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x-tile / python-gconf not installable on 18.10 MATE

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On 18.10 MATE I'm trying to install x-tile https://www.giuspen.com/x-tile/ which I've been using since 16.04 or so.

Installation fails looking for python-gconf and installation of python-gconf fails with what looks to be a circular dependency. Is there an issue with python-gconf for 18.10? Has it been replaced? I've left a note on the developer site but there hasn't been x-tile activity there for some time.

Here's what the installation attempt looks like. I've cut some output into <...>

 sudo dpkg -i x-tile_2.5.1-1_all.deb 

 <...>

  x-tile depends on python-gconf; however:

   Package python-gconf is not installed.

<...>

sudo apt install python-gconf

 The following packages have unmet dependencies:

  python-gconf : Depends: gconf-service

                 Depends: libgconf-2-4 (>= 3.2.5) but it is not going to be installed

 <...>

  gconf-service : Depends: gconf-service-backend (= 3.2.6-4.1ubuntu2) but it is not going to be installed

  <...>

  gconf-service-backend : Depends: gconf-service

                          Depends: libgconf-2-4 (= 3.2.6-4.1ubuntu2) but it is not going to be installed

                          Depends: gconf2-common (= 3.2.6-4.1ubuntu2) but it is not going to be installed

  x-tile : Depends: python-gconf but it is not going to be installed

 E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt --fix-broken install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

apt --fix-broken install simply removes x-tile.

  apt-cache policy python-gconf apt

  python-gconf:

    Installed: (none)

    Candidate: 2.28.1+dfsg-1.2

    Version table:

       2.28.1+dfsg-1.2 500

          500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/universe amd64 Packages

  apt:

    Installed: 1.7.2

    Candidate: 1.7.2

    Version table:

   *** 1.7.2 500

          500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic-updates/main amd64 Packages

          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

       1.7.0ubuntu0.1 500

          500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic-security/main amd64 Packages

       1.7.0 500

          500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/main amd64 Packages







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   apt-cache policy libgconf-2-4:

   Installed: (none)

   Candidate: 3.2.6-4.1ubuntu2

   Version table:

      3.2.6-4.1ubuntu2 500

         500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/universe amd64 Packages

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answered 3 Years ago oatglori · Accepted Answer

Error messages about missed packages pointed me to the idea that you have disabled universe pocket. You should enable it first and install updates:

sudo add-apt-repository universe

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

and then proceed with your method by sudo apt-get install ./x-tile_2.5.1-1_all.deb or with method below.

The Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish) is not supported (yet) in official PPA. But X-Tile was available for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (as you can see in previous answer).

Temporarily you can install the x-tile package from PPA manually:

cd ~/Downloads

wget https://launchpad.net/~giuspen/+archive/ubuntu/ppa/+files/x-tile_2.5.1-3_all.deb

sudo apt install -y ./x-tile_2.5.1-3_all.deb

and enjoy it as before:

Update: I have e-mailed giuspen to get official package for 18.10 and upcoming 19.04.

In case of upcoming Ubuntu 19.10 (Disco Dingo), the x-tile package is still installable if you get python-gconf manually:

cd ~/Downloads

wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/g/gnome-python/python-gconf_2.28.1+dfsg-1.2_amd64.deb

sudo apt-get install ./python-gconf_2.28.1+dfsg-1.2_amd64.deb



wget https://launchpad.net/~giuspen/+archive/ubuntu/ppa/+files/x-tile_2.5.1-3_all.deb

sudo apt install -y ./x-tile_2.5.1-3_all.deb