Hi Greg,
Kubuntu has been largely trouble free for me in the shack, and I very much like the visual attractiveness of the themes. I guess I am a little leery of installing from debs though. I had one a couple of years back that for some strange reason wanted to remove my KDE desktop as a conflict. It was one that I didn't really need anyway, but it shows that one really needs to examine what the installer is telling you before you push that final button. I'm sure the WSJT-X debs are fine but I have come to believe that it is best to compile from source for complex applications like digital mode softwares. Besides that, it's usually kinda fun. 73 -Jim NU0C On Wed, 19 Dec 2018 00:08:20 -0700 "Greg Beam" <ki7m...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Jim, > > I have stayed clear of Kubuntu flavors on my Ham Radio box because of the > potential headaches; I do like the environment and the tools it provides > though. > > Regarding Launchpad Builds: The Dev-Team provides *.deb files already and > they get posted on Joe's site. The LP builds are more of a sanity check than > anything as they are built by the Ubuntu Build Servers (the same servers > that build their distributions) in a clean environment. Bottom line is, if a > package builds properly on the Ubuntu Build Servers, then it should build on > a users' workstation given the dependencies are met. > > The Trusty issue is probably known, and it's an accepted break in the builds > for the sake of future development. Either way, its overcome by events and > won't be an issue going forward. > > 73's > Greg, KI7MT > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Shorney <jshor...@inebraska.com> > Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2018 11:11 PM > To: wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [wsjt-devel] WSJT-X v2.0.0 Build Failure: Ubuntu 14.04 via > Bootstrap > > > FWIW, I was on (Kubuntu) Trusty prior to the recent round of updates and > RCs, but it was getting to the point where keeping all the dependencies up > to current standards was a real chore as Trusty nears end of life. That > prompted a move to Bionic and software joy has returned. > > I do appreciate your package builds Greg, and have used them often enough in > the past. Lately I have been building from source just because I'm > impatient. :) Thanks for all that you guys do. > > And if this old phart can learn to read instructions and build from source > than there is no excuse for anyone to go off in a snit because the pieces > don't snap into place automagically. :D > > 73 > > -Jim > NU0C > > On Tue, 18 Dec 2018 21:52:55 -0700 > "Greg Beam" <ki7m...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi Bill, > > > > Source: https://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/wsjtx-2.0.0.tgz > > > > I finally got around to building WSJT-X v2.0.0 with Launchpad && local > > pbuilder (Debian Bootstrap), but, I have run into an error that may > > have been discussed already. UB 14.04 (Trusty) is using Qt 5.2.1, > > while UB 16.04 > > (Xenial) and UB 18.04 (Bionic) are using 5.5.1 and 5.9.5 respectively. > > Xenial and Bionic are building as expected but Trusty is failing on an > > 'Q_ENUM' error (see attached image | log excerpt). > > > > Personally, I am not overly concerned about it as Trusty goes EOL in > > April > > 2019 and folks should be--if not already--migrating to a later LTS > > release, but thought I'd let you know. > > > > On a separate, but related note, I had to add two more package > > dependencies to the Debian control file `Build-Dependencies` but I'm > > sure your already > > aware: > > > > - Git > > - libqt5sql5-sqlite > > > > Other than the Trusty Q_ENUM issue, all else seems to be fine. > > > > 73's > > Greg, KI7MT > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > wsjt-devel mailing list > wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel > > > > _______________________________________________ > wsjt-devel mailing list > wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel _______________________________________________ wsjt-devel mailing list wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel
