Unsatisfiable python dependency in deb package

[randomdude4555]

I am unable to install the genesis-sync package on Ubuntu 11.04 Natty because of a dependency error:

Dependency is not satisfiable: python (< 2.7)

Figures..

$ python -V
Python 2.7.1+

Python 2.7 is the default version in Natty at the moment.

Is the code really incompatible with 2.7?

[Frederik Elwert (frederik-elwert)]

Thank you for the comment. I guess I just made a mistake when copying the packages, as I copied the lucid package to natty, while I should have copied the oneiric package.

The code works with Python 2.6 and 2.7, I just have to rebuild the package to get the dependencies right.

Could you please try installing the oneiric package manually? If that works, I will upload a new package for natty.

[randomdude4555 (randomdude4555-deactivatedaccount)]

Oneiric package has a dependency problem, too:

Dependency is not satisfiable: python-gobject-2

There is no python-gobject-2 package for Natty, only for Oneiric:

http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=python-gobject-2

but there is a python-gobject package, which is installed.

[randomdude4555 (randomdude4555-deactivatedaccount)]

Also (Oneiric package):

# dpkg -i genesis-sync_0.6.3_all.deb

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of genesis-sync:
 genesis-sync depends on python-gobject-2; however:
  Package python-gobject-2 is not installed.
 genesis-sync depends on syncevolution-evolution (>= 1:0.9.2+1.0beta3) | syncevolution (>= 1.1.99); however:
  Package syncevolution-evolution is not installed.
  Version of syncevolution on system is 1.1+ds1-5ubuntu1.

I installed syncevolution from the syncevolution repo:
http://downloads.syncevolution.org/apt stable main

$ dpkg -l | grep -i 'syncevolution'
ii syncevolution 1.1+ds1-5ubuntu1 Evolution data synchronization program using SyncML (CLI)
ii syncevolution-common 1.1+ds1-5ubuntu1 Evolution data synchronization program using SyncML
ii syncevolution-dbus 1.1+ds1-5ubuntu1 Evolution data synchronization program using SyncML (D-Bus support)

[randomdude4555 (randomdude4555-deactivatedaccount)]

Okay, force install seems to work..

# dpkg --force-all -i genesis-sync_0.6.3_all.deb
Selecting previously deselected package genesis-sync.
(Reading database ... 295423 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking genesis-sync (from genesis-sync_0.6.3_all.deb) ...
dpkg: genesis-sync: dependency problems, but configuring anyway as you requested:
 genesis-sync depends on python-gobject-2; however:
  Package python-gobject-2 is not installed.
 genesis-sync depends on syncevolution-evolution (>= 1:0.9.2+1.0beta3) | syncevolution (>= 1.1.99); however:
  Package syncevolution-evolution is not installed.
  Version of syncevolution on system is 1.1+ds1-5ubuntu1.
Setting up genesis-sync (0.6.3) ...

Configuration file `/etc/apport/crashdb.conf.d/genesis-sync-crashdb.conf', does not exist on system.
Installing new config file as you requested.
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for python-gmenu ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/desktop.en_US.utf8.cache...
Processing triggers for python-support ...

Hope that helps :)

[randomdude4555 (randomdude4555-deactivatedaccount)]

Sorry, * work = it actually works after install, I get the indicator, and syncing works too.

[Frederik Elwert (frederik-elwert)]

Regarding the python-gobject dependency:
Okay, looks like neither the oneiric nor the lucid package satisfy the natty dependencies. This is a bit annoying, as Genesis would run unchanged on all these platforms. But okay, I will try to built a new source package for natty.

Regarding syncevolution: This version of Genesis contains a small modification that matches SyncEvolution 1.2. Thus, it is recommended to use SE 1.2 or newer. You should be able to get it from the SE repository.

[Frederik Elwert (frederik-elwert)]

Just published a package for natty. Could you please try this out and see if it now installs?

[randomdude4555 (randomdude4555-deactivatedaccount)]

Turns out the command

apt-get install syncevolution

installs the 1.1 package from the Ubuntu repo, and

apt-get install syncevolution-evolution

installs the 1.2.1 package from the SE repo. WEIRD.

Anyways, after installing the 1.2.1 package, the genesis-sync package installed OK. Thank you very much for your effort!

For the record:

To install syncevolution 1.2 for Natty...

- add syncevolution's repo ( deb http://downloads.syncevolution.org/apt/ stable main )
- install SE 1.2: apt-get install syncevolution-evolution
- download and install genesis-sync: dpkg -i genesis-sync_0.6.3natty1_all.deb

[Frederik Elwert (frederik-elwert)]

Great, good to know it’s fixed. Thanks again for reporting!