Debian: FAHControl dependencies severely out of date

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AthanSpod
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Debian: FAHControl dependencies severely out of date

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Whilst the fahclient .deb installs and runs OK (still a systemctl error on startup, but it does actually run), the fahcontrol .deb package won't install on a Debian 10 (buster) system.

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08:29:14 0$ dpkg -i fahcontrol_7.4.4-1_all.deb 
Selecting previously unselected package fahcontrol.
(Reading database ... 432287 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack fahcontrol_7.4.4-1_all.deb ...
Unpacking fahcontrol (7.4.4-1) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of fahcontrol:
 fahcontrol depends on python-support (>= 0.90.0); however:
  Package python-support is not installed.

dpkg: error processing package fahcontrol (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.31.4-3) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-4) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.62) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 fahcontrol
Checking with packages.debian.org that 'python-support' package is listed only in oldoldstable (jessie), so not even in stretch (oldstable) !

Furthermore, the above is on my desktop which seems to have some oldstable packages, as on my server without python-gnome2 installed:

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08:38:29 0$ dpkg -i fahcontrol_7.4.4-1_all.deb 
(Reading database ... 363980 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack fahcontrol_7.4.4-1_all.deb ...
Unpacking fahcontrol (7.4.4-1) over (7.4.4-1) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of fahcontrol:
 fahcontrol depends on python-support (>= 0.90.0); however:
  Package python-support is not installed.
 fahcontrol depends on python-gnome2; however:
  Package python-gnome2 is not installed.

dpkg: error processing package fahcontrol (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-4) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.62) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 fahcontrol
And again packages.debian.org does only list the package for oldstable and oldoldstable.

This leaves fahcontrol in a broken state, and despite files being installed trying to run it results in an error:

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08:02:37 0$ FAHControl 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/FAHControl", line 25, in <module>
    from fah import FAHControl, load_fahcontrol_db
ImportError: No module named fah

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08:41:45 0$ dpkg -L fahcontrol
/.
/usr
/usr/share
/usr/share/pyshared
/usr/share/pyshared/FAHControl-7.4.4.egg-info
/usr/share/pyshared/FAHControl-7.4.4.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/share/pyshared/FAHControl-7.4.4.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/share/pyshared/FAHControl-7.4.4.egg-info/requires.txt
/usr/share/pyshared/FAHControl-7.4.4.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/share/pyshared/FAHControl-7.4.4.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/share/pyshared/fah
/usr/share/pyshared/fah/FAHControl.glade
/usr/share/pyshared/fah/FAHControl_glade.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fah/wraplabel.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fah/util
/usr/share/pyshared/fah/util/OrderedDict.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fah/util/__init__.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fah/util/EntryValidator.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fah/util/SingleApp.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fah/util/PasswordValidator.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fah/db
/usr/share/pyshared/fah/db/Database.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fah/db/Table.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fah/db/__init__.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fah/db/Column.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fah/Icon.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fah/WidgetMap.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fah/ClientConfig.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fah/__init__.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fah/SlotConfig.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fah/FAHControl.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fah/Client.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fah/Connection.py
/usr/share/pyshared/fah/Version.py
/usr/share/doc
/usr/share/doc/fahcontrol
/usr/share/doc/fahcontrol/copyright
/usr/share/doc/fahcontrol/changelog.Debian.gz
/usr/share/doc/fahcontrol/changelog.gz
/usr/share/pixmaps
/usr/share/pixmaps/FAHControl.png
/usr/share/python-support
/usr/share/python-support/fahcontrol.public
/usr/share/applications
/usr/share/applications/FAHControl.desktop
/usr/bin
/usr/bin/FAHControl
I'm not a brilliant programmer but can hammer away on such things until it works, so is there some way to 'join the team' to try and get this fixed ?
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Re: Debian: FAHControl dependencies severely out of date

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There is a GitHub site for the Folding@home software, problem reports can be posted there, but first take a look through the known issues.

However your report is on the 7.4.4 version, the current version is 7.5.1. Some of those dependency issues may have been fixed, others opened up by later versions of Linux since 7.5.1 was released about 2 years ago.
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Re: Debian: FAHControl dependencies severely out of date

Post by RubixNoob13 »

I was having this same problem, as of like 3/23/20, the Ubuntu links were still going to the 7.4.4 version of the Linux client.
I am no Linux guru either, but I found this link: https://github.com/FoldingAtHome/fah-issues/issues/1273

Basically, you download a script and run it, passing it the FAHcontrol.deb file. That opens up vim, where you change the python-gnome2 dependency line, replacing "python-gnome2" with "python-gtk2". Save the file, and it makes a FAHcontrol.modfied.deb ("modified" is misspelled from the script as "modfied")

Run the dpkg -i command on the modified deb file, and it worked for me. I'm running Lubuntu 19.10. It's basically Ubuntu, but uses the LXQT desktop instead of the normal one so it's lightweight and runs on older hardware with less bloat.

Hope this helps you!
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Re: Debian: FAHControl dependencies severely out of date

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Joe_H wrote:There is a GitHub site for the Folding@home software, problem reports can be posted there, but first take a look through the known issues.
I'll definitley look into that, just in general.
However your report is on the 7.4.4 version, the current version is 7.5.1. Some of those dependency issues may have been fixed, others opened up by later versions of Linux since 7.5.1 was released about 2 years ago.
Ah, this will be an issue with the path I followed to installing. Whilst the links on https://foldingathome.org/alternative-downloads/ indeed have 7.5.1 I'd followed links to the FAQ and found https://foldingathome.org/support/faq/i ... -advanced/ which explicitly lists the following commands:

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wget https://download.foldingathome.org/releases/public/release/fahclient/debian-testing-64bit/v7.4/fahclient_7.4.4_amd64.deb
wget https://download.foldingathome.org/releases/public/release/fahcontrol/debian-testing-64bit/v7.4/fahcontrol_7.4.4-1_all.deb
wget https://download.foldingathome.org/releases/public/release/fahviewer/debian-testing-64bit/v7.4/fahviewer_7.4.4_amd64.deb
I'll switch my server over to 7.5.1 when it's done with its current work unit, and the desktop when I'm booted back into Linux in the morning. Thanks!
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Re: Debian: FAHControl dependencies severely out of date

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And of course I should note that if FAH set up a proper APT repository for the software this kind of mistake would be a lot harder to make. Automatic updates would be a free bonus.
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Re: Debian: FAHControl dependencies severely out of date

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RubixNoob13 wrote:I was having this same problem, as of like 3/23/20, the Ubuntu links were still going to the 7.4.4 version of the Linux client.
I am no Linux guru either, but I found this link: https://github.com/FoldingAtHome/fah-issues/issues/1273 <snip>
Thanks, yup, that seems to have worked. I'll know for sure in the morning when my desktop is booted into Linux so I can be sure FAHControl works.
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Re: Debian: FAHControl dependencies severely out of date

Post by JeSuisFlaneur »

I can get neither the 7.5.1-1 nor the 7.5.1 to work, even after modifying the fahcontrol from python-gnome2 to python-gtk2
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Re: Debian: FAHControl dependencies severely out of date

Post by Runaway1956 »

Fixed in the latest beta version, 7.69. My package manager no longer complains about FAHControl. viewtopic.php?f=24&t=34466
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Re: Debian: FAHControl dependencies severely out of date

Post by pac1no »

I facethe same problem. FAHControl complains about python-gnome2 and python-gtk2, which are completely out of date.
Installing those implies breaking the whole system.

I have tried with both 7.6.9 and 7.6.10 with same error
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Re: Debian: FAHControl dependencies severely out of date

Post by Joe_H »

Updating the dependencies for Linux was not part of the work done for the recently released updates to the client. Some may have been corrected, but that was not part of the general upgrade. Working on updating to newer versions is to happen in a later release.
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Re: Debian: FAHControl dependencies severely out of date

Post by John_D »

Um, the client.foldingathome.org installer page might fix, it uses web control instead of fah control. I did not like fighting with FAHControl either, but it works now.
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Re: Debian: FAHControl dependencies severely out of date

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You can use this fork of the fahcontrol app. This fixes the basic dependency issues.
https://github.com/cdberkstresser/fah-control/releases
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