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

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

Post by 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'
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Re: HOW TO : Install Grub Customizer (Grub2 Editor Gui) in L

Post by 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
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Re: HOW TO : Install Grub Customizer (Grub2 Editor Gui) in L

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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.
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Re: HOW TO : Install Grub Customizer (Grub2 Editor Gui) in L

Post by 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
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Re: HOW TO : Install Grub Customizer (Grub2 Editor Gui) in L

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It's usually something simple. Thanks for tolerating my oversight. It works, all is fine. :roll:
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Re: HOW TO : Install Grub Customizer (Grub2 Editor Gui) in L

Post by zerozero »

glad you got it sorted :D
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Re: HOW TO : Install Grub Customizer (Grub2 Editor Gui) in L

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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.
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Re: HOW TO : Install Grub Customizer (Grub2 Editor Gui) in L

Post by massexy »

I just successfully installed Grub Customizer in LMDE UP6 following the instructions here but with the latest .deb I could find on this page:

https://launchpad.net/grub-customizer/+download

There is a 3.0.4 release but only tar.gz files so you would need to follow the instructions to build it.
My netbook has a 32bit processor so I used that .deb file.

1. I downloaded the file:

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wget -c https://launchpad.net/grub-customizer/3.0/2.99/+download/grub-customizer_2.99-0ubuntu1%7Eppa1p_i386.deb
I guess this one should work on 64bit PCs:

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wget -c https://launchpad.net/grub-customizer/3.0/2.99/+download/grub-customizer_2.99-0ubuntu1%7Eppa1p_amd64.deb
2. And then installed it:

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sudo dpkg -i grub-customizer*
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Re: HOW TO : Install Grub Customizer (Grub2 Editor Gui) in L

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Didn't work at all for me. :(
It's there in the main menu, (after a reboot) but it doesn't respond at all.
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Re: HOW TO : Install Grub Customizer (Grub2 Editor Gui) in L

Post by tux-sven »

Thank you massexy,

So easy and working so well! :D
I installed it in a friends LMDE to get a Windows restoring entry away (i didn't delete this partition for eventually coming needs)

Now it's no risk somebody hits the start-entry of this dangerous row. (I think it would destroy the whole Linux installation)

Thanks again!! :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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Re: HOW TO : Install Grub Customizer (Grub2 Editor Gui) in L

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I installed the .deb file >grub-customizer_4.0.6-0ubuntu1~ppa1t_amd64.deb< as retrieved from https://launchpad.net/~danielrichter200 ... /+packages (on LMDE)
It works smoothly.
I had not tried this for quite a while, the new version is much improved with new features.

Thanks for all the input folks.
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