Oh just had a look at my ppa file "/etc/apt/sources.list.d/" and the entries seem to have no connection with the errors reported in my last post.
Am I missing another ppa file? On 23 August 2017 at 08:47, John Kane <[email protected]> wrote: > Tried a purge (looked successful) and a reconfigure. > > Same error. > ##======================================## > > An error occurred while running: > > Rscript --verbose --no-save --no-restore $$s/scripts/lyxknitr.R > > "/tmp/lyx_tmpdir.SpjIUqEQ9242/lyx_tmpbuf0/""LyXnewfile1.Rnw" > > "/tmp/lyx_tmpdir.SpjIUqEQ9242/lyx_tmpbuf0/""LyXnewfile1.tex" ISO-8859-15 > > "/home/jrkrideau/" > > 08:22:12.888: Error while exporting format: PDF (pdflatex) > > 08:23:02.090: (dialog-toggle progress) > > ##========================================## > > > I does annoy me that I cannot install Inkscape. I am pretty sure I had it > installed under Ubuntu 16.04 and an upgrade should not have removed it. > > Synaptic is showing a couple of unloaded Inkscape dependencies but not the > main Inkscape program. > > I just tried an reload of the synaptic data base and am getting some nasty > messages that I have no idea how to interpret. They seem to mirror messages > I get when doing a *sudo apt update*. > > Please see attached screenshot > > > > On 23 August 2017 at 08:15, Kornel Benko <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Am Mittwoch, 23. August 2017 um 07:38:45, schrieb John Kane < >> [email protected]> >> > I tried your suggestions. >> > librsvg2-bin seems to have installed successfully >> > >> > Inkscape aborted. >> > >> > This is weird indeed. I loaded the ubuntu software gui and it reports >> that >> > inkscape is, indeed, installed but I cannot launch it. >> >> I would try to purge inkscape first. >> >> > On the other hand synaptic is saying that a) it is not installed, and >> b) is >> > reporting a problem that I don't know how to resolve. Please see >> attached >> > screenshot. >> >> I see. >> But I think, you even don't need inkscape. >> >> > I am beginning to wonder if I have a mangeled Ubuntu 17.04 installation >> or >> > a corrupt LyX installation or both >> > ##=====================================## >> > jrkrideau@jrk-T420:~$ sudo apt-get install inkscape >> > Reading package lists... Done >> > Building dependency tree >> > Reading state information... Done >> > Package inkscape is not available, but is referred to by another >> package. >> > This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or >> > is only available from another source >> > >> > E: Package 'inkscape' has no installation candidate >> > ##=====================================## >> > >> >> Inkscape is only used by lyx, if it is found. >> >> Try to reconfigure lyx. >> >> Kornel > > > > > -- > John Kane > Kingston ON Canada > -- John Kane Kingston ON Canada
