Cannot install on ubuntu 14.04

[Bob Mounger]

Greetings, I tried to install gqrx-sdr & got the errors below. I then tried to install the packages it was complaining about one by one & got no errors. What am I doing wrong?

I tried this once with pre release on & off in the software center with the same results.

Thanks, Bob AF5UP

>sudo apt-get install gqrx-sdr

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree       

Reading state information... Done

Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have

requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable

distribution that some required packages have not yet been created

or been moved out of Incoming.

The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:

 libcheese-gtk23 : Depends: libclutter-gtk-1.0-0 (>= 0.91.8) but it is not going to be installed

                   Depends: libcogl15 (>= 1.15.8) but it is not going to be installed

 libcheese7 : Depends: libclutter-gst-2.0-0 (>= 0.10.0) but it is not going to be installed

              Depends: gstreamer1.0-clutter but it is not going to be installed

 libclutter-1.0-0 : Depends: libcogl-pango15 (>= 1.15.8) but it is not going to be installed

                    Depends: libcogl15 (>= 1.15.8) but it is not going to be installed

E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.

>sudo apt-get install libcheese-gtk23

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree       

Reading state information... Done

libcheese-gtk23 is already the newest version.

0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

>sudo apt-get install libcheese7

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree       

Reading state information... Done

libcheese7 is already the newest version.

0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

>sudo apt-get install libclutter-1.0-0

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree       

Reading state information... Done

libclutter-1.0-0 is already the newest version.

0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

[Dominic Uliano]

I had the same issue.  I read somewhere that there is an issue with the libraries.  However, I applied as many of the libraries as I could and then used QT Creator and built it from source and I finally got it to work.

[Alexandru Csete]

Hi Bob,

The packages listed in the message have nothing to do with gqrx.
Something else is broken on your system. You can try to resolve the
errors using the "fix broken packages" function in apt.

Btw. why are you using the command line? It seems to me that a menu
based GUI like synaptics would be easier for you.

Also remember to "update" the package databse once a week.

Also, you may consider using our PPA to get a newer version of gqrx
(but not until you have resolved the errors)

PS: When I get broken dependency errors on a debian-based system I
normally remove packages until there are no more errors, then install
again.

Alex

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[Dominic Uliano]

Alexandru, I think the gqrx package has dependencies on one or more of these libraries:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
         libcheese-gtk23 : Depends: libclutter-gtk-1.0-0 (>= 0.91.8) but it is not going to be installed
                           Depends: libcogl15 (>= 1.15.8) but it is not going to be installed
         libcheese7 : Depends: libclutter-gst-2.0-0 (>= 0.10.0) but it is not going to be installed
                      Depends: gstreamer1.0-clutter but it is not going to be installed
         libclutter-1.0-0 : Depends: libcogl-pango15 (>= 1.15.8) but it is not going to be installed
                            Depends: libcogl15 (>= 1.15.8) but it is not going to be installed
        E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages

There is a bug that has been documented with ubuntu on this issue.  Here is the url of the bug listing

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-installer/+bug/1424491

Kind regards,

Dominic

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[Bob Mounger]

Thank You very much Dominic, 

I did a complete re-install of ubuntu this morning & still have the same problem, & was starting to wonder what I had done to this poor laptop :)

I guess I have to wait until this this bug is fixed :(

Thanks again,

Bob

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[Dominic Uliano]

Glad to help Bob.  I really struggled with this and I found a website that explained how to build and run gqrx by using QT Creator.  At first it, there were issues but then I used the Ubuntu update manager (not apt-get) and used it to install/update QT creator (even though it was already built), then I went back and built gqrx and low and behold, it runs.  I am waiting for a dongle to arrive from Amazon today so I can post later to let you know if works or not.

link to installing qt creator:  http://www.sysads.co.uk/2014/06/install-qt-creator-ubuntu-14-04-lts/

Link to installing gqrx with qt creator:  http://zr6aic.blogspot.com/2014/10/how-to-install-gqrx-sdr-software-on.html

Maybe it will work for you.

Good Luck

Regards,

Dominic

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[Alexandru Csete]

On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 5:29 PM, Dominic Uliano <dominic...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Alexandru, I think the gqrx package has dependencies on one or more of these
> libraries:
>
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> libcheese-gtk23 : Depends: libclutter-gtk-1.0-0 (>= 0.91.8) but it
> is not going to be installed
> Depends: libcogl15 (>= 1.15.8) but it is not
> going to be installed
> libcheese7 : Depends: libclutter-gst-2.0-0 (>= 0.10.0) but it is
> not going to be installed
> Depends: gstreamer1.0-clutter but it is not going to
> be installed
> libclutter-1.0-0 : Depends: libcogl-pango15 (>= 1.15.8) but it is
> not going to be installed
> Depends: libcogl15 (>= 1.15.8) but it is not
> going to be installed
> E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be
> caused by held packages
>

Hi Dominic,

If you open synaptic package manager and check the dependencies for
gqrx-sdr you see that gqrx does not depend on any of those packages.
Any dependency to those packages would be indirect and certainly
wrong.

The description of libcheese says: "tool to take pictures and videos
from your webcam"
Why would gqrx depend on a webcam tool?

I think it might be a broken dependency of the Ubuntu desktop. On
Xubuntu 14.04 I can install gqrx-sdr package without any of those
errors.

Alex

[Dominic Uliano]

Hi Alex,

  I think you are right.  I investigated this further and came to the same conclusion.  I think there is a broken dependency of the Ubuntu desktop.  The desktop is unstable for sure.  I installed some QT libraries and I actually lost a setting on my touchpad(scroll) that was there before I installed the libraries.  

Even though the dependencies are causing issues, I was able to install gqrx from your git repository with no issues.  

Regards,

Dominic

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[Bob Mounger]

OK I finally got it working. I had to install all of the dependencies with synaptic & then build it with git.

Thanks to all for your help

Bob

[Adam Ebel]

It's funny, but Andy got GQRX very well installed on a DVD-ISO, and I tried to install it, and the computer said it was installed, but there was no icon available to click and start the program.  

On Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at 7:01:02 PM UTC-5, Bob Mounger wrote:

[Ian Board]

I just went through this. What finally worked for me was skipping the repositories - used the build-gnuradio script to build the gnu radio stuff, then git cloned  gqrx and used qmake.  The only (minor) hiccups were that I had to edit the build-gnuradio script for the libzmq stuff and had to bring my libusb  (was crashing until I did this) up to date. I had a lot of  issues with broken dependencies with the repositories. Just building it wasn't that bad (although it takes a   l-o-n-g time).

- Ian