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| First post | 2015-09-30 05:20 +0200 |
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googleearth-package (jessie) rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-09-30 05:20 +0200
Re: googleearth-package (jessie) rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-09-30 06:40 +0200
Re: googleearth-package (jessie) Heracles <heracles@iprimus.com.au> - 2015-09-30 07:40 +0200
Re: googleearth-package (jessie) rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-09-30 08:00 +0200
Re: googleearth-package (jessie) Heracles <heracles@iprimus.com.au> - 2015-09-30 08:10 +0200
Re: googleearth-package (jessie) rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-09-30 08:30 +0200
Re: googleearth-package (jessie) rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-10-03 07:30 +0200
Re: googleearth-package (jessie) Petter Adsen <petter@synth.no> - 2015-10-03 10:00 +0200
Re: googleearth-package (jessie) rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-10-03 21:00 +0200
Re: googleearth-package (jessie) Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 18:10 +0200
Re: googleearth-package (jessie) Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2015-10-03 19:20 +0200
Re: googleearth-package (jessie) Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 21:00 +0200
Re: googleearth-package (jessie) Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 21:10 +0200
Re: googleearth-package (jessie) Erwan David <erwan@rail.eu.org> - 2015-10-03 21:30 +0200
Re: googleearth-package (jessie) Wayne Topa <linuxtwo@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 22:50 +0200
Re: googleearth-package (jessie) Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 23:20 +0200
Re: googleearth-package (jessie) rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-10-03 21:30 +0200
Re: googleearth-package (jessie) Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 23:00 +0200
Re: googleearth-package (jessie) The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2015-10-03 23:20 +0200
Re: googleearth-package (jessie) rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-10-03 23:40 +0200
Re: googleearth-package (jessie) Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 23:40 +0200
Re: googleearth-package (jessie) rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-10-03 23:50 +0200
Re: googleearth-package (jessie) Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-10-04 00:30 +0200
Re: googleearth-package (jessie) John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2015-10-03 23:50 +0200
Re: googleearth-package (jessie) rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-10-04 00:10 +0200
Re: googleearth-package (jessie) John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2015-10-04 00:40 +0200
Re: googleearth-package (jessie) Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-10-04 00:40 +0200
Re: googleearth-package -- errata rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-10-04 00:50 +0200
Re: googleearth-package -- errata Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-10-04 13:40 +0200
Re: googleearth-package (jessie) Heracles <heracles@iprimus.com.au> - 2015-10-04 10:10 +0200
Re: googleearth-package (jessie) Heracles <heracles@iprimus.com.au> - 2015-10-04 10:20 +0200
Re: googleearth-package (jessie) Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2015-09-30 15:30 +0200
Re: googleearth-package (jessie) <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2015-09-30 15:50 +0200
Re: googleearth-package (jessie) rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-09-30 16:10 +0200
Re: googleearth-package (jessie) rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-09-30 16:00 +0200
Re: googleearth-package (jessie) Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2015-09-30 18:50 +0200
Re: googleearth-package (jessie) Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-09-30 19:00 +0200
Re: googleearth-package (jessie) Tony van der Hoff <tony@vanderhoff.org> - 2015-09-30 19:10 +0200
Re: googleearth-package (jessie) Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-09-30 22:00 +0200
Re: googleearth-package (jessie) Glenn English <ghe@slsware.net> - 2015-09-30 22:10 +0200
Re: googleearth-package (jessie) Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2015-09-30 23:00 +0200
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| From | rlharris@oplink.net |
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| Date | 2015-09-30 05:20 +0200 |
| Subject | googleearth-package (jessie) |
| Message-ID | <qeg5X-10c-1@gated-at.bofh.it> |
Progress report:
I followed the tutorial http://sparkylinux.org/forum/index.php?topic=2535.0.
dpkg reported two missing dependencies, namely, libfreeimage3 and
lsb-core. To install them, synaptic needed to uninstall googleearth.
After installing the two packages, I executed the dpkg -i command
suggested by dpkg (which command did not include the -f option), and the
installation completed without error.
However, upon launching /usr/bin/googleearth, nothing appears to happen.
I noticed that the file was only 546 bytes, and is a bash script; it reads
as follows:
======================================================
#!/bin/sh
# 556102
export LC_ALL=C
cd /usr/lib/googleearth
# this no longer works with Google Earth 4.3, so we have to revert to
using LD_LIBRARY_PATH, sorry
#exec /lib/ld-linux.so.2 --library-path /usr/lib/googleearth
/usr/lib/googleearth/googleearth-bin "$@"
GOOGLE_EARTH_LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/googleearth
if [ ! -z "$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" ]; then
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:${GOOGLE_EARTH_LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
else
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${GOOGLE_EARTH_LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
fi
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
/usr/lib/googleearth/googleearth-bin "$@"
==============================================
Now what should I try?
RLH
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| From | rlharris@oplink.net |
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| Date | 2015-09-30 06:40 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <qehlo-2JC-5@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #158437 |
Further progress:
Launching googlearth from a terminal prompt produces the error message:
/usr/lib/googleearth-bin: error while loading shared libraries:
libcurl.so.4 cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory.
Jessie has the following libcurl3 packages:
libcurl3
libcurl3-gnutls
libcurl3-ncs
but only the following libcurl4 packages:
libcurl4-gnutls-dev
libcurl4-nss-dev
libcurl4-openssl-dev
Would any of these satisfy googleearth-bin?
RLH
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| From | Heracles <heracles@iprimus.com.au> |
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| Date | 2015-09-30 07:40 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <qeiht-44N-9@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #158441 |
On 30/09/15 14:31, rlharris@oplink.net wrote: > Further progress: > > Launching googlearth from a terminal prompt produces the error message: > > /usr/lib/googleearth-bin: error while loading shared libraries: > libcurl.so.4 cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory. > > Jessie has the following libcurl3 packages: > libcurl3 > libcurl3-gnutls > libcurl3-ncs > > but only the following libcurl4 packages: > libcurl4-gnutls-dev > libcurl4-nss-dev > libcurl4-openssl-dev > > Would any of these satisfy googleearth-bin? > > RLH > > > I'm not sure if it still the case, but to get google-earth working on my 64 bit system some months ago I had to patch the script and repack the package. The instructions on what was required was (and probably still is) available on the net. I was using Ubuntu back then but it may also be true for Debian. Heracles
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| From | rlharris@oplink.net |
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| Date | 2015-09-30 08:00 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <qeiAP-4r8-5@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #158442 |
On Wed, September 30, 2015 12:38 am, Heracles wrote: > I'm not sure if it still the case, but to get google-earth working on my > 64 bit system some months ago I had to patch the script and repack the > package. The instructions on what was required was (and probably still is) > available on the net. I was using Ubuntu back then ... Thanks for the tip. I decided that I rather devote to GE a Linux machine on the BLUE port of my router (which is isolated from the GREEN port), rather than to endure the insult of a W$ machine on the premises. And while I still hope to run GE under Debian, Ubuntu is preferable to W$. RLH
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| From | Heracles <heracles@iprimus.com.au> |
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| Date | 2015-09-30 08:10 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <qeiKv-4Sa-17@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #158444 |
On 30/09/15 15:55, rlharris@oplink.net wrote: > On Wed, September 30, 2015 12:38 am, Heracles wrote: >> I'm not sure if it still the case, but to get google-earth working on my >> 64 bit system some months ago I had to patch the script and repack the >> package. The instructions on what was required was (and probably still is) >> available on the net. I was using Ubuntu back then ... > Thanks for the tip. I decided that I rather devote to GE a Linux machine > on the BLUE port of my router (which is isolated from the GREEN port), > rather than to endure the insult of a W$ machine on the premises. And > while I still hope to run GE under Debian, Ubuntu is preferable to W$. > > RLH > > > > I just installed Google-Earth using "synaptic" in Debian8 and it worked fine. It had to install a few other bits and pieces but as it did all the work I was fine with it. Google-earth works without errors. Heracles
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| From | rlharris@oplink.net |
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| Date | 2015-09-30 08:30 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <qej3Q-5eJ-11@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #158445 |
On Wed, September 30, 2015 1:08 am, Heracles wrote: > I just installed Google-Earth using "synaptic" in Debian8 and it worked > fine. It had to install a few other bits and pieces but as it did all the > work I was fine with it. Google-earth works without errors. Heracles So I have wasted an entire evening with the Debian package "googleearth-package" which I did not need? Fooey! I do thank you, Heracles. RLH
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| From | rlharris@oplink.net |
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| Date | 2015-10-03 07:30 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <qfnyp-Oc-1@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #158445 |
On Wed, September 30, 2015 1:08 am, Heracles wrote: > I just installed Google-Earth using "synaptic" in Debian8 and it worked > fine. It had to install a few other bits and pieces but as it did all the > work I was fine with it. Google-earth works without errors. Heracles Heracles, Would you be so kind as to outline the procedure for using synaptic to install the .deb package which I downloaded from the Google Earth web site? I use synaptic all the time, but always with packages which are in the Debian repositories. I searched and saw that some people are installing using "dpkg -i"; but does that take care of dependencies? I plan to run GE on a i386 laptop, so the package which I downloaded is the 32-bit: google-earth-stable_current_i386.deb Thanks. Russ
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| From | Petter Adsen <petter@synth.no> |
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| Date | 2015-10-03 10:00 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <qfpTA-40C-11@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #158533 |
On Sat, 3 Oct 2015 00:21:44 -0500 rlharris@oplink.net wrote: > On Wed, September 30, 2015 1:08 am, Heracles wrote: > > I just installed Google-Earth using "synaptic" in Debian8 and it worked > > fine. It had to install a few other bits and pieces but as it did all the > > work I was fine with it. Google-earth works without errors. Heracles > > Heracles, > > Would you be so kind as to outline the procedure for using synaptic to > install the .deb package which I downloaded from the Google Earth web > site? > > I use synaptic all the time, but always with packages which are in the > Debian repositories. I searched and saw that some people are installing > using "dpkg -i"; but does that take care of dependencies? > > I plan to run GE on a i386 laptop, so the package which I downloaded is > the 32-bit: > > google-earth-stable_current_i386.deb Use gdebi. That will handle dependencies. Petter -- "I'm ionized" "Are you sure?" "I'm positive."
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| From | rlharris@oplink.net |
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| Date | 2015-10-03 21:00 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <qfAci-1UC-13@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #158536 |
On Sat, October 3, 2015 2:51 am, Petter Adsen wrote: > On Sat, 3 Oct 2015 00:21:44 -0500 > rlharris@oplink.net wrote: ... >> Would you be so kind as to outline the procedure for using synaptic to >> install the .deb package which I downloaded from the Google Earth web >> site? ... > Use gdebi. That will handle dependencies. That was almost too easy. What a marvelous little package! But this is first time I have heard of it. Many thanks; I now am running GE/Xfce/Jessie on my i386 laptop. Russ
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| From | Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2015-10-03 18:10 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <qfxxM-6Jn-9@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #158533 |
On Saturday 03 October 2015 06:21:44 rlharris@oplink.net wrote: > I searched and saw that some people are installing > using "dpkg -i"; but does that take care of dependencies? No. But try: # dpkg -i foo.deb Which will probably complain about dependencies, then: # apt-get -f install Which will sort out the dependencies and finish installing foo.deb. I just tried it for the first time, and it worked a treat. Otherwise, list the missing dependencies and install them manually! (Or with Synaptic.) Lisi
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| From | Curt <curty@free.fr> |
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| Date | 2015-10-03 19:20 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <qfyDw-8hJ-11@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #158544 |
On 2015-10-03, Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> wrote: > On Saturday 03 October 2015 06:21:44 rlharris@oplink.net wrote: >> I searched and saw that some people are installing >> using "dpkg -i"; but does that take care of dependencies? > > No. But try: > > # dpkg -i foo.deb > > Which will probably complain about dependencies, then: > > # apt-get -f install > Which will sort out the dependencies and finish installing foo.deb. > > I just tried it for the first time, and it worked a treat. > Otherwise, list the missing dependencies and install them manually! (Or with > Synaptic.) Didn't someone mention gdebi? Description: Simple tool to install deb files - GNOME GUI gdebi lets you install local deb packages resolving and installing its dependencies. apt does the same, but only for remote (http, ftp) located packages. I think it was Petter (not sure of spelling). > Lisi > > --
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| From | Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2015-10-03 21:00 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <qfAci-1UC-3@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #158546 |
On Saturday 03 October 2015 18:18:08 Curt wrote: > On 2015-10-03, Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Saturday 03 October 2015 06:21:44 rlharris@oplink.net wrote: > >> I searched and saw that some people are installing > >> using "dpkg -i"; but does that take care of dependencies? > > > > No. But try: > > > > # dpkg -i foo.deb > > > > Which will probably complain about dependencies, then: > > > > # apt-get -f install > > Which will sort out the dependencies and finish installing foo.deb. > > > > I just tried it for the first time, and it worked a treat. > > > > Otherwise, list the missing dependencies and install them manually! (Or > > with Synaptic.) > > Didn't someone mention gdebi? Yes. So are you saying that only solutions applicable to GNOME, and nothing else, are allowed on this list now? Do we actually know that the OP uses Gnome? That all future readers of the archives will use Gnome? And are you saying that only those prepared to offer GUI solutions are allowed to answer questions specifically about CLI problems, in this case, in this post, specifically dpkg -i? Lisi > Description: Simple tool to install deb files - GNOME GUI > gdebi lets you install local deb packages resolving and installing > its dependencies. apt does the same, but only for remote (http, ftp) > located packages. > > I think it was Petter (not sure of spelling). > > > Lisi
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| From | Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2015-10-03 21:10 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <qfAlX-2lm-13@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #158547 |
On Saturday 03 October 2015 19:50:18 Lisi Reisz wrote: > Do we actually know that the OP uses Gnome? > That all future readers of the archives will use Gnome? The OP has since posted. I was forgetting that several other desktops use Gnome applications. But I still maintain that a CLI answer to a CLI question is worth having in the archives. Lisi
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| From | Erwan David <erwan@rail.eu.org> |
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| Date | 2015-10-03 21:30 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <qfAFk-2Id-17@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #158549 |
Le 03/10/2015 21:21, rlharris@oplink.net a écrit : > On Sat, October 3, 2015 2:06 pm, Lisi Reisz wrote: >> On Saturday 03 October 2015 19:50:18 Lisi Reisz wrote: >>> Do we actually know that the OP uses Gnome? Â >>> That all future readers of the archives will use Gnome? >> I was forgetting that several other desktops >> use Gnome applications. But I still maintain that a CLI answer to a CLI >> question is worth having in the archives. > Perhaps I missed something, but > > (1) is gdebi a Gnome package? and > > (2) what is not CLI about the command: > > ~/Downloads # gdebi gnome-earth-stable_current_i386.deb > > Russ > > > the gdebi package contains the gnome version, the cli is in gdebi-core. There is also a kde version in gdebi-kde Maybe a wishlist bug for renaming the packages, since it is strange the gdebi command is not in the gdebi package.
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| From | Wayne Topa <linuxtwo@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2015-10-03 22:50 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <qfBUK-4pO-3@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #158550 |
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rr4ddw aa. tbIf y .r.à Idea a1 On Oct 3, 2015 4:28 PM, "Erwan David" <erwan@rail.eu.org> wrote: > Le 03/10/2015 21:21, rlharris@oplink.net a écrit : > > On Sat, October 3, 2015 2:06 pm, Lisi Reisz wrote: > >> On Saturday 03 October 2015 19:50:18 Lisi Reisz wrote: > >>> Do we actually know that the OP uses Gnome? Â > >>> That all future readers of the archives will use Gnome? > >> I was forgetting that several other desktops > >> use Gnome applications. But I still maintain that a CLI answer to a CLI > >> question is worth having in the archives. > > Perhaps I missed something, but > > > > (1) is gdebi a Gnome package? and > > > > (2) what is not CLI about the command: > > > > ~/Downloads # gdebi gnome-earth-stable_current_i386.deb > > > > Russ > > > > > > > > the gdebi package contains the gnome version, the cli is in gdebi-core. > There is also a kde version in gdebi-kde > > Maybe a wishlist bug for renaming the packages, since it is strange the > gdebi command is not in the gdebi package. > >
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| From | Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2015-10-03 23:20 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <qfCnL-5d4-5@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #158550 |
On Saturday 03 October 2015 20:27:47 Erwan David wrote: > Le 03/10/2015 21:21, rlharris@oplink.net a écrit : > > On Sat, October 3, 2015 2:06 pm, Lisi Reisz wrote: > >> On Saturday 03 October 2015 19:50:18 Lisi Reisz wrote: > >>> Do we actually know that the OP uses Gnome? Â > >>> That all future readers of the archives will use Gnome? > >> > >> I was forgetting that several other desktops > >> use Gnome applications. But I still maintain that a CLI answer to a CLI > >> question is worth having in the archives. > > > > Perhaps I missed something, but > > > > (1) is gdebi a Gnome package? and > > > > (2) what is not CLI about the command: > > > > ~/Downloads # gdebi gnome-earth-stable_current_i386.deb > > > > Russ > > the gdebi package contains the gnome version, the cli is in gdebi-core. > There is also a kde version in gdebi-kde > > Maybe a wishlist bug for renaming the packages, since it is strange the > gdebi command is not in the gdebi package. Thanks, Erwan for the explanation. So I haven't quite gone mad, and aptitude search explains all. gdebi GNOME GUI is indeed a Gnome GUI tool. But the gdebi command is, according to aptitude search, in gdebi-core, which I have installed. I have not installed either of the GUI packages. I'll see whether it works next time I have a .deb to install. Lisi
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| From | rlharris@oplink.net |
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| Date | 2015-10-03 21:30 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <qfAFk-2Id-15@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #158549 |
On Sat, October 3, 2015 2:06 pm, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Saturday 03 October 2015 19:50:18 Lisi Reisz wrote:
>> Do we actually know that the OP uses Gnome? Â
>> That all future readers of the archives will use Gnome?
> I was forgetting that several other desktops
> use Gnome applications. But I still maintain that a CLI answer to a CLI
> question is worth having in the archives.
Perhaps I missed something, but
(1) is gdebi a Gnome package? and
(2) what is not CLI about the command:
~/Downloads # gdebi gnome-earth-stable_current_i386.deb
Russ
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| From | Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2015-10-03 23:00 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <qfC4q-4AZ-9@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #158551 |
On Saturday 03 October 2015 20:21:55 rlharris@oplink.net wrote: > On Sat, October 3, 2015 2:06 pm, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Saturday 03 October 2015 19:50:18 Lisi Reisz wrote: > >> Do we actually know that the OP uses Gnome? Â > >> That all future readers of the archives will use Gnome? > > > > I was forgetting that several other desktops > > use Gnome applications. But I still maintain that a CLI answer to a CLI > > question is worth having in the archives. > > Perhaps I missed something, but > > (1) is gdebi a Gnome package? and Curt said it was: Simple tool to install deb files - GNOME GUI > > (2) what is not CLI about the command: > Nothing. I stand corrected. But almost all references to it, including aptitude show and its name, refer to its graphical user interface. > Simple tool to install deb files - **GNOME GUI** > ~/Downloads # gdebi gnome-earth-stable_current_i386.deb I also thought that the package you were trying to install was called "googleearth". It says so in the subject line. Ah! A search suggests that you did actually mean googleearth not gnome-earth. "gdebi is a simple tool to install deb files. It lets you install local deb packages resolving and installing. its dependencies. apt does the same, but only for remote (http, ftp) located package repositories. It has a graphical user interface but can also be used in your terminal." I had not gathered the last few words. It is obviously a very useful tool. But it raises another question. Why is it called "GNOME GUI", which it does seem to be consistently, if it is neither a Gnome tool nor a GUI one?? I've only just gravitated to apt-get -f install. I obviously need to gravitate to gdebi. Lisi
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| From | The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> |
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| Date | 2015-10-03 23:20 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <qfCnL-5d4-1@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #158553 |
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On 2015-10-03 at 16:56, Lisi Reisz wrote: > "gdebi is a simple tool to install deb files. It lets you install local deb > packages resolving and installing. its dependencies. apt does the same, but > only for remote (http, ftp) located package repositories. It has a graphical > user interface but can also be used in your terminal." > > I had not gathered the last few words. It is obviously a very useful tool. > But it raises another question. Why is it called "GNOME GUI", which it does > seem to be consistently, if it is neither a Gnome tool nor a GUI one?? There are three relevant packages here: $ apt-cache search gdebi | grep gdebi gdebi - simple tool to view and install deb files - GNOME GUI gdebi-core - simple tool to install deb files gdebi-kde - simple tool to install deb files - KDE GUI The CLI to gdebi is in the gdebi-core package. There are two GUIs available, which are in separate packages, which are labeled appropriately. It would probably be more appropriate if the three packages were named 'gdebi-gnome', 'gdebi-cli', and 'gdebi-kde', respectively, with the unadorned 'gdebi' being either a metapackage or a virtual package. (And possibly with a separate 'gdebi-core' or 'gdebi-common' package for the shared elements, which are currently in the same package as the CLI.) The maintainer has not chosen to do it that way, however, and the current approach does make some amount of sense. -- The Wanderer The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw
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| From | rlharris@oplink.net |
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| Date | 2015-10-03 23:40 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <qfCH7-5Dz-1@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #158553 |
On Sat, October 3, 2015 3:56 pm, Lisi Reisz wrote: > I also thought that the package you were trying to install was > called "googleearth". It says so in the subject line. Ah! A search > suggests that you did actually mean googleearth not gnome-earth. As best as I can put together the pieces, some time ago Google created a Debian package of Google Earth (gnome-earth-stable_current_i386.deb); the package is available for download from http://www.google.com/earth/. But until recently, Debian users have experienced difficulty installing the package and some have found the program problematic, once installed. So, someone in the realm of Debian put together a package called "googleearth-package", the function of which is to (1) download from the Google web site the latest stable revision of Google Earth, (2) from it build a new Debian package, and (3) install the new Debian package. That appears to have been a good solution. However, pretty much coincident with the advent of Jessie, the "gnome-earth-stable_current_i386.deb" package provided by Google appears to install and run properly, at least when installed with the command "gdebi gnome-earth-stable_current_i386.deb". So, at the present time, it appears that the need for "googleearth-package" has passed -- at least with respect to Jessie (and in my case, with the combination of Xfce on an i386 system). Direct installation with gdebi is simpler and faster. P.S. I am posting this to the list simply because the knowledge would have saved me a number of hours of search and trial and error. Russ
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