install OpenCPN on Debian8

[erdos]

i'm trying to install opencpn on my laptop with Debian linux 8.

i followed the instruction on the website for Ubuntu, added pps, but I received error when i run ' sudo apt-get update', receiving error about not being able to update.

anyone running opencpn on linux?

thanks

[nohal]

erdos...
You can't just blindly follow the Ubuntu instructions here, on Debian you must pretend that you are using some version of Ubuntu (trusty in this case).
Also note that installing OpenCPN 4.0 on Jessie needs you to get the wxwidgets-2.8 libraries from Sid. If you are going to install the 4.1 beta, this is not needed.
FWIW, here is how the APT configuration looks on my Jessie system:

nohal@knut:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nohal-opencpn-jessie.list
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/nohal/opencpn/ubuntu trusty main

Pavel

[skkeith]

I achieved success on banana pi, installing everything from the repository by starting with bananaian wheezy and following their upgrade procedure to jessie.

sed -i 's/wheezy/jessie/g' /etc/apt/sources.list
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get dist-upgrade
shutdown -r now

Then you just need to add the repositories:


edit /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/opencpn/opencpn/ubuntu trusty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/opencpn/opencpn/ubuntu trusty main
deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian sid main

now you can

apt-get update
apt-get install opencpn

Then remove

deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian sid main

[pcav]

Hi all,
I'm new to OpenCPN, but long time Debian user, and part of DebianGIS.
Anyone interested in having OCPN as a proper Debian package?
And: is there a mailing list where to discuss these issues in more detail?
Thanks.

[bcn]

Pcav...

Just post your suggestions, critics and questions here.
It's the right place.

[nohal]

Pcav...
You can jump directly at https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugr...cgi?bug=538067
For starters I would like some clarification about what is wrong with the (current) source tarballs used to build https://launchpad.net/~nohal/+archiv...ncpn/+packages from Debian's point of view and how to submit the package for review once we fix them.

Thanks

Pavel

[pcav]

If I understand correctly from a quick scan of the ticket, it seems that Debian requires to upgrade to wxwidget 3, am I right?
Thanks.

[nohal]

pcav...
Not exactly, Jessie contains wxWidgets 3.0 (only), mentions of any wx2.8/3.0 "problems" in the ticket are now irrelevant as OpenCPN 4.2 targets wx3.0 by default.

Pavel

[pcav]

Thanks. I'll discuss about this in the Debian GIS mailing list. Are you subscribed?
It would be useful if you could participate.