firsttime installation problems

Submitted by haden on Wed, 14/05/2014 - 17:58

I'm totally new to linux and i'm triyng to install the emoncms on a debian x64(installed from scratch, default settings running in a vmware)

I followed the guide at:http://emoncms.org/site/docs/debianinstall

my sources.lists contains this:

#emoncms
deb http://emon-repo.s3.amazonaws.com wheezy unstable

and the command goes like this:

root@debian:/etc/apt# sudo apt-get update
Hit http://ftp.dk.debian.org wheezy Release.gpg
Hit http://ftp.dk.debian.org wheezy-updates Release.gpg
Hit http://ftp.dk.debian.org wheezy Release
Hit http://ftp.dk.debian.org wheezy-updates Release
Hit http://ftp.dk.debian.org wheezy/main Sources
Hit http://ftp.dk.debian.org wheezy/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://ftp.dk.debian.org wheezy/main Translation-en
Hit http://ftp.dk.debian.org wheezy-updates/main Sources
Hit http://ftp.dk.debian.org wheezy-updates/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://ftp.dk.debian.org wheezy-updates/main Translation-en/DiffIndex
Get:1 http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates Release.gpg [836 B]
Ign http://emon-repo.s3.amazonaws.com wheezy Release.gpg
Get:2 http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates Release [102 kB]
Hit http://emon-repo.s3.amazonaws.com wheezy Release
Ign http://emon-repo.s3.amazonaws.com wheezy/unstable amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Get:3 http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates/main Sources [105 kB]
Get:4 http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates/main amd64 Packages [180 kB]
Hit http://emon-repo.s3.amazonaws.com wheezy/unstable amd64 Packages
Get:5 http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates/main Translation-en [100 kB]
Ign http://emon-repo.s3.amazonaws.com wheezy/unstable Translation-en_US
Ign http://emon-repo.s3.amazonaws.com wheezy/unstable Translation-en
Fetched 489 kB in 3s (135 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
root@debian:/etc/apt# sudo apt-get install emoncms
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package emoncms

I'm probably doing everything wrongs as this is my pre-second installation of linux(i'm used to MS)

Thanks

Kim

Re: firsttime installation problems

Submitted by haden on Fri, 16/05/2014 - 05:31.

Just tried with a Debian x86 and getting the same error.

Anyone installed this from scratch lately?

Re: firsttime installation problems

Submitted by pb66 on Fri, 16/05/2014 - 10:03.

I've just confirmed this works ok for the raspberrypi (armhf) platform, I don't have an alternative linux machine to test, but looking at the repo in a browser, I guessing the problem is the amd64 and i386 packages are not complete.

so I don't think you're doing anything wrong and may need to hang on a bit till the deb is available again.

the debian repo is maintained by schism and he hasn't been about for a few days, maybe he is away or busy. I will try to contact him, but I'm sure he'll be able sort out any problem.

Paul

Re: firsttime installation problems

Submitted by haden on Fri, 16/05/2014 - 20:32.

Thanks for feedback and help.

Re: firsttime installation problems

Submitted by Schism on Fri, 16/05/2014 - 21:56.

Hi,

Apologies, unfortunately the way that the APT repo works means a version needs to be made available on each architecture even though nothing is compiled. I've been meaning to come up with a script that automatically does this for each architecture but amn't there yet.

You can check out the pkg-emoncms git repository from my github and build it yourself with git-buildpackage - then just install the resulting .deb file for the time being.

Thanks,

Re: firsttime installation problems

Submitted by haden on Sun, 18/05/2014 - 07:20.

Thanks but i'm totally new to linux, so no idea how to do that. Are there any platform that currently works(other that Raspberry)?

Regards

Kim

Re: firsttime installation problems

Submitted by pb66 on Sun, 18/05/2014 - 07:51.

Hi Kim, right now it looks like the Pi is the only .deb available from the package repo, The other debian platforms were available previously and will be again soon.

The good thing is emonCMS v8.2.1 has been released so the .debs need to be updated anyway, this normally takes a few days to happen as each architecture must be catered for and then all uploaded to the repo at once as all .debs for all architectures are overwritten when a new .deb is uploaded which is most likely how the i386 & amd64 came to be missing.

The alternative would be to use the git method but as the file locations differ to the .deb version, they are not compatible with each other. So if you can hang on a few days, I would recommend waiting for the .deb as it is much easier and robust, future upgrades will be simpler too.

Paul

Re: firsttime installation problems

Submitted by haden on Sun, 18/05/2014 - 14:20.

Sure I can wait. I have some hardware stuff to do also. My idea was to test it first on a vmware before i go out and buy a Raspberry.

How can i see that they are released? is it just to look at the XML and look a <key > containing i386 and .deb in the path?

Re: firsttime installation problems

Submitted by Xygen on Fri, 09/01/2015 - 23:01.

Hi there,

I had the same idea (to test emoncms in a virtual machine before buying a pi).

But I'm getting the same error. So I think it hasn't been fixed yet.

Can someone have a look at it?

Thank you very much!

Re: firsttime installation problems

Submitted by pb66 on Sat, 10/01/2015 - 00:33.

The debian packages haven't been updated in a while for the raspberrypi and the packages for other platforms haven't been available for some time. unless you can emulate a raspberrypi in your VM and don't mind an older revision, you would be better off using git for the moment.

I believe there ~~are plans~~ is hope they will be resurrected in the future but there is no certainty or indication of timescale yet.

Paul

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