Installation of OpenCPN

[Cariad1961]

Hello

I followed the instructions to download and install openCPN using Ubuntu Software Centre (Ubuntu 14.04). I have installed this sucessfully on my desktop at home, but when I did the same thing on my laptop I get the following error:

Failed to initialize the user interface

The opencpn log file as the following entries:

19:37:30 BST: 2015-05-23
19:37:30 BST: ------- Starting OpenCPN -------
19:37:30 BST: Version 4.1.427 Build 2015-04-27
19:37:30 BST: wxWidgets version: wxWidgets 2.8.12 Linux 64 bit wxGTK
19:37:30 BST: MemoryStatus: mem_total: 3839 mb, mem_initial: 13 mb
19:37:30 BST: SData_Locn is /usr/local/share/opencpn/
19:37:30 BST: PrivateDataDir is /home/paul/.opencpn
19:37:30 BST: Creating new Config_File: /home/paul/.opencpn/opencpn.conf
19:37:30 BST: No styles found at: /usr/local/share/opencpn/uidata/
19:37:30 BST: No styles found at: /home/paul/
19:37:30 BST: No styles found at: /home/paul/.opencpn/
19:37:30 BST: The requested style was not found:


I have searched the froum and found these erros relate to when you compile openCPN from the source code, but surely I should not have this probelm downloading from the software centre.

Any pointers would be much appreciated

Many thanks Paul

[cagney]

Originally Posted by Cariad1961

Hello

I followed the instructions to download and install OpenCPN using Ubuntu Software Centre (Ubuntu 14.04). I have installed this successfully on my desktop at home, but when I did the same thing on my laptop I get the following error:

Failed to initialize the user interface

The opencpn log file as the following entries:

19:37:30 BST: 2015-05-23
19:37:30 BST: ------- Starting OpenCPN -------
19:37:30 BST: Version 4.1.427 Build 2015-04-27
19:37:30 BST: wxWidgets version: wxWidgets 2.8.12 Linux 64 bit wxGTK
19:37:30 BST: MemoryStatus: mem_total: 3839 mb, mem_initial: 13 mb
19:37:30 BST: SData_Locn is /usr/local/share/opencpn/
19:37:30 BST: PrivateDataDir is /home/paul/.opencpn
19:37:30 BST: Creating new Config_File: /home/paul/.opencpn/opencpn.conf
19:37:30 BST: No styles found at: /usr/local/share/opencpn/uidata/
19:37:30 BST: No styles found at: /home/paul/
19:37:30 BST: No styles found at: /home/paul/.opencpn/
19:37:30 BST: The requested style was not found:


I have searched the froum and found these erros relate to when you compile openCPN from the source code, but surely I should not have this probelm downloading from the software centre.

Any pointers would be much appreciated

Many thanks Paul

You are trying to use alpha code.(Version 4.1.427 Build 2015-04-27) There isn't even any beta release, post 4.0. You are welcome to do this, but don't expect much help, especially on 4 weeks old alpha code.
So ... the best for you is perhaps to download version 4.0 instead.

/Thomas

[Cariad1961]

How do I access the stable version, in the software centre it says I am using:

opencpn 4.0.0-0~trusty1

I can see the config file suggests otherwise but there does not seem to be an option to download any other version in the software centre ?

Many thanks Paul

[nohal]

Paul...
I would say it is impossible you are running the version you installed from the PPA - all your log suggests is you are running a local build made from the source or a package made by someone else and installed locally. The officialy packaged OpenCPN would never look for the data in /usr/local and definitely is not made from post 4.0 codebase, believe me, I made the packages...

Pavel

[Cariad1961]

Thank you Pavel that helped.

I uninstalled Opencpn using the software centre and Opencpn was still there as an application, which made me think hard. I then realised when I had compiled Opencpn for the raspberry pi I had done that via SSH but used the wrong terminal window and compiled it on the local machine (my laptop). I managed to unistall that version best I could, and then used the software centre which delivered a sucessful installation.

I now need to do some research as this would suggest I have an alpha version running on the pi which is not what I wanted when I followed the instructions at: Pi Chart.

I assume this was the offending command:

echo "$(tput setaf 1)"
echo "################################################# #######"
echo "download and extract the latets OpenCPN sources"
echo "check opencpn.org to see if there's a newer version"
echo "################################################# #######"
echo "$(tput setaf 6)"

git clone git://github.com/OpenCPN/OpenCPN.git

Anyway I appreciate the reply, thank you.

Paul

[Cariad1961]

I know for many the solution to getting the right version installed will have been really obvious. For those following the instructions to install opencpn on a raspberry pi at Pi Chart, If you want the stable version you need to substitue the command in the script file :

git clone git://github.com/OpenCPN/OpenCPN.git

for the 4.0.0 stable code:

git clone -b v4.0.x https://github.com/OpenCPN/OpenCPN.git.

Thanks to those who responded to my original post, as I have learnt a lot and now have the stable version on my laptop and pi.