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[Gilletarom]

Dave hello, hello Pavel hello Thomas,

I had never written linux explanations in the French website "opencpn.shoreline.fr".
It happens that I have at my disposal a old PC permanently out of use for Windows. Rather than replacing Windows with Windows, and since we had to reformat the hard drive, I preferred to install a Linux distribution.

The size of the Suze Linux version is 4.7 GB, and that of Navigatrix is ​​2.5 GB. Finally being I chose Ubuntu 14.04 32-bit version, because I was only 1GB to download. (Currently I have a bad internet connection but after all, much more than I should be confronted with a similar situation.).

Now, I try to install OpenCPN on this PC. This is the first time I've done that. I looked on the website opencpnorg, nothing to do, is incomprehensible.
It's too complicated. And there are too many references from one page to another. Too many mixtures of the explanations for the various Linux distributions.

Is it possible to write a detailed page for each distribution site "opencpn.org"?
Until this is done (if done one day ...), can you tell me where to find a version for Ubuntu 14.04? (and easy explanations for installation)

Thank you in advance. Best regards, Gilletarom.

[nohal]

Gilletarom...
To install on Ubuntu (as linked from the download page)

• Add the PPA as explained at Configuring Ubuntu PPA | Official OpenCPN Homepage
• Install OpenCPN and the plugins you want from the software center

Pavel

[bcn]

PPA (= Personal Package Archive) explained:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PPA

[petter5]

Originally Posted by Gilletarom

Dave hello, hello Pavel hello Thomas,

Now, I try to install OpenCPN on this PC. This is the first time I've done that. I looked on the website opencpnorg, nothing to do, is incomprehensible.
It's too complicated. And there are too many references from one page to another. Too many mixtures of the explanations for the various Linux distributions.

Is it possible to write a detailed page for each distribution site "opencpn.org"?
Until this is done (if done one day ...), can you tell me where to find a version for Ubuntu 14.04? (and easy explanations for installation)

Thank you in advance. Best regards, Gilletarom.

From the command line

Open a Terminal and enter the following commands:

sudo apt-get install software-properties-common

 sudo add-apt-repository ppa:opencpn/opencpn

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install opencpn

Installing plugins:

sudo apt-get install opencpn-plugin-<PLUGIN_NAME>
where <PLUGIN_NAME> is the name of the plugin, for example to install the WMM plugin, the complete commad will be:

sudo apt-get install opencpn-plugin-wmm

Installing GPS using GPSD:

Install the gpsd and gpsd-clients package

sudo apt-get install gpsd gpsd-clients

All above from the opencpn manual,,,

[Gilletarom]

Hello Petter5 and Pavel,

I am presently in Macdo restaurant. There is a good wifi acces.

I tryed the two mays that are described in the page :
Configuring Ubuntu PPA | Official OpenCPN Homepage

Not Ok.

By example, with the terminal, the first and second sudo commande, Ok.

BUT

The last commande line do n ot run correctly. See below : Error 404 !

"
Réception de : 2 http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty Release [15,1 kB]
Atteint Index of / trusty/main i386 Packages
Réception de : 3 http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main i386 Packages [4 973 B]
Réception de : 4 http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main Translation-en [1 436 B]
Ign https://launchpad.net trusty InRelease
Ign https://launchpad.net trusty Release.gpg
Ign Index of / trusty/main Translation-fr_FR
Ign Index of / trusty/main Translation-fr
Ign https://launchpad.net trusty Release
Ign Index of / trusty/main Translation-en_GB
Ign Index of / trusty/main Translation-en
Err https://launchpad.net trusty/main i386 Packages
HttpError404
Ign https://launchpad.net trusty/main Translation-fr_FR
Ign https://launchpad.net trusty/main Translation-fr
Ign https://launchpad.net trusty/main Translation-en_GB
Ign https://launchpad.net trusty/main Translation-en
21,8 ko réceptionnés en 20s (1 084 o/s)
W: Impossible de récupérer https://launchpad.net/nohal/opencpn/ubuntu trusty main/dists/trusty/main/binary-i386/Packages HttpError404

E: Le téléchargement de quelques fichiers d'index a échoué, ils ont été ignorés, ou les anciens ont été utilisés à la place.
gilletarom2@gilletarom2-1001HA:~$
"

Where is really the binary package ?

[nohal]

Gilletarom...
1) Don't mix stuff together.
2) I can't help you if all the information you give me is "Not OK", sorry.
3) If you read the error you get, you somehow managed to aggregate an erroneous PPA (https://launchpad.net/nohal/opencpn/ubuntu), I wonder how as it is not mentioned in either of the instructions.

Pavel

[petter5]

Originally Posted by Gilletarom

Dave hello, hello Pavel hello Thomas,

I had never written linux explanations in the French website "opencpn.shoreline.fr".
It happens that I have at my disposal a old PC permanently out of use for Windows. Rather than replacing Windows with Windows, and since we had to reformat the hard drive, I preferred to install a Linux distribution.

The size of the Suze Linux version is 4.7 GB, and that of Navigatrix is ​​2.5 GB. Finally being I chose Ubuntu 14.04 32-bit version, because I was only 1GB to download. (Currently I have a bad internet connection but after all, much more than I should be confronted with a similar situation.).

Now, I try to install OpenCPN on this PC. This is the first time I've done that. I looked on the website opencpnorg, nothing to do, is incomprehensible.
It's too complicated. And there are too many references from one page to another. Too many mixtures of the explanations for the various Linux distributions.

Is it possible to write a detailed page for each distribution site "opencpn.org"?
Until this is done (if done one day ...), can you tell me where to find a version for Ubuntu 14.04? (and easy explanations for installation)

Thank you in advance. Best regards, Gilletarom.

Originally Posted by Gilletarom

Hello Petter5 and Pavel,

I am presently in Macdo restaurant. There is a good wifi acces.

I tryed the two mays that are described in the page :
Configuring Ubuntu PPA | Official OpenCPN Homepage

Not Ok.

By example, with the terminal, the first and second sudo commande, Ok.

BUT

The last commande line do n ot run correctly. See below : Error 404 !

"
Réception de : 2 http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty Release [15,1 kB]
Atteint Index of / trusty/main i386 Packages
Réception de : 3 http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main i386 Packages [4 973 B]
Réception de : 4 http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main Translation-en [1 436 B]
Ign https://launchpad.net trusty InRelease
Ign https://launchpad.net trusty Release.gpg
Ign Index of / trusty/main Translation-fr_FR
Ign Index of / trusty/main Translation-fr
Ign https://launchpad.net trusty Release
Ign Index of / trusty/main Translation-en_GB
Ign Index of / trusty/main Translation-en
Err https://launchpad.net trusty/main i386 Packages
HttpError404
Ign https://launchpad.net trusty/main Translation-fr_FR
Ign https://launchpad.net trusty/main Translation-fr
Ign https://launchpad.net trusty/main Translation-en_GB
Ign https://launchpad.net trusty/main Translation-en
21,8 ko réceptionnés en 20s (1 084 o/s)
W: Impossible de récupérer https://launchpad.net/nohal/opencpn/ubuntu trusty main/dists/trusty/main/binary-i386/Packages HttpError404

E: Le téléchargement de quelques fichiers d'index a échoué, ils ont été ignorés, ou les anciens ont été utilisés à la place.
gilletarom2@gilletarom2-1001HA:~$
"

Where is really the binary package ?

Try to remove Noahl s repository for now:

 sudo mousepad /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nohal-opencpn-trusty.list.save

Comment out the repository by ensuring the file reads:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/nohal/opencpn/ubuntu trusty main
# deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/nohal/opencpn/ubuntu trusty main

the save and quit.

and:

 sudo mousepad /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nohal-opencpn-trusty.list

Comment out the repository by ensuring the file reads:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/nohal/opencpn/ubuntu trusty main
# deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/nohal/opencpn/ubuntu trusty main

then save and quit.
Now:

sudo apt-get update

and

sudo apt-get install opencpn

Some of the errors gone ??

[Gilletarom]

Hello Pavel

Today, I searched and found this page: opencpn - Documentation Ubuntu Francophone

This is the page that explains how to install French OpenCPN in Ub untu-fr.org website

I followed the instructions. I got the same result as yesterday. It lacks a "IMPORTANT" file or folder in launchpad.net!

The missing file or folder is the same as I posted yesterday.

It should be in available here: https://launchpad.net/nohal/opencpn/...-i386/Packages

See attachment in which I copied, down, all Linux terminal lines. This should allow you to understand.

Best regards

Gilletarom.

[nohal]

Gilletarom...
You at some point tried to use the beta PPA and did it wrong. Get rid of it somehow and you will have no problem.

Pavel

[Gilletarom]

Hello Pavel

Thank you for this information. But, frankly, I have not tried to use the beta version ... This is the first time I use Linux. And I do not understand much about all these lines ...

At what place this has happened? Is it here :
" Plus d’info : https://launchpad.net/~opencpn/+archive/ubuntu/opencpn
Appuyez sur [ENTRÉE] pour continuer ou Ctrl-C pour annuler l’ajout
"
when it ask me to make "Return" or "Ctrl C" ?

Gilletarom.

[petter5]

Please see my instructions above to remove the beta PPA

[nohal]

Gilletarom...
I really don't know how you managed to add a wrong address for the beta PPA there.
Look into the software sources and under /etc/apt to remove the wrong entry which contains "nohal"

Pavel

[petter5]

Originally Posted by nohal

Gilletarom...
I really don't know how you managed to add a wrong address for the beta PPA there.
Look into the software sources and under /etc/apt to remove the wrong entry which contains "nohal"

Pavel

Under ubuntu, the location for extra repositories is:

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ and not /etc/apt/ as stated in my post above.

[nohal]

Originally Posted by petter5

Under ubuntu, the location for extra repositories is:

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ and not /etc/apt/ as stated in my post above.

Or /etc/apt/sources.list, I really don't know where he put it and how, that's why he has to check "under /etc/apt/"

Pavel

[Gilletarom]

Hello Pavel, Hello Petter5,

I use the commands that Petter5 as write. Now, all is Ok.

I can run OpenCPN 4.0.0

Thank for your help.


Pavel,
Please, can you explian me that is write here :
Download OpenCPN | Official OpenCPN Homepage

And more exactly here :

"

• Ubuntu 15.10 note: Please use OpenCPN 4.1 betas on Ubuntu Wily, the 4.0.0 packages are not available there as of now.

Thank by advance. So I can explian more in french web site opencpn.shoreline.fr.

Best regards. Gilletarom.