installation on ubuntu 12.04 requires ignoring of multiple warnings

[Larry Myerscough]

I tried to install pyqtgraph on ubuntu by choosing "ubuntu software center" as opener for the .deb file.

I was not worried by the initial "only if you trust orgin" warning and proceeeded to click install but when I goto a bad quality warning with these details...

Lintian check results for /home/larry/Downloads/pyqtgraph-dev-r218.deb:
Use of uninitialized value $ENV{"HOME"} in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/lintian line 108.
E: python-pyqtgraph: wrong-file-owner-uid-or-gid usr/ 1000/1000
E: python-pyqtgraph: wrong-file-owner-uid-or-gid usr/lib/ 1000/1000
etc.


... I decided to seek advice rather than pig-headedly ignoring the warnings.

Any  words of comfort, anyone?

[Larry Myerscough]

On reflection, I decided to just download the source instead. After extracting and moving pyqtgraph to ~/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages, I was up and running without warnings. Nonetheless, feedback on the original issue will be appreciated.

2012/10/26 Larry Myerscough <hippo...@gmail.com>

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[Luke Campagnola]

On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 9:32 AM, Larry Myerscough <hippo...@gmail.com> wrote:

I tried to install pyqtgraph on ubuntu by choosing "ubuntu software center" as opener for the .deb file.

I was not worried by the initial "only if you trust orgin" warning and proceeeded to click install but when I goto a bad quality warning with these details...

Lintian check results for /home/larry/Downloads/pyqtgraph-dev-r218.deb:
Use of uninitialized value $ENV{"HOME"} in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/lintian line 108.
E: python-pyqtgraph: wrong-file-owner-uid-or-gid usr/ 1000/1000
E: python-pyqtgraph: wrong-file-owner-uid-or-gid usr/lib/ 1000/1000
etc.

Thanks for the report! 

Looks like software center is using lintian to decide whether the .deb meets debian packaging policy (obviously it does not). I'm still a novice at building .deb packages, but I was able to fix the most egregious errors about permissions and ownership. The rest of the errors are a bit more nitpicky (improper description formatting, missing changelog file, etc.) and may not be fixed soon (or ever). 

In any case, I believe these packages are safe to install.

Luke

 

[Larry Myerscough]

Thanks for the clarification. With the changes you menationed, the installation would be less worrying.

2012/10/26 Luke Campagnola <luke.ca...@gmail.com>

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