I also am unning Frescobaldi 3.0.0 on Ubuntu 17.10. It required a small amount of finagling. I threw the resulting error which it iinitially was throwing into google which led to a fix that was doable through synaptic. It wasn't particularly difficult. It was a matter of changing some bit of python library i think. Anyway, at the time I thought it was trivial enough not to write it down. Probably should have sent it here. It is doable. good luck, Shane
On Sun, Dec 31, 2017 at 9:01 PM, Urs Liska <li...@openlilylib.org> wrote: > > > Am 01.01.2018 um 00:26 schrieb Andrew Bernard: > > Hi Tim, The thing about installation instructions is that they have to be > exact, to save time and hassle. While the page mentions Python 3, it then > goes to list just Python versions of modules - no suffix 3. > > > There is an ambiguity that really should be clarified. The two custom > modules that are required are: > > https://github.com/wbsoft/python-ly > https://github.com/wbsoft/python-poppler-qt5 > > Both don't have Python 3 in their name, and correctly so, as both work with > both Python2 and Python3. However, for use with Frescobaldi they have to be > used with Python3. That is: when installing through the distribution's > package manager the packages with python3 in their name have to be used, and > when installed with pip pip3 has to be used. > > > I have been trapped in the hamster treadmill finding this does not work, > then figuring you have to use the Python 3 versions, and then finding it is > short on some modules, and then finding that I just cant get F 3 to work on > Ubuntu 17 no matter what I try. > > Speaking as somebody with a lifetime of experience as a software developer, > this is unclear, confusing, and incorrect. And it does not work on Ubuntu > 17. > > > This is not true. > > > Urs had success installing F from the Ubuntu repository, but I don't see why > we should not aim to be able to install this application stand alone. > > > Actually I have installed Frescobaldi on two computers with freshly > installed Ubuntu 17.10. On both computers I installed it from the Git > repository (exactly following the instructions on > https://github.com/wbsoft/frescobaldi/wiki/Running-Frescobaldi-3-From-Source-Git-(Linux)) > *and* from the Ubuntu repository. > The difference was only the order. When I first installed the frescobaldi > package with apt all dependencies were already met so I didn't have to > install them separately for the Git repository version. > > I want an install that is clean, clear, and understandable and manageable, > not just a way of making the application run by any means. > > > From my latest experience the install on the Github Wiki page *is* clean, > clear, understandable and manageable. It works on Ubuntu 17.10, Debian 9, > and Debian 10 without any issues. > I agree that the instructions on frescobaldi.org/download are suboptimal. > And I have never tried out the approach of downloading a release archive and > using setup.py. > > Urs > > > > I still think at this stage there is some unstated dependency on how Qt is > installed that I can't fathom. > > Andrew > > > On 1 January 2018 at 09:16, Tim McNamara <tim...@bitstream.net> wrote: >> >> >> On Dec 31, 2017, at 5:30 AM, bb <bb-543...@telecolumbus.net> wrote: >> > >> > I think you cannot install different versions of frescobaldi or parallel >> > from different sources. You might simply remove the repository version, try >> > again and see what happens. >> > >> > Concerning the description on http://www.frescobaldi.org/download.html >> > there are some errors for frescobaldi 3.0.0, the dependency list is >> > incomplete and versions are wrongly noted >> > one needs Python3-Poppler-Qt5, for me Python-Poppler-Qt5 did not work >> > for some reason I argue python3-pyqt5.qtwebkit is neded, that is not on >> > the list >> > may be more issues? >> >> Looking at the Frescobaldi install from source page, it clearly indicates >> that the Python stuff should be from the same version (3.4 or higher). I >> would hope that following the recipe will result in a working install for >> you. >> >> ****************** >> Frescobaldi 3 needs Python version 3.4+, PyQt5 and Python-Poppler-Qt5. And >> of course python-ly and Python-PortMidi, installed for the same Python >> version. >> >> Installation order: >> >> • Install Python 3.4 or higher >> • Install PyQt5, using the same Python version of course. >> • Install python-ly >> • Install Frescobaldi (will work, but without PDF and MIDI >> support) >> • Install Python-Poppler-Qt5 >> • Install Python-PortMidi. If this one is difficult to install, >> you can also use Pygame, which too contains the Python-PortMidi library. Use >> the correct Python version! >> >> ****************** >> >> Hope this helps! >> _______________________________________________ >> lilypond-user mailing list >> lilypond-user@gnu.org >> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > > > > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > > > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
