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j2mcgreg
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Re: Help with Borg Calendar

#11 Post by j2mcgreg »

Thanks for this. You success with the tar.gxz. archive shows that it's the .deb from the Borg Calendar developers that's broken and not the application itself.
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Re: Help with Borg Calendar

#12 Post by siamhie »

j2mcgreg wrote: Sat May 31, 2025 1:24 pm Thanks for this. You success with the tar.gxz. archive shows that it's the .deb from the Borg Calendar developers that's broken and not the application itself.
@j2mcgreg The deb file is stuffed.

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╔═[siamhie@flux23]═[10:31 31/05/25]═════════════════════════════════════[~/Downloads]
╚═> sudo apt install -s ./borgcalendar_1.10.06_amd64.deb 
[sudo] password for siamhie:         
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'borgcalendar' instead of './borgcalendar_1.10.06_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:
 borgcalendar : Depends: libasound2t64 but it is not installable
                Depends: libpng16-16t64 but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
╔═[siamhie@flux23]═[10:31 31/05/25]═════════════════════════════════════[~/Downloads]
╚═> cat /etc/mx-version 
MX-23.6_fluxbox_x64 Libretto September 15, 2024

* those two missing libraries are in Trixie. (I wouldn't recommend installing them in MX-21 or MX-23)
Package: libasound2t64 (1.2.14-1)
Package: libpng16-16t64 (1.6.48-1)
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Re: Help with Borg Calendar

#13 Post by j2mcgreg »

siamhie wrote: Sat May 31, 2025 1:36 pm
j2mcgreg wrote: Sat May 31, 2025 1:24 pm Thanks for this. You success with the tar.gxz. archive shows that it's the .deb from the Borg Calendar developers that's broken and not the application itself.
@j2mcgreg The deb file is stuffed.

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╔═[siamhie@flux23]═[10:31 31/05/25]═════════════════════════════════════[~/Downloads]
╚═> sudo apt install -s ./borgcalendar_1.10.06_amd64.deb 
[sudo] password for siamhie:         
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'borgcalendar' instead of './borgcalendar_1.10.06_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:
 borgcalendar : Depends: libasound2t64 but it is not installable
                Depends: libpng16-16t64 but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
╔═[siamhie@flux23]═[10:31 31/05/25]═════════════════════════════════════[~/Downloads]
╚═> cat /etc/mx-version 
MX-23.6_fluxbox_x64 Libretto September 15, 2024

* those two missing libraries are in Trixie. (I wouldn't recommend installing them in MX-21 or MX-23)
Package: libasound2t64 (1.2.14-1)
Package: libpng16-16t64 (1.6.48-1)
That's very similar to the error message I reported in post #2. However, we have yet to hear from the OP about his progress.
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Re: Help with Borg Calendar

#14 Post by Stevo »

The t64 libraries show that they are either built on a recent Ubuntu release, or a unreleased development version of Debian. It's not a problem we haven't seen over and over in third-party debs.
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Re: Help with Borg Calendar

#15 Post by siamhie »

Stevo wrote: Sun Jun 01, 2025 12:31 am The t64 libraries show that they are either built on a recent Ubuntu release, or a unreleased development version of Debian. It's not a problem we haven't seen over and over in third-party debs.
Your right. I found both libraries in an Ubuntu package search.

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Re: Help with Borg Calendar

#16 Post by siamhie »

mxCKvS wrote: Sat May 31, 2025 5:41 am Hi all,
In my (Linux Newbie) search for a simple calendar/event/task PIM-like manager, solid and sufficient for my humble work purposes, I have, after eliminating existing programs such as Osmo, Orage etc., come upon this
https://github.com/mikeberger/borg_calendar/releases
which is not in the MX repositories but which users of other Debian distros have been successful with.
@mxCKvS Download the tar.gz file from the link you posted. Unzip it and go into it's bin folder and launch BorgCalendar.
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Re: Help with Borg Calendar

#17 Post by Stevo »

siamhie wrote: Sun Jun 01, 2025 12:47 am
Stevo wrote: Sun Jun 01, 2025 12:31 am The t64 libraries show that they are either built on a recent Ubuntu release, or a unreleased development version of Debian. It's not a problem we haven't seen over and over in third-party debs.
Your right. I found both libraries in an Ubuntu package search.


libasound2t64.png

libpng16-16t64.png
MX 25/Trixie is also using them. Reverting the upstream t64 library transition is one of the things I now do for backports to MX 21/23 for many packages, which has made them more difficult. I also do a search in the whole debian subfolder for the "t64" text string to make sure I didn't miss anything.
MXPI = MX Package Installer
QSI = Quick System Info from menu
The MX Test repository is mostly backports; not the same as Debian testing

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