Hi Raul, thanks a lot for the analysis. Today I cannot test it, but I'll post the outcome asap. Best regards,
Francesco On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 6:46 PM Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > Not exactly, but close... > > It's a bit hard to read, because of misplaced newlines, but the errors > go like this: > > old jlang prerm failed > new jlang prerm failed > new jlang postinst failed > > (The prerm failures are "ignored" (because you do not want errors to > prevent packages from being removed) but the new version's prerm gets > run just in case when the old version failed.) > > That said, all three failures are reporting the same thing: > > gtk-update-icon-cache: not found > > So that's a package dependency that needs to be handled (either by > installing the package which satisfies that dependency or by providing > binaries to spoof the script into thinking that gtk-update-icon-cache > was handled properly and then living with the consequences of not > having refreshed the cache which apparently -- given this error -- you > haven't been using.) > > For the upstream side of this: > > Plausibly, gtk-update-icon-cache should be scripted in the postinst > script so that its failure is tolerated. For example, something like: > > if ! gtk-update-icon-cache; then > >&2 echo warning: gtk icon cache has not been refreshed > >&2 echo which probably means you do not have gtk installed > fi > > And, plausibly, a more succinct variant of this in the prerm script. > > For the downstream side of this, copying /bin/true to > /usr/local/bin/gtk-update-icon-cache should get you past this error > (but then remove /usr/local/bin/gtk-update-icon-cache afterwards). > > I hope this helps, > > -- > Raul > > On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 12:24 PM Francesco Pedulla' <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > OK, I got it: you mean that I should install "j807_amd64.deb" using > "dpkg" > > rather than "apt". I tried dpkg, but it fails just like apt (though more > > verbosely): > > > > francesco_pedulla@jhs-1:~$ sudo dpkg -i j*debSelecting previously > > unselected package jlang.(Reading database ... 35167 files and > directories > > currently installed.)Preparing to unpack j807_amd64.deb > > .../var/lib/dpkg/info/jlang.prerm: > > 8: /var/lib/dpkg/info/jlang.prerm: gtk-update-icon-cache: not founddpkg: > > warning: subprocess old pre-removal script returned error exit status 127 > > dpkg: trying script from the new package instead .../var/lib/dpkg/ > > tmp.ci/prerm: 8: /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/prerm: gtk-update-icon-cache: not > > founddpkg: error processing archive j807_amd64.deb (--install): > subprocess > > new pre-removal script returned error exit status > > 127/var/lib/dpkg/info/jlang.postinst: > > 8: /var/lib/dpkg/info/jlang.postinst: gtk-update-icon-cache: not > > founddpkg: error > > while cleaning up: subprocess installed post-installation script returned > > error exit status 127Errors were encountered while processing: > > j807_amd64.deb > > > > I get the same error if I try to install gnome-core (which I am going to > > use to run jhs): > > > > francesco_pedulla@jhs-1:~$ sudo apt-get install gnome-coreReading > package > > lists... DoneBuilding dependency tree Reading state information... DoneE: > > The package jlang needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive > for > > it. > > > > It seems that the problem is not related to J but to the status of the > > jlang package in the VM. > > > > Thanks for your kind support, > > > > Francesco > > > > On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 5:59 PM bill lam <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Whenever you typed apt-get or aptitude, you are pulling packages > > > from distros. The deb files from jsoftware website should be > > > installed with dpkg command, please see the jwiki installation page. > > > > > > Mon, 01 Apr 2019, Francesco Pedulla' написал(а): > > > > Hi Bill, > > > > sorry, I do not understand: the deb file is from the jsoftware > website > > > > (whence else?). Do you mean I should install from the star.gz file? > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > Francesco > > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 5:03 PM bill lam <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > jlang is not available in debian or other linux distro. You need > > > > > to install the deb or tar.gz from jsoftware website. Please see > > > > > the installation page. > > > > > > > > > > Mon, 01 Apr 2019, Francesco Pedulla' написал(а): > > > > > > Hallo, > > > > > > I just tried installing j807 on a new VM running in Google Cloud > > > > > Platform. > > > > > > The VM (2vCPUs, 7.5GB RAM) runs Debian. Here is the issue: > > > > > > > > > > > > francesco_pedulla@jhs-1:~$ uname -aLinux jhs-1 4.9.0-8-amd64 #1 > SMP > > > > > Debian > > > > > > 4.9.144-3.1 (2019-02-19) x86_64 GNU/Linuxfrancesco_pedulla@jhs-1 > :~$ > > > df > > > > > > -kFilesystem > > > > > > 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted onudev 3820640 0 3820640 0% > > > > > /devtmpfs > > > > > > 766360 10088 756272 2% /run/dev/sda1 10253588 1100880 8612140 12% > > > /tmpfs > > > > > > 3831780 0 3831780 0% /dev/shmtmpfs 5120 0 5120 0% /run/locktmpfs > > > 3831780 > > > > > 0 > > > > > > 3831780 0% /sys/fs/cgroupfrancesco_pedulla@jhs-1:~$ ls -ltotal > > > > > 1440-rw-r--r-- > > > > > > 1 francesco_pedulla francesco_pedulla 1473456 Apr 1 14:26 > > > j807_amd64.deb > > > > > > francesco_pedulla@jhs-1:~$ sudo apt install > j807_amd64.debReading > > > > > package > > > > > > lists... DoneBuilding dependency tree Reading state > information... > > > DoneE: > > > > > > The package jlang needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an > > > archive > > > > > for > > > > > > it. > > > > > > > > > > > > Any idea what's going on? > > > > > > BTW, I already ran sudo apt-get update > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > > > Francesco > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > For information about J forums see > > > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > regards, > > > > > ==================================================== > > > > > GPG key 1024D/4434BAB3 2008-08-24 > > > > > gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 4434BAB3 > > > > > gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --armor --export 4434BAB3 > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > For information about J forums see > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > For information about J forums see > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > > -- > > > regards, > > > ==================================================== > > > GPG key 1024D/4434BAB3 2008-08-24 > > > gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 4434BAB3 > > > gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --armor --export 4434BAB3 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
