sudo apt-get install -f?

Already tried that and didn't work - I also got the messages you see below installing programs that did work (e.g. emacs, iceweasel, dillo)


root@Nokia-N900:/# apt-get install -f

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
LANGUAGE = (unset),
LC_ALL = (unset),
LC_TIME = "en_US",
LC_MONETARY = "nl_NL",
LC_ADDRESS = "nl_NL",
LC_TELEPHONE = "nl_NL",
LC_MESSAGES = "en_US",
LC_NAME = "nl_NL",
LC_MEASUREMENT = "nl_NL",
LC_IDENTIFICATION = "nl_NL",
LC_NUMERIC = "nl_NL",
LC_PAPER = "nl_NL",
LANG = "en_US"
are supported and installed on your system.
perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_MESSAGES to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory
Setting up dbus (1.6.8-1+deb7u6) ...
adduser: The user `messagebus' already exists. Exiting.
dpkg: error processing dbus (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of dbus-x11:
dbus-x11 depends on dbus; however:
Package dbus is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing dbus-x11 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
dbus
dbus-x11
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

The problem lies in the unconfigured packages. They won't let you install anything else. Try manually removing the offending packages.

I removed dbus-x11
I needed to remove pulseaudio to be able to remove dbus - after that the N900 went black and rebooted
Then tried apt-get install -f , apt-get suggested to autoremove a bunch of packages so I executed apt-get autoremove and tried apt-get install -f again, but it failed (without the error messages regarding unconfigured packages)
Then I went for aptitude install libc6-dev and ignored the initial suggested option, I accepted the second option and initially it seemed to be trying to install the correct libc6-dev version.

Now it is complaining about libsysd-login0 contains empty filename though. This package was one of the packages that was autoremoved.
I think all my actions made a mess of the dependencies. Probably better to start from scratch and try again. I think I will use the image for Jessie then.

Thanks for your help marmistrz

@sulu: is there any chance for fixing the bugs regarding Qt5 and Gtk3 apps when run via debbie? +adding the fix from #3192?

I got 404 ip not found errors, when trying to install some packages.
I did apt-get update, but it doesnt helps. I have image with openoffice and so on.
Maybe I should change sources list to working repos?

sulu: can I get a matching libc6-dev anywhere? Any package depending on it is uninstallable, since the one in the repos is newer.

Unfortunately sulu doesn't seem to be around anymore, would be nice if he could still check in from time to time to answer some of the questions or give some support.. Easy Debian is so close..
Hope he is doing fine with whatever he does nowadays though - priorities can change.

Hi,

marmistrz sent me a PM about a week ago and here I am. So I'm still alive.

My job profile has changed a bit and I'm a lot less "on the road" now than I used to be.
Therefore I haven't used the "mobile computer" aspect of my N900 (including ED) for like half a year.

Let me try to answer some questions (regardless of my quite outdated knowledge):

Sort of. But it only works with Gtk GUIs afair and it might not even work with Gtk 3.
Afaik it never worked with Qt. I adressed this here [1] in step 7.

I honestly have no idea because I have virtually no knowledge about GUI technologies.
Just a guess: Did you check if applying that change to Trolltech.conf inside the image also works on programs started via debbie?

There you go! [2] This archive contains all the armhf binary packages built from the current glibc source package.

btw:
I think it's only fair to speak out what's obvious anyway. You shouldn't count on me anymore to keep Easy Debian alive!
I'll happily continue to take over any package building jobs, like this one for glibc, but creating sophisticated images or dealing with problems of software I don't even use never was one of my favourites.
So if you want newer images (and I think it's time for one), please find someone else to build them! I believe all the info needed to do that should be in [1] and if you think something is missing I will help you to complete the instructions.


[1] http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...postcount=3138
[2] http://www86.zippyshare.com/v/2jcPthZm/file.html

thx for stopping by Sulu and willing to assist the wizards around here.

@marmistrz hope to see you share some of your experiences. I had issues installing the jessie armhf image.
and this:

is probably the reason why...

The armel wheezy image is working fine for now though. I use it primarily for the telegram webapp and some browsing with iceweasel.