Re: [COOT] install/run coot on Ubuntu 20.04 : lost

> On Jan 7, 2021, at 19:10, Paul Emsley wrote: > > libxext-dev >libxmu-dev >libxt-dev >libc6-dev >libncurses5-dev >libglu1-mesa-dev >libjpeg-dev >mesa-common-dev >libgtk2.0-dev >libgnomecanvas2-dev > > What else is

Re: [COOT] install/run coot on Ubuntu 20.04 : lost

On 07/01/2021 23:58, Bryan Lepore wrote: The approach in this thread was rapidly abandoned in favor of the build-it script. the script was run iteratively : missing packages (~5) were added using apt. The script should check for system prerequisites: currently:    patch    m4  

Re: [COOT] install/run coot on Ubuntu 20.04 : lost

The approach in this thread was rapidly abandoned in favor of the build-it script. the script was run iteratively : missing packages (~5) were added using apt. The script took less than 5 hours. coot runs fine. Nice script! -Bryan

Re: [COOT] install/run coot on Ubuntu 20.04 : lost

On 06/01/2021 21:04, Bryan Lepore wrote: following this page : https://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/amd64/guile-1.8-dev/download found a mirror that is sort of ok (some are not) and added it to the /etc/apt/sources.list : deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu xenial main universe (not sure that's

Re: [COOT] install/run coot on Ubuntu 20.04 : lost

following this page : https://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/amd64/guile-1.8-dev/download found a mirror that is sort of ok (some are not) and added it to the /etc/apt/sources.list : deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu xenial main universe (not sure that's the best way) after multiple checks that the

Re: [COOT] install/run coot on Ubuntu 20.04 : lost

On 06/01/2021 16:11, Bryan Lepore wrote: Before I forget - I'll post this because it was not obvious : libpng12 is apparently frowned upon by apt - whatever the case, I found this page : https://askubuntu.com/questions/1194386/how-to-correctly-install-libpng12-0-on-the-ubuntu-19-10#1194489

Re: [COOT] install/run coot on Ubuntu 20.04 : lost

a short follow up: > apt list guile | grep guile-3.0 guile-3.0-dev/focal 3.0.1+1-2 amd64 guile-3.0-doc/focal,focal 3.0.1+1-2 all guile-3.0-libs/focal,now 3.0.1+1-2 amd64 [installed,automatic] guile-3.0/focal,now 3.0.1+1-2 amd64 [installed] there are a number of other "guile-[something]" matches,

Re: [COOT] install/run coot on Ubuntu 20.04 : lost

Before I forget - I'll post this because it was not obvious : libpng12 is apparently frowned upon by apt - whatever the case, I found this page : https://askubuntu.com/questions/1194386/how-to-correctly-install-libpng12-0-on-the-ubuntu-19-10#1194489 which effectively means do : sudo

Re: [COOT] install/run coot on Ubuntu 20.04 : lost

On 06/01/2021 00:37, Bryan Lepore wrote: a short update: On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 6:02 PM Paul Emsley > wrote: Coot on ubuntu links the system png library libpng12-0:amd64: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpng12.so.0 I guess you need to install that. I

Re: [COOT] install/run coot on Ubuntu 20.04 : lost

a short update: On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 6:02 PM Paul Emsley wrote: > Coot on ubuntu links the system png library > > libpng12-0:amd64: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpng12.so.0 > > I guess you need to install that. > I put the following symlink in /usr/lib/x86_64-Iinux-gnu : libpng12.so.0 ->

Re: [COOT] install/run coot on Ubuntu 20.04 : lost

Hello Bryan, On 05/01/2021 22:31, Bryan Lepore wrote: Greetings - I am lost getting coot to run (see below the signature for fine details).  I have started `apt install` in piecemeal fashion and am getting nowhere (also see below for details), e.g. installing libguile-3.0 but it is already

[COOT] install/run coot on Ubuntu 20.04 : lost

Greetings - I am lost getting coot to run (see below the signature for fine details). I have started `apt install` in piecemeal fashion and am getting nowhere (also see below for details), e.g. installing libguile-3.0 but it is already installed. This is usually a sign of user error, and having