In the end, it seems to me like downloading a precompiled binary might have been a good match for this user's level of experience and pluck.
When downloading a precompiled binary, it's also a good practice to perform checksums.
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When downloading a precompiled binary, it's also a good practice to perform checksums.
The problem hardcoresuperstar had is not a problem with the ppa, but a problem with his install of Ubuntu. At some point during the installation or during use, something happened that misconfigured something so that he gets all of those dependency errors.
Right, and usually you can, if you're a glutton for punishment, drill down into those errors and find out exactly what packages are preventing each other from installing, but in this case harcoresuperstar wasn't really advanced enough to do this. In the end, it seems to me like downloading a precompiled binary might have been a good match for this user's level of experience and pluck.
I wonder if that particular ppa isn't updated very often, if that's why the dependencies couldn't be installed (perhaps because newer versions are already installed on your system or something along those lines). Anyway, I'm glad you got it figured out.
I personally performed a clean Ubuntu 15.04 installation. Then, I replicated the same steps that HardcoreSuperstar did, and I did not have that dependencies problems.
The PPA is updated in each bitcoin-qt revision, If I'm not confused.
I would like to know if you are able to install any other package:
Try doing: apt-get install
Because this problem might not be PPA or bitcoin-qt-package related, but I misconfiguration in Ubuntu and the package manager itself.
Do this if you would like to further continue diagnosing.
I wonder if that particular ppa isn't updated very often, if that's why the dependencies couldn't be installed (perhaps because newer versions are already installed on your system or something along those lines). Anyway, I'm glad you got it figured out.
I personally performed a clean Ubuntu 15.04 installation. Then, I replicated the same steps that HardcoreSuperstar did, and I did not have that dependencies problems.
The PPA is updated in each bitcoin-qt revision, If I'm not confused.
I would like to know if you are able to install any other package:
Try doing: apt-get install
Because this problem might not be PPA or bitcoin-qt-package related, but I misconfiguration in Ubuntu and the package manager itself.
Do this if you would like to further continue diagnosing.
Yes, I can install build-essential.
I wonder if that particular ppa isn't updated very often, if that's why the dependencies couldn't be installed (perhaps because newer versions are already installed on your system or something along those lines). Anyway, I'm glad you got it figured out.
I personally performed a clean Ubuntu 15.04 installation. Then, I replicated the same steps that HardcoreSuperstar did, and I did not have that dependencies problems.
The PPA is updated in each bitcoin-qt revision, If I'm not confused.
I would like to know if you are able to install any other package:
Try doing: apt-get install
Because this problem might not be PPA or bitcoin-qt-package related, but I misconfiguration in Ubuntu and the package manager itself.
Do this if you would like to further continue diagnosing.
Yes, I downloaded the precompiled binaries from bitcoin.org, extracted the tarball and then opened bitcoin-qt by the terminal.
The procedure described here didn't work.
I wonder if that particular ppa isn't updated very often, if that's why the dependencies couldn't be installed (perhaps because newer versions are already installed on your system or something along those lines). Anyway, I'm glad you got it figured out. The procedure described here didn't work.
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I'm glad to see that you got it working. In the end, you just downloaded the precompiled binaries?
Ok. I have downloaded it from bitcoin.org and then extracted the tarball. But which application do I need to run the bitcoin-qt file? I am trying with Ubuntu Software Center but I get an error message
Open up a terminal in the bin folder and run the following commands
Every time you want to run bitcoin at, you need to use the second command. Don't close the terminal while the program is running.
Thank you very much Abdussamad and knightdk!
Now it works
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If you can't install from source just download the binaries from bitcoin.org. They work out of the box. Just extract the tarball and run.
Ok. I have downloaded it from bitcoin.org and then extracted the tarball. But which application do I need to run the bitcoin-qt file? I am trying with Ubuntu Software Center but I get an error message
Code:
chmod +x bitcoin-qt
./bitcoin-qt
Thank you very much Abdussamad and knightdk!
Now it works
I would like to make a donation to both of you to thank you for your patience and help.
Please send me a PM or reply under this post writing your addresses.
I am gonna make it as soon as possible.
Yes, I downloaded the precompiled binaries from bitcoin.org, extracted the tarball and then opened bitcoin-qt by the terminal.
The procedure described here didn't work.
I'm glad to see that you got it working. In the end, you just downloaded the precompiled binaries?
Ok. I have downloaded it from bitcoin.org and then extracted the tarball. But which application do I need to run the bitcoin-qt file? I am trying with Ubuntu Software Center but I get an error message
Open up a terminal in the bin folder and run the following commands
Every time you want to run bitcoin at, you need to use the second command. Don't close the terminal while the program is running.
Thank you very much Abdussamad and knightdk!
Now it works
I would like to make a donation to both of you to thank you for your patience and help.
Please send me a PM or reply under this post writing your addresses.
I am gonna make it as soon as possible.
If you can't install from source just download the binaries from bitcoin.org. They work out of the box. Just extract the tarball and run.
Ok. I have downloaded it from bitcoin.org and then extracted the tarball. But which application do I need to run the bitcoin-qt file? I am trying with Ubuntu Software Center but I get an error message
Code:
chmod +x bitcoin-qt
./bitcoin-qt
Thank you very much Abdussamad and knightdk!
Now it works
I would like to make a donation to both of you to thank you for your patience and help.
Please send me a PM or reply under this post writing your addresses.
I am gonna make it as soon as possible.
If you can't install from source just download the binaries from bitcoin.org. They work out of the box. Just extract the tarball and run.
Ok. I have downloaded it from bitcoin.org and then extracted the tarball. But which application do I need to run the bitcoin-qt file? I am trying with Ubuntu Software Center but I get an error message
Code:
chmod +x bitcoin-qt
./bitcoin-qt
Thank you very much Abdussamad and knightdk!
Now it works
I would like to make a donation to both of you to thank you for your patience and help.
Please send me a PM or reply under this post writing your addresses.
I am gonna make it as soon as possible.
If you can't install from source just download the binaries from bitcoin.org. They work out of the box. Just extract the tarball and run.
Ok. I have downloaded it from bitcoin.org and then extracted the tarball. But which application do I need to run the bitcoin-qt file? I am trying with Ubuntu Software Center but I get an error message
Code:
chmod +x bitcoin-qt
./bitcoin-qt
If you can't install from source just download the binaries from bitcoin.org. They work out of the box. Just extract the tarball and run.
Ok. I have downloaded it from bitcoin.org and then extracted the tarball. But which application do I need to run the bitcoin-qt file? I am trying with Ubuntu Software Center but I get an error message
I've reproduced the same steps you took in a Ubuntu 15.04 Virtual Machine.
The installation was successful and the package manager resolved the dependencies automatically.
That's why I asked: Are you using a clean Ubuntu installation? Or, on the other hand, this machine did already have Ubuntu installed along with other packages which could have caused the holding broken packages error?
Take a look at:
Official Ubuntu Documentation on broken packages: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticHowto#How_to_fix_broken_packages
http://askubuntu.com/questions/223237/unable-to-correct-problems-you-have-held-broken-packages
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2113213
The installation was successful and the package manager resolved the dependencies automatically.
That's why I asked: Are you using a clean Ubuntu installation? Or, on the other hand, this machine did already have Ubuntu installed along with other packages which could have caused the holding broken packages error?
Take a look at:
Official Ubuntu Documentation on broken packages: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticHowto#How_to_fix_broken_packages
http://askubuntu.com/questions/223237/unable-to-correct-problems-you-have-held-broken-packages
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2113213
I haven't used Ubuntu in a while but debian is my normal OS, which is similar. Anyway, it'd be helpful if you could cut-n-paste the entire terminal sessions to either a pastebin or to this forum when requesting these kinds of help. Oftentimes, someone who's very familiar with how the system works will see a specific detail if you post the sessions rather than just saying "it's the same message". In any case, I'd consider ditching that PPA and just building from source. On debian I'd get the source version of that bitcoin package and then do builddep to install dependencies. After that you just make && make install.
Let us see some sessions, please!
Let us see some sessions, please!
Thank you for your reply.
Here is a complete terminal session: http://pastebin.com/7zeuZHHM
I just followed the instructions contained in this website: http://www.distrogeeks.com/install-bitcoin-qt-ubuntu/
Yes, I did take a closer look at your session. I've run into this problem on debian in the past and usually it's resolved by using dpkg to do the configure step by hand, as knightdk had suggested. If I were you, I'd look more closely at *why* the packages which is says "cannot be installed" cannot be installed. Perhaps you get that info with "apt-get install -f"? I can't recall at the moment.
If you can't install from source just download the binaries from bitcoin.org. They work out of the box. Just extract the tarball and run.
I haven't used Ubuntu in a while but debian is my normal OS, which is similar. Anyway, it'd be helpful if you could cut-n-paste the entire terminal sessions to either a pastebin or to this forum when requesting these kinds of help. Oftentimes, someone who's very familiar with how the system works will see a specific detail if you post the sessions rather than just saying "it's the same message". In any case, I'd consider ditching that PPA and just building from source. On debian I'd get the source version of that bitcoin package and then do builddep to install dependencies. After that you just make && make install.
Let us see some sessions, please!
Let us see some sessions, please!
Thank you for your reply.
Here is a complete terminal session: http://pastebin.com/7zeuZHHM
I just followed the instructions contained in this website: http://www.distrogeeks.com/install-bitcoin-qt-ubuntu/
Thank you knight, but it still doesn't work.
The same message is displayed.
Ok...The same message is displayed.
Try
Code:
sudo apt-get -u dist-upgrade
Code:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Get a Mac.
UBUNTU SUCKS!
UBUNTU SUCKS!
That was not a very helpful response.
In any case, I'd consider ditching that PPA and just building from source. On debian I'd get the source version of that bitcoin package and then do builddep to install dependencies. After that you just make && make install.
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It's not hard to compile bitcoin-qt from source. Anyway, he/she will need to have the dependencies installed as well.
Is that a clean Ubuntu installation? Have you already installed other packages in there?
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