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Old 02-02-2018, 04:46   #1
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opencpn cannot update

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i am fairly new here so thanks for any help. i have a raspberry 3 with a gps hat from mcm solutions. it works great and came with the softawre already loaded onto a card. the opencpn version is 4.4 and i wanted to update it so i can but o charts and use them. however whenever i try to upgrade it says that i already have the latest version installed. i have tried update and upgrade and the install opencpn but all to no avail. i am not that savvy with the system so asking foe help please
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hello
i am fairly new here so thanks for any help. i have a raspberry 3 with a gps hat from mcm solutions. it works great and came with the softawre already loaded onto a card. the opencpn version is 4.4 and i wanted to update it so i can but o charts and use them. however whenever i try to upgrade it says that i already have the latest version installed. i have tried update and upgrade and the install opencpn but all to no avail. i am not that savvy with the system so asking foe help please
What operating system is running on your RPi?
From the terms you are using it seems to be something based on Debian/Ubuntu.
If you do not know, please post output of the following commands:
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lsb_release -a
cat /etc/debian_version
Even if you do know, we would like to see the output of
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apt-cache policy
to see from where are you trying to upgrade.

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Old 02-02-2018, 06:21   #3
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its the bog standard raspbian one. I will do as you say. thanks
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https://www.tindie.com/products/mcm_...-raspberry-pi/
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You can also go the open plotter route.
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Yeah this is the one I have. It is raspbian giu/Linux 8 jessie. Version 3. It just will not update. Says I have the latest version of OpenCPN
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Yeah this is the one I have. It is raspbian giu/Linux 8 jessie. Version 3. It just will not update. Says I have the latest version of OpenCPN
Where is the output of
Code:
apt-cache policy
, please?
We really do need to know from where you are trying to update to be able to help you...
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Where is the output of
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apt-cache policy
, please?
We really do need to know from where you are trying to update to be able to help you...
Yeah ok. Not very easy to do that at the mo as I am on the boat and it’s a lot of writing and cannot copy it over as I have no internet on the raspberry. I’ll do that ASAP. Cheers
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Yeah ok. Not very easy to do that at the mo as I am on the boat and it’s a lot of writing and cannot copy it over as I have no internet on the raspberry. I’ll do that ASAP. Cheers
Although I have noticed that your name appears in the files? Which is cool
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Although I have noticed that your name appears in the files? Which is cool
OK, so I suppose
Code:
apt-cache policy|grep opencpn
gives you something like

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 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/nohal/opencpn/ubuntu trusty/main armhf Packages
     release v=14.04,o=LP-PPA-nohal-opencpn,a=trusty,n=trusty,l=OpenCPN,c=main,b=armhf
Right?

If that is the case, it was not very smart from the OpenPlotter people to use my, now unused, beta repository instead of the official one... Especially without ever letting me know.

Anyway, I have just copied the 4.8.0 packages from the official PPA there so later today you should be able to upgrade to 4.8.0

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OK, so I suppose
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apt-cache policy|grep opencpn
gives you something like

Code:
 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/nohal/opencpn/ubuntu trusty/main armhf Packages
     release v=14.04,o=LP-PPA-nohal-opencpn,a=trusty,n=trusty,l=OpenCPN,c=main,b=armhf
Right?

If that is the case, it was not very smart from the OpenPlotter people to use my, now unused, beta repository instead of the official one... Especially without ever letting me know.

Anyway, I have just copied the 4.8.0 packages from the official PPA there so later today you should be able to upgrade to 4.8.0

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That’s brilliant. Thanks
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Hi all

We are not using nohal repo on OpenPlotter, we use the official one, so you must be using a really old one. Download this: Download OpenPlotter RPI v0.10.0 NOOBS | Sailoog and update to 0.17.0 from OP menu.

We do not support this HAT: https://www.tindie.com/products/mcm_...-raspberry-pi/ because they never contacted us, we never tested this hardware, we ignore who they are and what are their plans. People developing hardware proclaiming to be supported by software but never contacted software developers... quite strange...

Edit: Where did you get the copy of openplotter? Did they give it to you?
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Hi all

We are not using nohal repo on OpenPlotter, we use the official one, so you must be using a really old one. Download this: Download OpenPlotter RPI v0.10.0 NOOBS | Sailoog and update to 0.17.0 from OP menu.

We do not support this HAT: https://www.tindie.com/products/mcm_...-raspberry-pi/ because they never contacted us, we never tested this hardware, we ignore who they are and what are their plans. People developing hardware proclaiming to be supported by software but never contacted software developers... quite strange...
Oh ok. That’s a pity. I didn’t know this. It is a clever little thing but if the software won’t update its not much good to me I suppose. I am a long way short of an expert. I just wanted a little play. Thanks anyway
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Re: opencpn cannot update

Sailoog: "We do not support this HAT"
Does this mean it does not work or will not work in the future?
I added a link to it because it looked more than useful, although it is expensive.
https://opencpn.org/wiki/dokuwiki/do...r_hat_from_mcm

Please advise.
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They have not tested it and did not have any contact with the vendor.

So OpenPlotter has no idea which are the requirements, drivers or software versions or tweaks to support this board/hat.
As result we see for example the very outdated PPA.
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