On 10/29/2018 11:13 AM, Luigino Bracci wrote:
> I suggest to use the libpng12 packages from Ubuntu Xenial or Debian Jessie,
> if possible.
>
Ok, that's easy. (and already done)
> I'm making a step-by-step mini-guide specifying everything needed to
> install Rivendell from a fresh install of Ubuntu 18.04.
>
Thanks!
>
>>
>> I downloaded the missing packages from jessie and installed them without
>> problems. The qt debs installed, hpi and rivendell debs all installed, but
>> rivendell did not create a database. Mysql-server was not installed at the
>> time, so I added mysql-server-5.7 and reinstalled rivendell. No change -
>> can't log in through rdadmin and no Rivendell database exists (no
>> /var/lib/mysql/Rivendell). I can log in to mysql as root in a terminal,
>> but rduser does not exist in mysql.users.
>>
>
> What error message did rdadmin give?
>
mysql admin (in title bar)
Unable to access the Rivendell database
Please enter a login for an account with administrative rights on the
mysql server...
Then when I log in with 'root' and no password, I get
RDAdmin error
Unable to connect to mysql.
'mysql -uroot -p' does get me into mysql.
> Did you drop any Rivendell database and tried again? I'll try to test this
> again tonight.
>
I tried this and got the expected result: an error message telling me that
the Rivendell database does not exist. (/var/lib/mysql/Rivendell does not
exist.)
>
>>
>> Tried to purge rivendell before reinstalling again, and the postrm script
>> failed because /etc/pam.d/gdm3 does not exist. I edited the postrm script
>> to make those lines conditional and was able to purge rivendell.
>>
>>
> Thanks you, I'll update the package with your changes. I will make a git
> repo in a few days.
>
Great, thanks. I will clone it and see what I can do.
Greg
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