Solved- Problem installing 5.4.2 - Deepin Linux
Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2018 10:00 am
Hi there,
I've just recently completed a fresh install of Deepin 15.7 (based on Debian unstable). When I tried to install the downloaded .deb file the in house Deepin package installer threw up some dependencies issues, namely, libcairo2:i386. Libcairo2 was already installed though, so I also installed the dev version for good measure. Qnew 5.4.2 still would not run. I then installed good old Gdebi (Gnome deb file installer) - it installed the 5.4.2 ,deb file without issue and sorted out the dependencies problem (the Deepin Package Manager has a way to go yet). But still, no working qnewb. I then tried the downloaded .zip alternative and tied to run the qnewb executable file, but still no luck.
In desperation I installed the Qnewb 4.4.2.8 and it ran okay. Just to see what would happen, I then tried the 5.4.2 executable file it also ran. This solved the issue.
I hope this will be of help to those having issues installing the 5.4.2 .deb file. Perhaps it was just my set up that was causing the problem.
Note also, in my previous version of Deepin 15.6, I did the upgrade to 5.4.2 and it worked okay, but I had an older version previously installed and working. I can only conclude that earlier versions of qnewb seem to have some things covered that have been perhaps over looked in the latest version. Of course this may well be a Deepin problem only.
I've just recently completed a fresh install of Deepin 15.7 (based on Debian unstable). When I tried to install the downloaded .deb file the in house Deepin package installer threw up some dependencies issues, namely, libcairo2:i386. Libcairo2 was already installed though, so I also installed the dev version for good measure. Qnew 5.4.2 still would not run. I then installed good old Gdebi (Gnome deb file installer) - it installed the 5.4.2 ,deb file without issue and sorted out the dependencies problem (the Deepin Package Manager has a way to go yet). But still, no working qnewb. I then tried the downloaded .zip alternative and tied to run the qnewb executable file, but still no luck.
In desperation I installed the Qnewb 4.4.2.8 and it ran okay. Just to see what would happen, I then tried the 5.4.2 executable file it also ran. This solved the issue.
I hope this will be of help to those having issues installing the 5.4.2 .deb file. Perhaps it was just my set up that was causing the problem.
Note also, in my previous version of Deepin 15.6, I did the upgrade to 5.4.2 and it worked okay, but I had an older version previously installed and working. I can only conclude that earlier versions of qnewb seem to have some things covered that have been perhaps over looked in the latest version. Of course this may well be a Deepin problem only.