates its own log rotation mechanism. Instead, AMTM can make a couple of other checks to verify that Scribe has been installed.


In the meantime, you can install uiScribe directly from the Scribe CLI menu.
Select the "su) scribe utilities" option and then select the "ui" option to install uiScribe.

View attachment 69967

As with most other scripts, I will rely on the main script‘s presence that the addon is installed. I will release an update this Saturday.

 

[garycnew]

All:

I appreciate the speedy, collective response with this issue!

I was able to successfully install uiScribe via scribe utilities!

amtm 6.1.5                by thelonelycoder

 GT-AXE11000 (aarch64) Kernel-4.1.52
 FW-3004.388.8_4 @ 192.168.0.1
 Operation Mode: Wireless router
 Fri Jan 16 15:25:39 MST 2026

 amtm - the Asuswrt-Merlin Terminal Menu     

 /mnt/HitachiHDD Size 112.3G Used 4.9G (5%) 

 5  open     scribe                     3.2.6

 j6 open     uiScribe                  1.4.11

It's great to witness the Asuswrt-Merlin community still going strong in 2026!

Thanks, Fellas!


Gary