Oh, I didn't know it was available in the repos :)
Anyway, I get the same massages that you get when starting it on terminal but
it's working fine on my pc:
ALSA lib pcm.c:2239:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.rear
ALSA lib pcm.c:2239:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.center_lfe
ALSA lib pcm.c:2239:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.side
bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111)
bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111)
bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111)
bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111)
Cannot connect to server socket err = No such file or directory
Cannot connect to server request channel
jack server is not running or cannot be started
So I don't think that that gives any info on the problem your having. Is
there any .performous directory in your user dir? Maybe there is a log there,
does it just don't run or does it opens and then closes? Any way, I will
suggest that whatever you find, you should go to the performous' github and
ask there: https://github.com/performous/performous/issues
