.deb install error (what)

[Megrimn]

EDIT: skip ahead to mc4man's post for the solution. makes everything a whole lot easier.


Hey all,

I had to repackage the libgimp2.0-dev .deb because of a dependency error (namely, it wanted libgimp2.0-1, but I had installed libgimp2.0-1~getdeb1)

I repackaged it with the changed dependency, and was set to install.
It was going ok until it actually came to installing the actual .deb

I went to the terminal and tried again there. Here's the stuff I got:

user@moo-laptop:~/Desktop$ sudo dpkg -i libgimp2.0-dev_2.6.6-1x_amd64.deb
Selecting previously deselected package libgimp2.0-dev.
(Reading database ... 134981 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libgimp2.0-dev (from libgimp2.0-dev_2.6.6-1x_amd64.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing libgimp2.0-dev_2.6.6-1x_amd64.deb (--install):
 package control info rmdir of `usr' didn't say not a dir: Directory not empty
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libgimp2.0-dev_2.6.6-1x_amd64.deb
user@moo-laptop:~/Desktop$

Thanks for your consideration. It is much appreciated.

[JK3mp]

Wow...can't say i've run into an error like taht. Try sudo apt-get update first then try aagain. Not sure if that'll work but i've had problems b4 with installations and its solved it more than once.

[stilling]

Hey all,

I had to repackage the libgimp2.0-dev .deb because of a dependency error (namely, it wanted libgimp2.0-1, but I had installed libgimp2.0-1~getdeb1)

I repackaged it with the changed dependency, and was set to install.
It was going ok until it actually came to installing the actual .deb

I went to the terminal and tried again there. Here's the stuff I got:

user@moo-laptop:~/Desktop$ sudo dpkg -i libgimp2.0-dev_2.6.6-1x_amd64.deb
Selecting previously deselected package libgimp2.0-dev.
(Reading database ... 134981 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libgimp2.0-dev (from libgimp2.0-dev_2.6.6-1x_amd64.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing libgimp2.0-dev_2.6.6-1x_amd64.deb (--install):
 package control info rmdir of `usr' didn't say not a dir: Directory not empty
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libgimp2.0-dev_2.6.6-1x_amd64.deb
user@moo-laptop:~/Desktop$

Thanks for your consideration. It is much appreciated.

try sudo apt-get remove libgimp2.0 or sudo apt-get purge libgimp2.0
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libgimp2.0
hope will work for you ... for me did the job

[Megrimn]

to JK3mp:


Nah, same deal.

I think it may have something to do with the actual compilation of the .deb file, maybe something I didn't do right.


[edit] stilling, I'm running hardy. If I do that it will install the 2.4.5 version of libgimp2.0. The ultimate goal of all this is to install a plugin for 2.6.6. Thus, I am doing it all manually.

Of course, this wouldn't be a problem if Ubuntu just added GIMP 2.6 to the repository for Hardy.

[stilling]

ok try removing the actual file with sudo apt-get purge libgimp2.0
or with this sudo dpkg -r <packagename.deb>
go here -> http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/libgimp2.0-dev
select your system type amd64 or i386 download and double click it ... on desktop

[Megrimn]

ok try removing the actual file with sudo apt-get purge libgimp2.0
or with this sudo dpkg -r <packagename.deb>
go here -> http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/libgimp2.0-dev
select your system type amd64 or i386 download and double click it ... on desktop

All this will do is entirely remove GIMP.

Again, I am not going back to 2.4, I am using 2.6. Ubuntu has not made 2.6 available for Hardy users. It's not there.

I don't need to find the libgimp2.0-dev .deb, I have it. I had to repackage it. It didn't install. What I want to know is why it didn't work, and what I need to do to fix it.

I apologize if I wasn't specific, and I apologize if I am coming off rude. Don't want to offend anyone, seriously.

[mc4man]

While you may be able to work this out (the names and sources need to match) there are probably several launchpad ppa's that could give you what you need.

Search for gimp from here

https://edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+ppas

The first ppa I checked has everything you need for hardy 64 bit (haven't installed from

https://edge.launchpad.net/~gspreemann/+archive/ppa

If your wary of a ppa give me a day or so and I'll test it out. (have a new testing hardy install that's going to be based on the current ffmpeg, libxine1 and libmp3lame0, I'm almost finished building all the packages and then will try that repo if needed


Edit; my main hardy had a gimp 2.6 from getdeb like you, added the repo I linked above to sources and upgraded to the 2.6.3-1, no issues, works fine. (just make sure you change the sources list drop down to hardy for copying and pasting into your third party sources

[stilling]

upgrade to jaunty and you will have 2.6 with no errors
i think that this can be a very good solution for you
sorry if i offend someone

[Megrimn]

So, just what are the pros and cons of ppa's?

edit: never mind, I think I figured that out.


mc4man, I went ahead and did that. worked wonderfully, and the xmc plugin is working like a charm. Thanks to everyone who responded.