[Bio-linux-dev] Bio-Linux 8 ready for Beta-testing

Tony Travis tony.travis at abdn.ac.uk
Mon Jun 30 08:20:35 EDT 2014


On 30/06/14 12:46, Tim Booth wrote:
> [...]
> apt-get -f install => reports no errors
> update-manager => reports no errors
> aptitude -f install => has a fit and wants to remove most of the system
> (including the aptitude package!)

Hi, Tim.

I've quite often been in that situation, but I've learnt to trust it :-)

> So either this system is in a mess that apt-get can't see or else
> aptitude is wrong.  I accept that either case is possible but I would
> note that Aptitude has had some real issues relating to multi-arch
> dependency resolution in the past:
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/831768

OK, but that bug was fixed in 2012 soon after it was reported...

> On my other test systems, aptitude is happy.  I need to do more digging
> on this.

I'm still having problems installing "bio-linux-cruft-killer" on my
workstation at home, but that system was the one that I upgraded BL7 to
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS while you were still working on the Bio-Linux PPA.

> Apart from this, you say you are still seeing the BL7 boot splash.  What
> I did was to put both versions into bio-linux-plymouth-theme and have
> them switch based on [ `lsb_release -cs` != "precise" ].
>
> What does lsb_release say on your system?

ajt at beluga:~$ lsb_release -cs
trusty

>  And does
> "dpkg-reconfigure"-ing this package help?

Looks promising:

ajt at beluga:~$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure bio-linux-plymouth-theme
[sudo] password for ajt:
update-alternatives: using
/lib/plymouth/themes/bl8-logo/ubuntu-logo.plymouth to provide
/lib/plymouth/themes/default.plymouth (default.plymouth) in auto mode
update-alternatives: using
/lib/plymouth/themes/bl8-text/ubuntu-text.plymouth to provide
/lib/plymouth/themes/text.plymouth (text.plymouth) in auto mode
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.103ubuntu4.2) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-30-generic

> If so, I'll do this at the
> end of the upgrade script.

Have to re-boot to find out...

I'll let you know if that fixes it.

Bye,

  Tony.

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