HOW TO : Install Grub Customizer (Grub2 Editor Gui) in LMDE

[KilUma]

I've tried both ways, following zero's instructions for compiling. Neither work. I'm certain it has something to do with sources, but I can't figure out what.

The following is the output for:

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inxi -r

Repos: Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/danielrichter2007-grub-customizer-quantal.list
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/danielrichter2 ... zer/ubuntu quantal main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/danielrichter2 ... zer/ubuntu quantal main
Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ingalex-super-boot-manager-quantal.list
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ingalex/super- ... ger/ubuntu quantal main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ingalex/super- ... ger/ubuntu quantal main
Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/local-repository.list
deb file:///usr/share/local-repository binary/
Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
deb-src http://packages.medibuntu.org/ quantal free non-free
Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mint.list
deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ nadia main upstream import backport
Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu.list
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ quantal partner

Not sure if this is helpful, but the following is my output for(abbreviated):

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apt install cmake g++ libgtkmm-2.4-dev gettext libssl-dev

Package cmake is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'cmake' has no installation candidate
E: Unable to locate package libgtkmm-2.4-dev
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'libgtkmm-2.4-dev'

[zerozero]

KilUma
if you are using nadia and have the ppa (as i see you do) you don't need to compile it
try

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apt install grub-customizer

[KilUma]

This is the output of that command(note: the broken package is grub-customizer, itself):

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kiluma@kiluma ~ $ sudo apt install grub-customizer
[sudo] password for kiluma:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 grub-customizer : Depends: libatkmm-1.6-1 (>= 2.22.1) but it is not installable
                   Depends: libcairomm-1.0-1 (>= 1.6.4) but it is not installable
                   Depends: libglibmm-2.4-1c2a (>= 2.33.13) but it is not installable
                   Depends: libgtkmm-2.4-1c2a (>= 1:2.24.0) but it is not installable
                   Depends: libpangomm-1.4-1 (>= 2.27.1) but it is not installable
                   Recommends: hwinfo but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.


[zerozero]

sure, you're missing the main ubuntu repo

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deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal main restricted universe multiverse

you have the source-code repo but not the "regular" one
add it, update and upgrade and try again

[KilUma]

It's usually something simple. Thanks for tolerating my oversight. It works, all is fine.

[zerozero]

glad you got it sorted

[KilUma]

So, I prefer BURG over GRUB. But I'm have an issue getting it installed using either Grub Customizer, or Super Boot Manager. So here is what I have tried, and my results:

When I open Grub Customizer, it finds BURG. I click 'yes' to configure BURG, and then get the following error message:

burg-mkconfig couldn't be executed successfully. error message:
Generating burg.cfg ...
/usr/sbin/burg-probe: error: cannot stat `/boot/burg/locale'.
No path or device is specified.
Try `/usr/sbin/burg-probe --help' for more information.

I choose the "Environment" option, and confirm everything is correct. It is. After confirming the failure, I exit out and look up the info provided in the error message.

As a result of that, I input the following in the term:

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sudo /usr/sbin/burg-probe --device /dev/sda

I get this as the output:

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/usr/sbin/burg-probe: error: unknown filesystem.

This leads me to specify a partition. This is my input:

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sudo /usr/sbin/burg-probe --device /dev/sda5

This is the output:

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ext2

Which is weird, because it's an ext4 fs. Either way, it doesn't solve the problem.