LM21 and python2

[AndyMH]

Looks like it is dead, with LM20 it was on life support.

Some applications disappeared from the repos for LM20 and some external applications would not install. Problem - dependency on python2 libraries - LM20 dropped support. You could get round this problem by wgetting the relevant package from ubuntu 18.04 repos. Typically gtk - python-gtk2_2.24.0-5.1ubuntu2_amd64.deb and glade - python-glade2_2.24.0-5.1ubuntu2_amd64.deb. Doing this I was able to install fslint and crossover 18 in LM20 and maybe a couple of others. Not anymore...

Running my LM19 to LM20 install script for LM20 to LM21:

GTK:

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intalling python gtk2 libraries...
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'python-gtk2' instead of '/home/andy/setup/python/python-gtk2_2.24.0-5.1ubuntu2_amd64.deb'
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.
 python-gtk2 : Depends: python (< 2.8) but it is not installable
               Depends: python (>= 2.7) but it is not installable
               Depends: python:any (>= 2.6.6-7~) but it is not installable
               Depends: python-cairo (>= 1.0.2-1.1) but it is not installable
               Depends: python-gobject-2 (>= 2.21.3) but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

and glade:

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intalling python glade2 libraries...
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'python-glade2' instead of '/home/andy/setup/python/python-glade2_2.24.0-5.1ubuntu2_amd64.deb'
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.
 python-glade2 : Depends: python (< 2.8) but it is not installable
                 Depends: python (>= 2.7) but it is not installable
                 Depends: python-gtk2 (= 2.24.0-5.1ubuntu2) but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Looks like I will need to run a later version of crossover (problem is office 2013 insists it needs to be re-validated, think I've used my 4 licences) and I'll have to find an alternative to fslint.

[xenopeek]

The fslint website has you covered:

[Update: Please see the czkawka project, a rust reimplementation,
which is more actively maintained, and easier to install on modern systems.]

[Update: Please also see the snap distribution of fslint,
which is now the easiest way to install on modern systems.]

I'd go with czkawka, they seem to have every option from AppImage to flatpak to PPA: https://qarmin.github.io/czkawka/instru ... ation.html

[AndyMH]

Thanks, added to the 'to do' list, but I'm not going anywhere near snaps.

[xenopeek]

czkawka = hiccups in Polish just looked up. I was going to say, fslint was a much easier name to remember than "czkawka" but maybe having to remember just "Polish for hiccups" will help me remember this tool exists