Help needed installing astrology software OpenAstro via the last UBUNTU repository:

[antarctictaco020125]

UPDATE Here's 1 of the last archived versions: https://web.archive.org/web/20211202...openastro.org/ of openstro with instructions to install without a repsository if need be. Thank you claydoh My brain is hazy on how to do this the right way. As so ANY tips and clues that anyone voluntarily posts are duly appreciated, not demanded. No sympathy is asked for from anyone. Here's my last go round with MXlinux23 https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...on-4175746672/ , the people MXLinux forums https://forum.mxlinux.org/viewtopic....d5b05ca4c32ef2 b01e64e2&start=20 of which considered mixing and matching Ubuntu/PPA repositories with their Debian and other repositories as heresy. It is frustrating to seem like I'm the only person who wants this old software updated and far more convenient. It's beautiful when it works and has a lot of potential to be improved. I went through this with the same PC I was tinkering with last Winter, except now here I'm on a clean Kubuntu install the MX destroied. Here again is the link to 1 of the last archived versions: https://web.archive.org/web/20211202...nastro.org/
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HERE'S MY failed attempt to install OpenAstro via the last UBUNTU repository LIKE these https://launchpad.net/~pellesimon/+archive/ubuntu/ppa

instructions say:


BigRichardHEAD@kubuntuUser:~$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa pellesimon/ppa
[sudo] password for BigRichardHEAD:
Repository: 'Types: deb
URIs: https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/pellesimon/ppa/ubuntu/
Suites: noble
Components: main
'
Description:
Packages for the openastro.org astrology program
More info: https://launchpad.net/~pellesimon/+archive/ubuntu/pp
a
Adding repository.
Press [ENTER] to continue or Ctrl-c to cancel.^CAborted.
BigRichardHEAD@abraxkmart6:~$ sudo add-apt-repository ppaellesi
mon/ppa
Repository: 'Types: deb
URIs: https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/pellesimon/ppa/ubuntu/
Suites: noble
Components: main
'
Description:
Packages for the openastro.org astrology program
More info: https://launchpad.net/~pellesimon/+archive/ubuntu/pp
a
Adding repository.
Press [ENTER] to continue or Ctrl-c to cancel.
Found existing deb entry in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pellesimon-
ubuntu-ppa-noble.sources
Hit:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble InRelease
Hit:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates InRelea
se
Hit:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports InRel
ease
Hit:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-security InReleas
e
Ign:5 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/pellesimon/ppa/ubuntu no
ble InRelease
Err:6 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/pellesimon/ppa/ubuntu no
ble Release
404 Not Found [IP: 185.125.190.80 443]
Reading package lists... Done
E: The repository 'https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/pellesimon/
ppa/ubuntu noble Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and
is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user c
onfiguration details.
BigRichardHEAD@abraxkmart6:~$ sudo apt update
Hit:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble InRelease
Hit:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates InRelea
se
openastro
openastro: command not found
BigRichardHEAD@abraxkmart6:~$

[claydoh]

The error message is appropriate:

Err:6 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/pellesimon/ppa/ubuntu noble Release
404 Not Found [IP: 185.125.190.80 443]
Reading package lists... Done
E: The repository 'https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/pellesimon/
ppa/ubuntu noble Release' does not have a Release file.

This is saying that there are no files for ubuntu Noble (aka 24.04)


Note on that PPA's page how old the last update is.
Then check which Ubuntu releases it has packages for.



14 year old software sometimes stops working especially as dependencies die off.

[antarctictaco020125]

" E: The repository 'https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/pellesimon/ppa/ubuntu Focal Release' does not have a Release file.
W: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
W: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
E: The repository 'https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/pellesimon/ppa/ubuntu noble Release' does not have a Release file.
W: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
W: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details."
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Here's 1 of the last archived versions: https://web.archive.org/web/20211202...openastro.org/ of openstro with instructions to install without a repsository if need be. Thank you claydoh My brain is hazy on how to do this the right way. As so ANY tips and clues that anyone voluntarily posts are duly appreciated, not demanded. No sympathy is asked for from anyone. Here's my last go round with MXlinux23 https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...on-4175746672/ , the people MXLinux forums https://forum.mxlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=83569&sid=4a44f08fd5d5b05ca4c32ef2 b01e64e2&start=20 of which considered mixing and matching Ubuntu/PPA repositories with their Debian and other repositories as heresy. It is frustrating to seem like I'm the only person who wants this old software updated and far more convenient. It's beautiful when it works and has a lot of potential to be improved. I went through this with the same PC I was tinkering with last Winter, except now here I'm on a clean Kubuntu install, and the MXLinux23 destroyed. Here again is the link to 1 of the last archived versions: https://web.archive.org/web/20211202...openastro.org/ ! October 2018

[antarctictaco020125]

Since there are no files for ubuntu Noble (aka 24.04), then this last archived version

10-Oct-2018

https://web.archive.org/web/20211020....org/?Download seems more than appropriate

[antarctictaco020125]

sudo apt-get install openastro.org
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package openastro.org
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'openastro.org'
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'openastro.org'

[claydoh]

Not that it matters, but I see no actually downloadable files on Archive ,org.

Also note that the archived download page states these packages are 32-bit, which itself adds another layer of outdated mess to the task......

sudo apt-get install openastro.org

you would need to specify the path to the file

Or make sure you cd to the dir in the terminal, and use sudo apt install ./name-of-the-package.deb

Or, easiest is to just double click the file.


BUT
I and quite positive it won't work because other dependencies it needs no longer exist. It is 14 year old software that no one has updated since these needed packages and software went away.


side notes:
MX linux, being based on Debian, won't support Ubuntu PPAs as they really don't work on non-Ubuntu based systems. There are enough differences between Ubuntu and Debian that they do not work. It isn't heresy, it is incompatible. Like trying to use a DeWalt battery on a Makita drill.

[antarctictaco020125]

I don't believe this is impossible to install on Kubuntu: There's instructions for a generic installation here: https://web.archive.org/web/20190207....org/?Download

Quote: "

Generic Linux Installation You can also manually build openastro.org, the pyswisseph module and the ephemeris files.
Make sure you can get these dependencies satisfied to run the program:

• python3-dateutil
• gir1.2-rsvg-2.0
• gir1.2-gtk-3.0
• python3-tz
• python3-dev
• python3-cairo
• imagemagick
• librsvg2-bin

"
AND there should be back compatible versions of all those listed "dependencies" / software components
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https://sourceforge.net/projects/openastro-org/files/
OpenAstro.org Source openastro.org_1.1.57.orig.tar.gz
OpenAstro.org-data Source openastro.org-data_1.9.orig.tar.gz
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https://mirror.it.ubc.ca/mxlinux/mx/...stro.org-data/

	Parent Directory		-
	python3-swisseph-dbgsym_2.00.00-0mx23+1_amd64.deb	2025-01-25 09:29	367K
	python3-swisseph-dbgsym_2.00.00-0mx23+1_arm64.deb	2025-01-25 09:29	341K
	python3-swisseph-dbgsym_2.00.00-0mx23+1_i386.deb	2025-01-25 09:29	296K
	python3-swisseph_2.00.00-0mx23+1.debian.tar.xz	2025-01-25 09:29	13K
	python3-swisseph_2.00.00-0mx23+1.dsc	2025-01-25 09:29	1.5K
	python3-swisseph_2.00.00-0mx23+1_amd64.deb	2025-01-25 09:29	254K
	python3-swisseph_2.00.00-0mx23+1_arm64.deb	2025-01-25 09:29	230K
	python3-swisseph_2.00.00-0mx23+1_i386.deb	2025-01-25 09:29	253K
	python3-swisseph_2.00.00.orig.tar.gz	2025-01-25 09:29	538K

https://mirror.it.ubc.ca/mxlinux/mx/testrepo/pool/test/p/python3-swisseph/

	Parent Directory		-
	python3-swisseph-dbgsym_2.00.00-0mx23+1_amd64.deb	2025-01-25 09:29	367K
	python3-swisseph-dbgsym_2.00.00-0mx23+1_arm64.deb	2025-01-25 09:29	341K
	python3-swisseph-dbgsym_2.00.00-0mx23+1_i386.deb	2025-01-25 09:29	296K
	python3-swisseph_2.00.00-0mx23+1.debian.tar.xz	2025-01-25 09:29	13K
	python3-swisseph_2.00.00-0mx23+1.dsc	2025-01-25 09:29	1.5K
	python3-swisseph_2.00.00-0mx23+1_amd64.deb	2025-01-25 09:29	254K
	python3-swisseph_2.00.00-0mx23+1_arm64.deb	2025-01-25 09:29	230K
	python3-swisseph_2.00.00-0mx23+1_i386.deb	2025-01-25 09:29	253K
	python3-swisseph_2.00.00.orig.tar.gz	2025-01-25 09:29	538K

https://mirror.it.ubc.ca/mxlinux/mx/...openastro.org/

	Parent Directory		-
	openastro.org_1.1.57-0mx23+1.debian.tar.xz	2025-01-25 09:28	2.2K
	openastro.org_1.1.57-0mx23+1.dsc	2025-01-25 09:28	1.4K
	openastro.org_1.1.57-0mx23+1_all.deb	2025-01-25 09:28	133K
	openastro.org_1.1.57.orig.tar.gz	2025-01-25 09:28	207K

[antarctictaco020125]

While waiting for the detailed version of this post being approved: these 3 links matter with all the data: https://mirror.it.ubc.ca/mxlinux/mx/...stro.org-data/ + https://mirror.it.ubc.ca/mxlinux/mx/...openastro.org/ +http://mirror.it.ubc.ca/mxlinux/mx/t...hon3-swisseph/

[claydoh]

You can also manually build openastro.org,

So try and build it then?

I don't believe this is impossible to install on Kubuntu:

So manually install the deb packages , the ones that have amd64 or all in the filename, and not labeled dbgsym. it will tell you what is missing, but do be aware that any dep breakages , even if unlikely (depending on any missing items), are still possible, and adding any MX repo info to Kubuntu (or any other distro) WILL cause issues.

[antarctictaco020125]

So try and build it then?


So manually install the deb packages , the ones that have amd64 or all in the filename, and not labeled dbgsym. it will tell you what is missing, but do be aware that any dep breakages , even if unlikely (depending on any missing items), are still possible, and adding any MX repo info to Kubuntu (or any other distro) WILL cause issues.

Here's the road block:

[claydoh]

Qapt.....sucks. I forget that it still exists in 24.04
Use discover directly (right-clik and open-with) or use apt install or dpkg -i. I think Discover will have better erro reporting, and the command-line tools definitely will. A good guess is the this package needs one of the others. or there are dependency layers that may or may not be fill-able.

[claydoh]

also missing one:

https://mirror.it.ubc.ca/mxlinux/mx/...stro.org-data/

but the version doesn't match the main application deb, so this may not work.