Documentation change for Ubuntu install

[wd15]

This ticket is from http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.fipy/3186

Summary: Improve Ubuntu/Debian install directions

How to duplicate the issue:

On Ubuntu 12.04, follow the existing install directions and you may observe these errors.

# dpkg -i python-fipy_3.0-1_all.deb
Selecting previously unselected package python-fipy.
(Reading database ... 385583 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking python-fipy (from python-fipy_3.0-1_all.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-fipy:
 python-fipy depends on python-sparse (>= 1.1); however:
  Package python-sparse is not installed.
 python-fipy depends on gmsh; however:
  Package gmsh is not installed.
dpkg: error processing python-fipy (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 python-fipy

Discussion:

The .deb file seems to document the missing requirements but not automatically install them, at least on my system, for reasons I don't understand. To get things to work I had to uninstall python-fipy, then explicitly install its dependencies, then reinstall. My patch updates the install instructions to be more explicit and show what worked for me.

Patch: Yes (attached)

Imported from trac ticket #652, created by wd15 on 08-27-2013 at 09:57, last modified: 09-26-2013 at 16:00

[wd15]

wd15 attached INSTALLATION.txt on 08-27-2013 at 09:57

[wd15]

wd15 attached INSTALLATION.txt.patch on 08-27-2013 at 09:58

[fipymigrate]

In 06385f7:

#CommitTicketReference repository="fipy" revision="06385f7c4347ff3881a6b1e46828c137a1bf5744"
DOC: Update Debian installation instructions.

Addresses issue #395

Trac comment by Daniel Wheeler daniel.wheeler2@gmail.com on 09-26-2013 at 12:56

[wd15]

Pull request:

The following changes since commit 44e048e33684d51dfcf108a599820050e4cc3f10:

  Merge branch 'ticket655-Home_page_needs_out-of-NIST_redirects' into develop (2013-09-19 11:34:32 -0400)

are available in the git repository at:


  ssh://git@code.matforge.org/nist/fipy.git ticket652-debian-installation

for you to fetch changes up to 06385f7c4347ff3881a6b1e46828c137a1bf5744:

  DOC: Update Debian installation instructions. (2013-09-26 12:36:27 -0400)

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Daniel Wheeler (1):
DOC: Update Debian installation instructions.

 INSTALLATION.txt | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Trac comment by wd15 on 09-26-2013 at 13:01

[fipymigrate]

In f087824:

#CommitTicketReference repository="fipy" revision="f0878245f4dff8694df1c371625b7f05109cde65"
Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/ticket652-debian-installation' into develop

Fixes issue #395

Trac comment by Jonathan Guyer guyer@nist.gov on 09-26-2013 at 16:00