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Re: How install Upp under Ubuntu Hardy from PPA? [message #26541 is a reply to message #26540]

Mon, 10 May 2010 16:04

dolik.rce
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nlneilson wrote on Mon, 10 May 2010 13:41

First I installed g++ and libnotify-dev through Synaptic.

Then did the PPA stuff.
System->Administration->Software Sources->Other Software->Add
I pasted in these two lines
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/dolik-rce/upp-nightly/ubuntu lucid main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/dolik-rce/upp-nightly/ubuntu lucid main

I did nothing with the Signing key or the Fingerprint.

Then checked that it was in /etc/apt/sources.list
http://ppa.launchpad.net/dolik-rce/upp/ubuntu lucid main
http://ppa.launchpad.net/dolik-rce/upp/ubuntu lucid main (Source Code)
http://ppa.launchpad.net/dolik-rce/upp-nightly/ubuntu lucid main

I don't know why three lines were added and only one is "nightly".
There was no upp installed prior to this after installing 10.04

Then in Synaptic selected upp, whatever was automatically marked with that was downloaded.

This was the same with two notebooks, installed 10.04 under Win XP and Vista.

I did not do any make, make install as I read nothing that said this was necessary when using PPA.
I don't do much installing in Linux except follow instructions so it may be my error.

Just a download and run to install like it is done under Win, is that something that would be near impossible under Ubuntu?

That all seems correct to me. The only glitch is the content of /etc/apt/sources, which should be the same lines as you added, i.e.
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/dolik-rce/upp-nightly/ubuntu lucid main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/dolik-rce/upp-nightly/ubuntu lucid main
But even with those you report it should still work and install the packages correctly. No make & make install is required, theide is already compiled.

It seems like there is some other problem, possibly on my side. I will test it on fresh 10.04 ASAP.

Having "installer" is possible, but using the package managment is - usualy - easier. It is supposed to ensure all the necessary libraries and dependencies are installed, keeps software up-to-date, etc.

Honza

PS: You don't need to install g++ and libnotify, the packages depend on them so they should be installed automatically.

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