Re: Can't Install New Apps in Diablo on N810
"ext Rick Bilonick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I checked the log but there were no messages for packages I tried to > install. The log is not saved, it only shows what you have done just now. So I should have said that you should try to install a package and then check "Tools > Log" for more detailed errors. ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: Can't Install New Apps in Diablo on N810
On Wed, 2008-09-10 at 16:02 +0300, Marius Vollmer wrote: > "ext Rick Bilonick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > [...] For example, I tried to install Claws. It downloads the software > > but the install always fails but no info on why is given. I tried to > > install several other apps - all download but fail to install. > > Look into "Tools > Log". There will hopefully be some clues there. > > You can also try to install claws or any other package using apt-get > install. That should give you detailed error messages as well. > > Feel free to post the details here, or contact me privately. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I found info on the web. Here is how I fixed the problem. First, I copied /var/lib/dpkg/available-old to available, and then did 'apt-get update" (twice). I was able to install claws-mail via apt-get install. Just to be sure, I went into the app manager and installed homeip and this time it installed OK. (Saved by the command line yet again.) I think I may have corrupted available when I tried to install r-base. Thanks again. Rick B. ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: Can't Install New Apps in Diablo on N810
On Wed, 2008-09-10 at 16:02 +0300, Marius Vollmer wrote: > "ext Rick Bilonick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > [...] For example, I tried to install Claws. It downloads the software > > but the install always fails but no info on why is given. I tried to > > install several other apps - all download but fail to install. > > Look into "Tools > Log". There will hopefully be some clues there. > > You can also try to install claws or any other package using apt-get > install. That should give you detailed error messages as well. > > Feel free to post the details here, or contact me privately. I checked the log but there were no messages for packages I tried to install. So I tried "apt-get install claws-mail". This downloaded the software and then failed with this message: dpkg: failed to open package info file /var/lib/dpkg/available' for reading: No such file or directory E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) I checked and the file "available" does not exist but "available-old" (with creation date 9/8/2008) does exist. Does this shed any light? Thanks. Rick B. ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: Can't Install New Apps in Diablo on N810
"ext Rick Bilonick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [...] For example, I tried to install Claws. It downloads the software > but the install always fails but no info on why is given. I tried to > install several other apps - all download but fail to install. Look into "Tools > Log". There will hopefully be some clues there. You can also try to install claws or any other package using apt-get install. That should give you detailed error messages as well. Feel free to post the details here, or contact me privately. ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: Can't Install New Apps in Diablo on N810
Rick Bilonick wrote: > I've been running Diablo on an N810 for several months. A few weeks ago > I used the method set up by penquinbait to clone the OS onto a 4gb > external memory card. This has worked very nicely - at least until a few > days ago. I've installed lots of apps given I had the space and still > have filled up only a tiny portion of the card. But now, I can't install > any apps using the application manager. For example, I tried to install > Claws. It downloads the software but the install always fails but no > info on why is given. I tried to install several other apps - all > download but fail to install Whenever this has happened to me on my N800 it has been a poorly seated or corrupted internal SD card. Is there enough space on the internal memory to hold the downloaded files etc? Not so good for the N810 though :-( M ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Can't Install New Apps in Diablo on N810
I've been running Diablo on an N810 for several months. A few weeks ago I used the method set up by penquinbait to clone the OS onto a 4gb external memory card. This has worked very nicely - at least until a few days ago. I've installed lots of apps given I had the space and still have filled up only a tiny portion of the card. But now, I can't install any apps using the application manager. For example, I tried to install Claws. It downloads the software but the install always fails but no info on why is given. I tried to install several other apps - all download but fail to install. I'm not sure if this is connected, but I was trying to see if I could install a Debian arm version of R (r-base, the statistical programming language and environment). I opened a shell and added a debian repository or mirror site to /etc/apt/sources.list. This showed up in the list of repositories in the app manager. When I ran apt-get install it could never find the package. After I could no longer install any apps, I removed the entry from sources.list but this had no effect on installing through apps manager. Does anyone have any ideas on how I can figure out what is wrong and how to fix it? Rick B. ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
