RIDE 4.5 has a dependency on libgconf-2-so.4(64bit). This is not available on openSUSE

[dyaandys]

rpm -Uvh ride-4.5.3770-1.x86_64.rpm error: Failed dependencies: libgconf-2.so.4()(64bit) is needed by ride-4.5-0:4.5.3770-1.x86_64

libgconf is not available for openSUSE 15.4 (and possibly 15.[23] too).

Perhaps there's nothing that can be done about this: if not we should document that openSUSE cannot run RIDE.

May be true of earlier RIDE versions too.

[bernecky]

libgconf does not exist in Ubuntu 23.10, either. That gives me:

sudo dpkg -i ride-4.4.3732-1_amd64.deb 
(Reading database ... 281071 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack ride-4.4.3732-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking ride-4.4 (4.4.3732) over (4.4.3732) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ride-4.4:
 ride-4.4 depends on libgconf-2-4; however:
  Package libgconf-2-4 is not installed.

dpkg: error processing package ride-4.4 (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 ride-4.4
rbe@medusa:~/dyalog/ride$ sudo apt install libgconf
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package libgconf
rbe@medusa:~/dyalog/ride$ uname -a
Linux medusa 6.5.0-15-generic #15-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Tue Jan  9 17:03:36 UTC 2024 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Suggestions?

[dyavc]

I have previously been advised that you should use sudo apt install and not dpkg.

This was for installing RIDE 4.4 on Ubuntu 20.10: sudo dpkg -i ride*.deb Selecting previously unselected package ride-4.4. (Reading database ... 281939 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack ride-4.4.3495-1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking ride-4.4 (4.4.3495) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ride-4.4: ride-4.4 depends on libgconf-2-4; however: Package libgconf-2-4 is not installed. dpkg: error processing package ride-4.4 (--install): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ... Errors were encountered while processing: ride-4.4

[bernecky]

No problem. Please tell me the target filename, and where I can get it. E.g., X in the next line:

  sudo apt install X

Thanks, Bob

On 2024-02-07 05:42, dyavc wrote:

I have previously been advised that you should use sudo apt install and not dpkg.

This was for installing RIDE 4.4 on Ubuntu 20.10: sudo dpkg -i ride*.deb Selecting previously unselected package ride-4.4. (Reading database ... 281939 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack ride-4.4.3495-1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking ride-4.4 (4.4.3495) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ride-4.4: ride-4.4 depends on libgconf-2-4; however: Package libgconf-2-4 is not installed. dpkg: error processing package ride-4.4 (--install): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ... Errors were encountered while processing: ride-4.4

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[dyavc]

Please download the .deb file and then https://github.com/Dyalog/ride/releases/download/v4.4.3732/ride-4.4.3732-1_amd64.deb sudo apt install ./ride-4.4.3732-1_amd64.deb

[dyavc]

Bob has tried that, and it doesn't work. Looks like Ubuntu 23.10 also does not have libgconf-2-4 like OpenSUSE.

sudo apt install ./ride-4.4.3732-1_amd64.deb Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done Note, selecting 'ride-4.4' instead of './ride-4.4.3732-1_amd64.deb' Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies: ride-4.4 : Depends: libgconf-2-4 but it is not installable E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

This is a fresh install of Ubuntu 23.10. This does not find anything:

find /usr -name libgconf-2-4

[bernecky]

FYI, your proposed fix workaround not work on Ubuntu 23.10. However, Vince suggested a workaround that did the trick for me, so I consider this Issue resolved, assuming the ride people remove the dependence on libgconf,  as in the first link that Vince sent me.

Here is what I ended up doing, which will likely work on OpenSUSE, too:

I made the following addition to the bottom of the /etc/apt/sources.list file:

Attempt to fix ride install failure for Dyalog APL. 2024-02-07

Missing libgconf-2-4

deb http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar main universe

Then, I did:

   sudo apt update    sudo apt install ./ride-4.4.3732-1_amd64.deb

The install step worked, and then ride would start, as desired

Thanks for the quick work, all y'all.

Cheers, Bob

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Please download the .deb file and then https://github.com/Dyalog/ride/releases/download/v4.4.3732/ride-4.4.3732-1_amd64.deb sudo apt install ./ride-4.4.3732-1_amd64.deb

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[dyavc]

If you use the above workaround of adding a line like deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar main universe to /etc/apt/sources.list

After installing RIDE 4.5, you should immediately go back to the file and remove the line.

[dhdurgee]

I am seeing this on Linux Mint 22 as well, which is based on Ubuntu noble.

My understanding after a bit of searching is that this library is deprecated, so I would hope a later release will remove this dependency by using other libraries.