Alright folks, let me tell you about my Tenz setup adventure yesterday. Was supposed to be simple. Ended up being one of those days where I almost threw my keyboard through the window.
The Grand Plan
First I thought, “hey this Tenz thing looks simple” after skimming some docs. Grabbed my coffee ready to knock this out before lunch. Opened terminal and typed that sweet install command they recommended. Boom – error message hits me like a brick. Some dependency nonsense missing. Didn’t even know I needed that crap.
Down The Rabbit Hole
Started digging through forums. Everyone’s talking about different fixes so I tried them all:
- Copied some random config code from a 3-year-old GitHub issue
- Mess with environment variables like I knew what I was doing
- Reinstalled twice while crossing my fingers
Each try gave me new errors. Like playing whack-a-mole with computer gremlins. Screens full of red text making my eyes bleed.
The Turning Point
Finally found this obscure comment buried deep in some subreddit. Dude said “just delete that hidden folder in your home directory”. Felt sketchy but I was desperate. Deleted the damn thing like ripping off a bandaid.
Held my breath and ran the setup command again. Console starts spitting out green text! Progress bars moving! Felt like the heavens opened up. Did a little victory dance in my chair while my dog looked at me like I’m crazy.
Final Stretch
Thought I was home free until it demanded API keys. More Google searching. Ended up creating accounts on two different services just to get these magic strings. Pasted them into the config file with shaky hands. Hit enter… and the thing finally spun up without errors. Only took me five freaking hours.
Honestly? Half the “official” guides are outdated garbage. Real ones know the fixes come from random people’s rants in forum threads. Saved my configs immediately after it worked – ain’t going through that hell again. Moral of the story: computers smell fear.
