Depency of Curl and 7z is missing for PlayOnLinux

[AdlerHorst]

After installing PlayOnLinux. the First start do not work because of the missing CURL package.
Also afte installing Curl in the next start of PlayOnLinux get a Prompt, that 7z is needed.

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Did you install PlayOnLinux from the Ubuntu Software Centre or from online and what version of Ubuntu?

[AdlerHorst (adlerhorst)]

Installed from Softwarecenter
I Use Ubuntu 13.10

[Ronin Dusette (ronindusette)]

This is not a bug. If you installed from the Ubuntu repos, that version is SUPER out of date. Download 4.2.1 from playonlinux.com.

I have been trying to get Ubuntu to update their repos, but they have not done so. This is not a bug. You simply need to install those dependencies.

sudo apt-get install curl p7zip-full p7zip-rar

[AdlerHorst (adlerhorst)]

Thanks a lot for your trying to get it up to date.

I'm a little bit surprised about the asking from Playonlinux about dependencies its the first time in my Ubuntu life that a Program is asking about something like that.

I'm hoping your effort will get an ear to correct this.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Michael Murphy (mmstick)]

This bug is still around in Ubuntu 14.04

[Ronin Dusette (ronindusette)]

This is NOT A BUG. We (The PlayOnLinux Team) have stated previously that whatever bugs are being reported here have been corrected. The version in ALL of Ubuntu's repositories (as far as I can see) is SUPER old. The current STABLE version that is recommended for use is PlayOnLinux 4.2.1. This is NOT available through the default repositories, but is readily available from www.playonlinux.com

Please add PlayOnLinux version 4.2.1 to the Official Repositories, so that people can use that one. Filing bug reports for an old version of our software is counter-productive.

Obviously, if it pops up and says that you are missing a dependency, then that is the problem. It states that you need curl and 7zip. This is far from a bug; its a dependency. Very easy to fix. Simply:

sudo apt-get install curl p7zip-full

will fix the "error" that is being seen.

If people want to see updates in the software, then the Ubuntu repo admins need to bring the version of POL in their repo to the current version, or simply install POL 4.2.1 from playonlinux.com. If Ubuntu will not update their repo with our current version, then you will need to update it via our site, otherwise, we cannot do anything about it. Hopefully the current version will be pushed into Ubuntu's repository. Im not sure why it has not been moved into their repo yet, anyway. But, it is what it is.

[Ronin Dusette (ronindusette)]

Assigning to myself (admin for POL), to see if we can get the repo updated. :)

[Ronin Dusette (ronindusette)]

I stand corrected;

Saucy has 4.2.1 in their repo:

http://packages.ubuntu.com/saucy/playonlinux

If it says that you need to install curl and p7zip, simply install them, and the errors will not be there. Its quite trivial. Simply install, and use as usual. If you are missing a dependency, it will say, so just install the dep, and continue about your day. :D

[Michael Murphy (mmstick)]

It is a packaging bug for as long as this package is being hosted in the repos. Because it does not have curl and 7zip listed as a dependency in the deb package, it does not install them when POL is installed like it should. Repackage your POL deb with curl and 7zip added as a dependency.

[Ronin Dusette (ronindusette)]

Current dev release has that already (if I am not mistaken), but has not been released as stable, as of yet. Will update after I check it. If I am incorrect in that being fixed in the current dev version, Ill make sure its added as a fix to the next stable release. Again, I can see at least Saucy has the current stable, which is good. It does alert about the missing deps, but Im sure the head devs left it out originally for some reason. I will update when I have more info.

[AdlerHorst (adlerhorst)]

@Josh Black
Maybe you're right that this is not a Bug, and I know that a workaround with "sudo apt-get install curl p7zip-full" exist and could be don really simple. But software like POL is one of the first Software a Linux noob who is trying to change to Linux will use. I do not think they should get problems like this. I remember my first time I was searching in Software-center about curl and 7zip.

Oh, and I will use the chance to thank you and your team very much for your work for this piece of software