Opencpn buggy, crashes, deletes columns

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Hello forum



Are there any stable versions of opencpn
I am using ubuntu 20 with opncpn 5.0.0
It crashes
It locks up
It deleted the download charts column
It lost the basemap
I have tried opencpn with live linux version which locks up the worst
and on hard drive the locking up is still frequent
By locking up I mean it freezes everything, crashes the system

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I should note it was installed via ubuntu repository

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Ok I was using Ubuntu Studio 20.04 LTS
Had to do system update to get synaptic to load
Then searched with synaptic for opencpn

then loaded opencpn and opencpn data
it loads opencpn 5.0.0
this was very buggy and locks up


Then reinstalled system to hard drive
loaded opencpn from ppa referred to in manual at opencpn website
it is working with no problems yet, just a learning curve
thanks forum
oh it loaded opencpn 5.2.4
much better

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ok that didnt last long
having the same problems in opencpn 5.2.4
it locked up
after a restart it deleted the column chart download
it deleted all info under chart files

without downloader cannot rebuild files

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ok flatpak with fedora 34 is broken
error post:

Warning: While trying to checkout 3fbdbccc95abfb14b4a0fd619f8dd80106abd6c8538596d6b4 7cc9b0ea865ddd into /root/.local/share/flatpak/runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default/x86_64/20.08/.3fbdbccc95abfb14b4a0fd619f8dd80106abd6c8538596d6b 47cc9b0ea865ddd-CWVR70: Opening content object 3f1054489afcf678e95c68818581684f8a4f8237d3c7d50d59 fec1fdbd07a912: Couldn't find file object '3f1054489afcf678e95c68818581684f8a4f8237d3c7d50d5 9fec1fdbd07a912'
Installation complete.



the first file could not be found

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the dnf install command line in the manual under fedora does nothing on fedora 34

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under rpmfind for opencpn and trying to install on fedora 34 get following error


opencpn-5.2.4-4.mga9.aarch64.rpm
[pilot@fedora Videos]$ sudo dnf install *.rpm -y
Last metadata expiration check: 1:49:10 ago on Thu 05 Aug 2021 07:55:38 PM EDT.
Error:
Problem: conflicting requests
- package opencpn-5.2.4-4.mga9.aarch64 does not have a compatible architecture
- nothing provides ld-linux-aarch64.so.1()(64bit) needed by opencpn-5.2.4-4.mga9.aarch64
- nothing provides ld-linux-aarch64.so.1(GLIBC_2.17)(64bit) needed by opencpn-5.2.4-4.mga9.aarch64
- nothing provides libm.so.6(GLIBC_2.17)(64bit) needed by opencpn-5.2.4-4.mga9.aarch64
- nothing provides libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.17)(64bit) needed by opencpn-5.2.4-4.mga9.aarch64
(try to add '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages)

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I know, I know
I caught that extension


rpmfind opencpn-5.2.4-4.mga9.x86_64.rpm loaded on fedora 34
testing

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working so far

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ok installed clean fedora 34 system on hard drive
then downloaded opencpn-5.2.4-4.mga9.x86_64.rpm from RPMFind website
Or can just google the package
place package in a folder which is a directory
open directory in command line and run
sudo dnf install *.rpm -y

it loads everything
it is running a ok so far and downloaded chart RNC catalogs
Have not connected any instruments yet
thank you guys who work on this

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ok even the fedora 34 install is a bit unstable
I found that openplotter opencpn on a pi4 w/8g ram is stable and solid
I cant comment on noobs as I am using the openplotter version debian distro basic
flashed to a sd card and have 8GB ram, and 500 GB WD Passport USB external harddrive, but am still using the 32 GB SD card for the operating system at present with charts stored on the hard drive which is over 6 GB

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Thought I would mention to anyone interested it has two hdmi outputs of which one goes to my 42 inch monitor, I think it is 2 usb 2.0 ports, and 2 usb 3.0 ports but can run 2.0 devices. Get an multiport usb extender and can run many devices from the pi4, as long as it doesnt overload the pi4, can get self powered usb multiports. I think getting it in the minimal kit form is best, with case and fan, heat sinks, power supply and hdmi cable along with 32 GB SD card

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sorry it is noobs software, thought that was its own version. Noobs is just the latest Raspberry version of Debian Buster at the moment