Unity 2D PPC

[newbody]

Hello,

do you know how I can use Unity 2D on my PPC G5?

LG

[pauljwells]

just install 'unity-2d-default-settings from synaptic (this should install about six other packages) then select 'unity-2d' from the session menu on the login screen.

You will find that the colours are all wrong - I have a fix for that and I can probably send you a link to download my recompiled debs.

Check out this thread:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1754092

Here are my debs - these fix both the ppc colour and the show with mouse at side of screen issues

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18375146/Unity-2D.tar.gz

[newbody]

Thanks for your response, but in synaptics I always get the message of a broken package

[pauljwells]

Ah, then that's a different question entirely! I'm afraid I'm not an expert on this. There is a lot of info on the forums if you search for broken packages.

Have you tried this?


sudo apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade

[newbody]

Ah, then that's a different question entirely! I'm afraid I'm not an expert on this. There is a lot of info on the forums if you search for broken packages.

Have you tried this?


sudo apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade

I get this message with the package:
dependant of: unity-2d but it is not installable

[pauljwells]

run the code I posted above and post the output from the terminal

then run


sudo apt-get install unity-2d-default-settings

and post the output of that also

You ARE running 11.04 aren't you??

Take a look at this thread - it might help. If you don't have any ppas or externally installed apps then there shouldn't be any broken packages in the repos. vlc is broken at the moment but that shouldn't affect unity-2d

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=947124

[newbody]

first:

E: Sperrdatei /var/lib/dpkg/lock konnte nicht geöffnet werden - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Sperren des Administrationsverzeichnisses (/var/lib/dpkg/) nicht möglich, sind Sie root?

English: Couldn't open lockfile /var/lib/dpkg/lock
Locking not possible

Second
unity-2d-default-settings : Hängt ab von: unity-2d ist aber nicht installierbar

(Unity -2d-default-settings depend of unity -2d, which isn't installable

Of course I'm running 11.04

[pauljwells]

Did you run as sudo? Try running:
sudo apt-get update

then:
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Also make sure that you don't have either synaptic or update manager running! Your output basically says that the command didn't run for one of these reasons...

BTW, I speak German if it helps ;-)

[newbody]

If you speak german, here's my output :)



XXX@localhost:~$ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for XXX:
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 11.04 _Natty Narwhal_ - Release powerpc (20110426) natty InRelease
Ign http://ports.ubuntu.com natty InRelease
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 11.04 _Natty Narwhal_ - Release powerpc (20110426) natty/main TranslationIndex
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 11.04 _Natty Narwhal_ - Release powerpc (20110426) natty/restricted TranslationIndex
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 11.04 _Natty Narwhal_ - Release powerpc (20110426) natty/main Translation-de_DE
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 11.04 _Natty Narwhal_ - Release powerpc (20110426) natty/main Translation-de
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 11.04 _Natty Narwhal_ - Release powerpc (20110426) natty/main Translation-en
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 11.04 _Natty Narwhal_ - Release powerpc (20110426) natty/restricted Translation-de_DE
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 11.04 _Natty Narwhal_ - Release powerpc (20110426) natty/restricted Translation-de
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 11.04 _Natty Narwhal_ - Release powerpc (20110426) natty/restricted Translation-en
OK http://ports.ubuntu.com natty Release.gpg
OK http://ports.ubuntu.com natty Release
OK http://ports.ubuntu.com natty/universe powerpc Packages
Ign http://ports.ubuntu.com natty/universe TranslationIndex
OK http://ports.ubuntu.com natty/universe Translation-de
Ign http://ports.ubuntu.com natty/universe Translation-de_DE
Ign http://ports.ubuntu.com natty/universe Translation-en
Paketlisten werden gelesen... Fertig
XXX@localhost:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Paketlisten werden gelesen... Fertig
Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut
Statusinformationen werden eingelesen... Fertig
Paketaktualisierung (Upgrade) wird berechnet... Fertig
0 aktualisiert, 0 neu installiert, 0 zu entfernen und 0 nicht aktualisiert.
XXX@localhost:~$ sudo apt-get install unity-2d-default-settings
Paketlisten werden gelesen... Fertig
Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut
Statusinformationen werden eingelesen... Fertig
Einige Pakete konnten nicht installiert werden. Das kann bedeuten, dass
Sie eine unmögliche Situation angefordert haben oder, wenn Sie die
Unstable-Distribution verwenden, dass einige erforderliche Pakete noch
nicht erstellt wurden oder Incoming noch nicht verlassen haben.
Die folgenden Informationen helfen Ihnen vielleicht, die Situation zu lösen:

Die folgenden Pakete haben unerfüllte Abhängigkeiten:
unity-2d-default-settings : Hängt ab von: unity-2d ist aber nicht installierbar
E: Beschädigte Pakete

[pauljwells]

Hmmm
All I can suggest is that you try to install unity-2d first, using the same kind of command and see why it won't install. What version numbers do you see in synaptic for the unity-2d packages? I have 3.8.4.1 ubuntu1

It wouldn't hurt to try installing my packages, they won't break anything

[newbody]

Hmmm
All I can suggest is that you try to install unity-2d first, using the same kind of command and see why it won't install. What version numbers do you see in synaptic for the unity-2d packages? I have 3.8.4.1 ubuntu1

It wouldn't hurt to try installing my packages, they won't break anything


I think source.list is my problem too.
I saw that source.list is my cd

So I used this http://mac.linux.be/content/sourceslist-ubuntu-derivatives-ppc

Now I have some languages and packages and updates
But I think its the wrong source.list

I miss unity packages

[newbody]

I reapaired my source.list.
Now I have unity 2D!!!!

But how can I fix now the bug with the colors

[pauljwells]

I reapaired my source.list.
Now I have unity 2D!!!!

But how can I fix now the bug with the colors

Pay attention Herr newbody!! :-D

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18375146/Unity-2D.tar.gz

These are my patched versions of the installers you need. Just unpack the tarball to a directory and then in a terminal, cd to the directory and:


sudo dpkg -i ./*.deb

Once installed, be careful not to upgrade them in synaptic, because that will just reinstall the default ones.

Version 3.10 will have these (and other) patches applied, so wait until those appear in the lists until you upgrade.

** EDIT **
These bugs (and others) are now fixed in the daily build repo


ppa:unity-2d-team/unity-2d-daily

[pauljwells]

unity-2d is a bit buggy, so create a new keyboard shortcut to run the following short script line:


killall unity-2d-launcher

I assigned it to Ctrl-Alt-U, now whenever the launcher does something odd I can just type three keys to restart it.

[newbody]

Wow!!!!!!!

Thanks a lot

many many many thanks

[pauljwells]

You're welcome :-)

BTW, I prefer Clementine to Banshee. It also had a colour bug and I patched that. The deb is here:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18375146/clementine_0.7.1-0ubuntu2_powerpc.deb

[pauljwells]

@newbody

Please look out to see if you get this bug:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/758787

If you do, please add yourself to the 'affects me' list.

Thanks!