Help installing Owncloud on kubuntu precise pangolin

[bra|10n]

I guess the only choice is to wait. But as you said the bug seems to lack 'activity'.

[SteveRiley]

Hmm... according to the release notes, clients before 1.0.1 don't support SSL. Because my OwnCloud is running on AWS, I've configured to accept only SSL. I guess I'll have to wait for them to fix this weird bug.

[bra|10n]

I found it here @ Chakra forums. I think I remember the name (submitter - gcala) from the the ownCloud forums.

[SteveRiley]

Thanks...will check that in a moment. At first glance, 1.0.0-1 would appear to be a downgrade from 1.0.1...

[bra|10n]

Uploaded...

[SteveRiley]

Found a patched version of owncloud-client 1.0.0-1. Have you tried it?

Nope; where'd you find it, in OpenSUSE's repos?

Interested because you said you had 11.04 up and running without problems, is the client version 1.0.0-1?

My OwnCloud server is version 3.0.3 running on Ubuntu Server 11.10. The client I tried -- the one with the error -- was version 1.0.1 on Kubuntu 12.04.

[bra|10n]

Found a patched version of owncloud-client 1.0.0-1
Have you tried it?

Interested because you said you had 11.04 up and running without problems, is the client version 1.0.0-1?

[SteveRiley]

Yup, that's the bug that several folks have reported. If you navigate to that exact same URL in a web browser...

https://owncube.com/files/webdav.php/clientsycn

...it should open just fine. But the sync client fails, although it successfully creates the clientsync folder.

Alas, the bug appears not to be attracting any interest, which concerns me...

[bra|10n]

Maybe the above provides a hint of the problem...

[SteveRiley]

No, all the dependencies are required. Some are in Ubuntu's repos, some are in that one from OpenSUSE. apt-get -f is barfing here because, without knowing about the OpenSUSE repo, it actually can't perform its function properly. Here's how interpret what you're seeing:

kubuntu@Precise:~$ sudo apt-get -f install

[b][i]    Yes, master, I shall do as you ask.[/i][/b]
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done

[b][i]    Oh wait, this is my usual output I always tell you whenever I see automatically
    installed packages that don't have a properly installed and configured reverse 
    dependent, so before I do anything else, I'll tell you about them. Yes, I know, they
    aren't installed now! But I also know that I'm going to have to install them to
    satisfy the dependencies of owncloud-client. But but I also know that owncloud-client
    has more dependencies that I can't solve (maybe they're in some other repo?) so
    ultimately I'll install these two here but you won't really need them because
    owncloud-client can't really be satisfied so I'll just tell you right now.[/i][/b]
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libqt4-core libqt4-gui
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.

[b][i]    I need to install these to satisfy owncloud-client.[/i][/b]
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libqt4-core libqt4-gui

[b][i]    Wait, I can't satisfy owncloud-client, because it has some other dependencies I
    can't solve (maybe they're in some other repo?) so I have to remove owncloud-client.
    I, the great APT, will never allow unresolved dependencies.[/i][/b]
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  owncloud-client

[b][i]    This is really all I can to both fulful your request and live by my mandate that no
    unresolved dependencies exist. So while I will install them, since that's the only
    way I can interpret what you're saying, it seems weird to me. That's why I told you
    at the beginning that when we're all done here, nothing will require these.[/i][/b]
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libqt4-core libqt4-gui

[b][i]    Yup, all that work, and just two measly libs. Ready?[/i][/b]
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 12.5 kB of archives.
After this operation, 1,403 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]

Make it easy on yourself:

sudo dpkg -P owncloud-client
sudo apt-get --purge autoremove

Then add the OpenSUSE repo and start over.

[bra|10n]

Well I thought to try answer my own question also, putting in each dependency on the list into muon. Some are in the repos, some not.
So the openSUSE repo is needed.

kubuntu@Precise:~$ sudo apt-get -f install owncloud-client
[sudo] password for kubuntu: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
owncloud-client is already the newest version.
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 owncloud-client : Depends: libqt4-core but it is not going to be installed
                   Depends: libqt4-gui but it is not going to be installed
                   Depends: libcsync0 but it is not installable
                   Depends: ntp but it is not going to be installed
                   Depends: libcsync-plugin-owncloud but it is not installable
                   Depends: libcsync-plugin-smb but it is not installable
                   Depends: libcsync-plugin-sftp but it is not installable
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

kubuntu@Precise:~$ sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libqt4-core libqt4-gui
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libqt4-core libqt4-gui
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  owncloud-client
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libqt4-core libqt4-gui
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 12.5 kB of archives.
After this operation, 1,403 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]

I'm fast lost or getting there... Are you saying that once owncloud-client is configured, the packages the deb is calling not in the standard repo's will no longer be required?

[SteveRiley]

Nope. dpkg only works locally. But take a close look at your output:

dpkg: error processing owncloud-client (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

So while owncloud-client is in fact installed, it's currently in unconfigured state. You can satisfy the dependencies, and complete the configuration, with

sudo apt-get -f install

Alternately, you could have used gdebi, which can simultaneously install a local .deb file and download/install missing dependencies in one swell foop:

sudo apt-get install gdebi-kde

This gives you a command-line utility (gdebi) and nice pretty UI.

[bra|10n]

Unless there is a 'script' equivalent within the deb to do so?
I remember kfilebox I think it was "Downloading files to satisfy dependencies". I could be wrong... more than likely

[SteveRiley]

Am I right assuming with OwnCube, OwnCloud isn't required?

Right, OwnCube is a hosted OwnCloud service.

[SteveRiley]

dpkg can't download packages to resolve dependencies.