Re: [e-users] Terminology deleted by update

2018-04-22 Thread Peter Flynn
On 22/04/18 14:26, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: [...] Everything is working fine. then explain the meson error you pasted. I already have, about three times. It was because I typed the wrong package name. id meson install? can you install it? Yes, once I retyped the apt comm

Re: [e-users] Terminology deleted by update

2018-04-22 Thread The Rasterman
On Sun, 22 Apr 2018 11:21:44 +0100 Peter Flynn said: > On 22/04/18 06:12, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > [...] > > our job is to provide the source code that gets compiled, so out > > instructions will be for that. :) the general instructions on our > > download page where the download

Re: [e-users] Terminology deleted by update

2018-04-22 Thread Peter Flynn
On 22/04/18 06:12, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: [...] our job is to provide the source code that gets compiled, so out instructions will be for that. :) the general instructions on our download page where the downloads are source at any rate. :) Yep. I used to rely on it in the days wh

Re: [e-users] Terminology deleted by update

2018-04-21 Thread The Rasterman
On Sat, 21 Apr 2018 22:09:35 +0100 Peter Flynn said: > On 21/04/18 06:37, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > > you didn't even have to install meson if it's already compiled > > binaries. meson is needed to compile terminology and enlightenment > > Right. I was installing meson because t

Re: [e-users] Terminology deleted by update

2018-04-21 Thread Peter Flynn
On 21/04/18 06:37, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: you didn't even have to install meson if it's already compiled binaries. meson is needed to compile terminology and enlightenment Right. I was installing meson because the web site said so. But it turned out (thanks to your help) that

Re: [e-users] Terminology deleted by update

2018-04-20 Thread The Rasterman
On Fri, 20 Apr 2018 21:51:04 +0100 Peter Flynn said: > On 20/04/18 07:00, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > [...] > > umm but: > > > > meson : Depends: ninja-build (>= 1.6) but it is not going to be installed > > > > that says that there should be a ninja-build package. the meson pack

Re: [e-users] Terminology deleted by update

2018-04-20 Thread Peter Flynn
On 20/04/18 07:00, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: [...] > umm but: > > meson : Depends: ninja-build (>= 1.6) but it is not going to be installed > > that says that there should be a ninja-build package. the meson package you > are > installing depends on it... where is that meson pack

Re: [e-users] Terminology deleted by update

2018-04-19 Thread The Rasterman
On Thu, 19 Apr 2018 03:07:41 + Stephen Houston said: > Also, the comment that was made about Ubuntu and Fedora not updating meson > (or any other apps as was stated) is very misleading. Both Fedora and > Ubuntu stay well up to date and keep their packages very up to date. The > meson version

Re: [e-users] Terminology deleted by update

2018-04-19 Thread The Rasterman
On Thu, 19 Apr 2018 22:45:55 +0100 Peter Flynn said: > On 19/04/18 03:37, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > [...] > > anyone can get write access. sign up an account there. it's a wiki. > > I'm not a developer, just an end user, so I don't think I would be in > any remote way qualified t

Re: [e-users] Terminology deleted by update

2018-04-19 Thread Peter Flynn
On 19/04/18 10:40, maderios wrote: > On 04/18/2018 09:32 PM, Peter Flynn wrote: >> Sounds good. I've avoided Arch because last time I tried it, it broke >> Emacs, and was several versions behind on a few key (for me) packages. >> But if that's changed I should look at it again. >> > Hi > 'Last time

Re: [e-users] Terminology deleted by update

2018-04-19 Thread Peter Flynn
On 19/04/18 03:37, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: [...] > anyone can get write access. sign up an account there. it's a wiki. I'm not a developer, just an end user, so I don't think I would be in any remote way qualified to add anything myself. > but please note that that page is GENERIC

Re: [e-users] Terminology deleted by update

2018-04-19 Thread maderios
On 04/18/2018 09:32 PM, Peter Flynn wrote: at last arch has been smooth sailing on this, but it's a rolling distro so it stays relatively up to date :) Sounds good. I've avoided Arch because last time I tried it, it broke Emacs, and was several versions behind on a few key (for me) packages. But

Re: [e-users] Terminology deleted by update

2018-04-18 Thread Stephen Houston
Also, the comment that was made about Ubuntu and Fedora not updating meson (or any other apps as was stated) is very misleading. Both Fedora and Ubuntu stay well up to date and keep their packages very up to date. The meson version included in both distros stable repos work just fine to build e, e

Re: [e-users] Terminology deleted by update

2018-04-18 Thread Dave
In the year 2018, of the month of April, on the 19th day, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > > > > Is Meson that neglected in some places? I had sort of assumed it would > > be under heavy support as it's become so popular. > > no - it's that meson has been changing a lot of late i'd say as it gets more

Re: [e-users] Terminology deleted by update

2018-04-18 Thread The Rasterman
On Wed, 18 Apr 2018 20:32:49 +0100 Peter Flynn said: > On 18/04/18 09:56, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > > On Wed, 18 Apr 2018 09:11:33 +0100 Peter Flynn said: > >> I know meson is terribly fashionable these days, but I have tried > >> to get it to work on at least five Linux distros

Re: [e-users] Terminology deleted by update

2018-04-18 Thread The Rasterman
On Wed, 18 Apr 2018 20:58:30 +0100 Peter Flynn said: > On 18/04/18 20:32, Peter Flynn wrote: > > On 18/04/18 09:56, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > >> On Wed, 18 Apr 2018 09:11:33 +0100 Peter Flynn said: > >>> I know meson is terribly fashionable these days, but I have tried > >>> to g

Re: [e-users] Terminology deleted by update

2018-04-18 Thread The Rasterman
On Wed, 18 Apr 2018 21:47:01 +0100 Peter Flynn said: > On 18/04/18 21:19, Massimo Maiurana wrote: > [...] > > On debian buster (testing) there is no package named ninja, you should > > remove it from the apt command line. Meson should carry out ninja-build > > automatically as it's one of its dep

Re: [e-users] Terminology deleted by update

2018-04-18 Thread The Rasterman
On Wed, 18 Apr 2018 17:45:19 -0400 mh said: > > On 4/18/18 4:56 AM, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > > On Wed, 18 Apr 2018 09:11:33 +0100 Peter Flynn said: > > > >> Yes, it looks like a build fail. > >> > >> Thanks, Carsten, for suggesting dpkg --purge. I had used apt --purge > >> but

Re: [e-users] Terminology deleted by update

2018-04-18 Thread mh
On 4/18/18 4:56 AM, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: On Wed, 18 Apr 2018 09:11:33 +0100 Peter Flynn said: Yes, it looks like a build fail. Thanks, Carsten, for suggesting dpkg --purge. I had used apt --purge but it seems that doesn't actually purge everything. Then reinstalling it

Re: [e-users] Terminology deleted by update

2018-04-18 Thread Massimo Maiurana
Peter Flynn ha scritto il 18/04/2018 alle 22:47: > On 18/04/18 21:19, Massimo Maiurana wrote: > [...] >> On debian buster (testing) there is no package named ninja, you should >> remove it from the apt command line. Meson should carry out ninja-build >> automatically as it's one of its dependencies

Re: [e-users] Terminology deleted by update

2018-04-18 Thread Peter Flynn
On 18/04/18 21:19, Massimo Maiurana wrote: [...] > On debian buster (testing) there is no package named ninja, you should > remove it from the apt command line. Meson should carry out ninja-build > automatically as it's one of its dependencies. Interesting, so it does. Perhaps someone with write-

Re: [e-users] Terminology deleted by update

2018-04-18 Thread Massimo Maiurana
Peter Flynn ha scritto il 18/04/2018 alle 21:58: > On 18/04/18 20:32, Peter Flynn wrote: >> On 18/04/18 09:56, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: >>> On Wed, 18 Apr 2018 09:11:33 +0100 Peter Flynn said: I know meson is terribly fashionable these days, but I have tried to get it to w

Re: [e-users] Terminology deleted by update

2018-04-18 Thread Peter Flynn
On 18/04/18 20:32, Peter Flynn wrote: > On 18/04/18 09:56, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: >> On Wed, 18 Apr 2018 09:11:33 +0100 Peter Flynn said: >>> I know meson is terribly fashionable these days, but I have tried >>> to get it to work on at least five Linux distros and it's never >>> w

Re: [e-users] Terminology deleted by update

2018-04-18 Thread Peter Flynn
On 18/04/18 09:56, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > On Wed, 18 Apr 2018 09:11:33 +0100 Peter Flynn said: >> I know meson is terribly fashionable these days, but I have tried >> to get it to work on at least five Linux distros and it's never >> worked properly -- always been missing some u

Re: [e-users] Terminology deleted by update

2018-04-18 Thread The Rasterman
On Wed, 18 Apr 2018 09:11:33 +0100 Peter Flynn said: > Yes, it looks like a build fail. > > Thanks, Carsten, for suggesting dpkg --purge. I had used apt --purge but it > seems that doesn't actually purge everything. > > Then reinstalling it worked (with a waning) so now it's back and on hold.

Re: [e-users] Terminology deleted by update

2018-04-18 Thread Peter Flynn
Yes, it looks like a build fail. Thanks, Carsten, for suggesting dpkg --purge. I had used apt --purge but it seems that doesn't actually purge everything. Then reinstalling it worked (with a waning) so now it's back and on hold. I know meson is terrribly fashionable these days, but I have tri

Re: [e-users] Terminology deleted by update

2018-04-18 Thread The Rasterman
On Wed, 18 Apr 2018 09:52:49 +0200 Boris Faure said: > On 18-04-18 12:08, Dave wrote: > > Weird. I've downloaded and unpacked that deb file. It just contains the > > /usr/share/doc/terminology data. No binaries. I'm guessing whoever created > > it has an automated system for building package

Re: [e-users] Terminology deleted by update

2018-04-18 Thread Boris Faure
On 18-04-18 12:08, Dave wrote: > Weird. I've downloaded and unpacked that deb file. It just contains the > /usr/share/doc/terminology data. No binaries. I'm guessing whoever created > it has an automated system for building packages, and it's failing on binary > compilation. With Terminology

Re: [e-users] Terminology deleted by update

2018-04-18 Thread The Rasterman
On Tue, 17 Apr 2018 22:07:41 +0100 Peter Flynn said: > On 17/04/18 14:59, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > > On Tue, 17 Apr 2018 12:12:24 +0100 Peter Flynn said: > > > [...] > >> Does anyone know where I can get it in a .deb form that won't vanish at > >> an update? > > > > perhaps re

Re: [e-users] Terminology deleted by update

2018-04-17 Thread Dave
Weird. I've downloaded and unpacked that deb file. It just contains the /usr/share/doc/terminology data. No binaries. I'm guessing whoever created it has an automated system for building packages, and it's failing on binary compilation. Your old deb files are located in /var/cache/apt/archiv

Re: [e-users] Terminology deleted by update

2018-04-17 Thread Peter Flynn
Sorry, this failed to send earlier. On 17/04/18 12:12, Peter Flynn wrote: [...]> 1 not fully installed or removed. > After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. > E: Internal Error, No file name for terminology:amd64 > > Does anyone know where I can get it in a .deb form that

Re: [e-users] Terminology deleted by update

2018-04-17 Thread Peter Flynn
On 17/04/18 14:59, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > On Tue, 17 Apr 2018 12:12:24 +0100 Peter Flynn said: > [...] >> Does anyone know where I can get it in a .deb form that won't vanish at >> an update? > > perhaps remove the pkgs fully (dpkg --purge it) before re-installing? Good point

Re: [e-users] Terminology deleted by update

2018-04-17 Thread The Rasterman
On Tue, 17 Apr 2018 12:12:24 +0100 Peter Flynn said: > I recently installed Mint 18 on a desktop system, and added e and > terminology like this: > > sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:niko2040/e19 > sudo apt-get update > sudo apt-get install enlightenment terminology > > All working nicely. Then t

[e-users] Terminology deleted by update

2018-04-17 Thread Peter Flynn
I recently installed Mint 18 on a desktop system, and added e and terminology like this: sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:niko2040/e19 sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install enlightenment terminology All working nicely. Then this morning I ran my weekly update: peter@oimelc:~/$ sudo apt update [