Installing on Ubuntu
I'm trying to install clawdbot for the first time on an ubuntu 25.04 physical host machine. I've been through the install process a few times, and keep getting stuck (I think) because the daemon isn't running. I've been trying to install clawdbot as a user with sudo privileges - trying to install brew as root generates errors (And I believe having brew on there is mandatory). I've basically installed npm + brew + clawdbot as this user account. I keep ending up with this at the end of the install process:
Health check failed: gateway closed (1006 abnormal closure (no close frame)): no close reason
Gateway target: ws://127.0.0.1:18789
Source: local loopback
Config: /home/clawdbot/.clawdbot/clawdbot.json
Bind: loopback
this last install, I started with clawdbot onboard --install-daemon, but running clawdbot daemon status afterwards I get:
Service: systemd (disabled)
Service config looks out of date or non-standard.
Service config issue: Gateway service PATH is not set; the daemon should use a minimal PATH.
Recommendation: run "clawdbot doctor" (or "clawdbot doctor --repair").
Config (cli): ~/.clawdbot/clawdbot.json
Config (service): ~/.clawdbot/clawdbot.json
Runtime: unknown (Error: systemctl --user unavailable: Failed to connect to user scope bus via local transport: $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS and $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not defined (consider using --machine=<user>@.host --user to connect to bus of other user))
RPC probe: failed
RPC target: ws://127.0.0.1:18789
gateway closed (1006 abnormal closure (no close frame)): no close reason
Gateway target: ws://127.0.0.1:18789
Source: cli --url
Config: /home/clawdbot/.clawdbot/clawdbot.json
systemd user services unavailable.
systemd user services are unavailable; install/enable systemd or run the gateway under your supervisor.
Health check failed: gateway closed (1006 abnormal closure (no close frame)): no close reason
Gateway target: ws://127.0.0.1:18789
Source: local loopback
Config: /home/clawdbot/.clawdbot/clawdbot.json
Bind: loopback
this last install, I started with clawdbot onboard --install-daemon, but running clawdbot daemon status afterwards I get:
Service: systemd (disabled)
Service config looks out of date or non-standard.
Service config issue: Gateway service PATH is not set; the daemon should use a minimal PATH.
Recommendation: run "clawdbot doctor" (or "clawdbot doctor --repair").
Config (cli): ~/.clawdbot/clawdbot.json
Config (service): ~/.clawdbot/clawdbot.json
Runtime: unknown (Error: systemctl --user unavailable: Failed to connect to user scope bus via local transport: $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS and $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not defined (consider using --machine=<user>@.host --user to connect to bus of other user))
RPC probe: failed
RPC target: ws://127.0.0.1:18789
gateway closed (1006 abnormal closure (no close frame)): no close reason
Gateway target: ws://127.0.0.1:18789
Source: cli --url
Config: /home/clawdbot/.clawdbot/clawdbot.json
systemd user services unavailable.
systemd user services are unavailable; install/enable systemd or run the gateway under your supervisor.
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