[SOLVED] xnee ubuntu package crashes, can't build (libgtk2.0-dev dependency hell)

dewdrop_world · 01-25-2011, 01:47 AM

OK... all I wanted to do is to get xnee to work in Ubuntu 10.04. The "xnee" meta-package doesn't work at all -- "cnee --record....." crashes immediately. So I uninstalled the package and then tried to build the latest unstable source available from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/xnee/xnee-3.07.tar.gz, which puts me firmly in package dependency hell. I need libgtk2.0-dev, but it won't install on my machine.

Code:

dlm@dlm-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  libgtk2.0-dev: Depends: libgtk2.0-0 (= 2.20.0-0ubuntu4) but 2.20.1-0ubuntu2 is to be installed
                 Depends: libglib2.0-dev (>= 2.21.3) but it is not going to be installed
                 Depends: libpango1.0-dev (>= 1.20) but it is not going to be installed
                 Depends: libatk1.0-dev (>= 1.13.0) but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages

Help....???

xnee = http://www.sandklef.com/xnee/

I'm not so concerned about which version of xnee I can use, so long as it works. If there is something I can do to make the Ubuntu package not crash, that's great. Or, fix the library dependency.

Any ideas? Thanks!
James

knudfl · 01-25-2011, 03:33 AM

First thing to do by a package install : sudo apt-get update

Then, for xnee-3.07 : sudo apt-get install \
libgtk2.0-dev libxtst-dev x11proto-record-dev libpanel-applet2-dev

'xnee-3.07' : No segmentation fault / crash : Behaves better than 3.02.

This command seems to work :

Code:

cnee --record --events-to-record 1000 --mouse --keyboard -o /tmp/xnee.xns -e /tmp/xnee.log -v

Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid, 64bits was used for the above.
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dewdrop_world · 01-25-2011, 07:22 PM

Nope.

Code:

dlm@dlm-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev libxtst-dev x11proto-record-dev libpanel-applet2-dev
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
libxtst-dev is already the newest version.
x11proto-record-dev is already the newest version.
x11proto-record-dev set to manually installed.
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  libgtk2.0-dev: Depends: libgtk2.0-0 (= 2.20.0-0ubuntu4) but 2.20.1-0ubuntu2 is to be installed
                 Depends: libglib2.0-dev (>= 2.21.3) but it is not going to be installed
                 Depends: libpango1.0-dev (>= 1.20) but it is not going to be installed
                 Depends: libatk1.0-dev (>= 1.13.0) but it is not going to be installed
  libpanel-applet2-dev: Depends: libpanel-applet2-0 (= 1:2.30.0-0ubuntu1) but 1:2.30.2-0ubuntu0.2 is to be installed
                        Depends: libgconf2-dev (>= 2.6.1) but it is not going to be installed
                        Depends: libbonoboui2-dev (>= 2.1.1) but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages

The problem seems to be that libgtk2.0-0 depends on old, out-of-date packages and the package system will not go back to the required older versions. I did run sudo apt-get update before the above, but it did not fix that problem.

knudfl · 01-26-2011, 06:26 AM

Quote:

The problem seems to be that libgtk2.0-0 depends on old, out-of-date packages

Yes, looks suspicious.

Getting that kind of errors :
Probably start with 'sudo apt-get clean'

/etc/apt/sources.list : Should mostly point to lucid.

A copy of the one I used yesterday is attached.
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dewdrop_world · 01-26-2011, 08:25 AM

sudo apt-get clean produced no feedback at the commandline.

I'm attaching my sources.list, and a diff comparing your file on the left against mine on the right (that is, '<' lines are in your file but not mine and '>' are in mine). I'm not familiar enough yet with the package system to know if any of these differences should be significant.

Thanks,
James

knudfl · 01-26-2011, 10:07 AM

Quote:

sudo apt-get clean produced no feedback at the commandline.

Not supposed to reply anything. Next : sudo apt-get update

Etc. etc. package install ..

Your sources.list looks OK.
If you are still having problems : Change mirror.
( A local one is often slower, and may sometimes not even work.)
This one is good :
http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/archive.ubuntu.com/

EDIT :
P.S.: Just checked http://mirror.lupaworld.com/ubuntu/
It has all the required newest packages : Example atk

( I guess another "local" fast mirror would be Australia ! )
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dewdrop_world · 01-26-2011, 09:22 PM

Is there a way to force apt-get to install libgtk2.0-dev + the later dependent packages?

Edit: Oh, wait a minute, after "clean" then "update," "install libgtk2.0-dev" is downloading stuff now, not just complaining about the dependency. Will report back later whether it's successful or not.

dewdrop_world · 01-26-2011, 09:58 PM

All good now.

New mantra: "clean, update, install."

knudfl · 01-26-2011, 11:15 PM

Except that "option clean" doesn't have to be used,
unless you experience similar problems.

I have never used it before. As far as I remember.
Had to check how it behaved, before I answered you.

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dewdrop_world · 01-26-2011, 11:37 PM

Anyway, mange tak!