Trouble downloading openCPN on Ubuntu 14.04

[ap.thoms]

Hello,

I was previously using OpenCPN and loving it until my OS died (typical windows) and rather then paying the outrageous amount to fix it I went with Ubuntu, reading that the program supports that OS.
I have now been trying to download the program for about a week, and have had no luck yet. I have been following the instructions given on this page
Configuring Ubuntu PPA | Official OpenCPN Homepage
to no avail.
Says connection error, check internet. I know the internet is fine where I am.

Any suggestions? I love the software, and would love to get it up and running again to use as I head south.

Thanks,

Andrew

[petter5]

Hi !
First you will have to ensure that Internet connection is working. Press Crtl+Alt+t to open a terminal window.
In the terminal window type:

ping 208.67.222.222

You shall ten ger something like this in yoyr terminal window:

PING 208.67.222.222 (208.67.222.222) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 208.67.222.222: icmp_seq=1 ttl=52 time=30.0 ms
64 bytes from 208.67.222.222: icmp_seq=2 ttl=52 time=30.0 ms
64 bytes from 208.67.222.222: icmp_seq=3 ttl=52 time=30.6 ms

then press Ctrl+c to stop. If you received something like above, we have tested that the Internet connection is working.

Then we want to test if the DNS lookup is working. In the terminal window, type:

ping ubuntu.com

then press Ctrl+c to stop. If you received something like:

PING ubuntu.com (91.189.94.40) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from ovinnik.canonical.com (91.189.94.40): icmp_seq=1 ttl=52 time=45.3 ms
64 bytes from ovinnik.canonical.com (91.189.94.40): icmp_seq=2 ttl=52 time=45.8 ms
64 bytes from ovinnik.canonical.com (91.189.94.40): icmp_seq=3 ttl=52 time=45.6 ms

we have tested that you have a fully working Internet connection.

When you have done the two above tests, post the output on the terminal window, And I will try to help you from there. /P

[ap.thoms]

These are my results.


ping 208.67.222.222
PING 208.67.222.222 (208.67.222.222) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 208.67.222.222: icmp_seq=1 ttl=56 time=24.3 ms
64 bytes from 208.67.222.222: icmp_seq=2 ttl=56 time=20.7 ms
64 bytes from 208.67.222.222: icmp_seq=3 ttl=56 time=21.2 ms
64 bytes from 208.67.222.222: icmp_seq=4 ttl=56 time=19.7 ms
64 bytes from 208.67.222.222: icmp_seq=5 ttl=56 time=18.9 ms
^C
--- 208.67.222.222 ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4001ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 18.931/21.011/24.370/1.856 ms



ping ubuntu.com
PING ubuntu.com (91.189.94.40) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from ovinnik.canonical.com (91.189.94.40): icmp_seq=1 ttl=54 time=157 ms
64 bytes from ovinnik.canonical.com (91.189.94.40): icmp_seq=2 ttl=54 time=162 ms
64 bytes from ovinnik.canonical.com (91.189.94.40): icmp_seq=4 ttl=54 time=450 ms
64 bytes from ovinnik.canonical.com (91.189.94.40): icmp_seq=5 ttl=54 time=152 ms
64 bytes from ovinnik.canonical.com (91.189.94.40): icmp_seq=6 ttl=54 time=193 ms
64 bytes from ovinnik.canonical.com (91.189.94.40): icmp_seq=7 ttl=54 time=161 ms
^C
--- ubuntu.com ping statistics ---
8 packets transmitted, 6 received, 25% packet loss, time 7008ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 152.059/212.976/450.281/106.932 ms

[ap.thoms]

When updating in terminal I get this read out

W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/gwibber-dai...-i386/Packages 404 Not Found

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.



When doing it through applications program I get


W:Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/gwibber-dai...amd64/Packages 404 Not Found
, W:Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/gwibber-dai...-i386/Packages 404 Not Found
, E:Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

[nohal]

ap.thoms...
Your problem is with some gwibber-daily PPA which has nothing to do with opencpn at all

Pavel

[ap.thoms]

Good to know. Any suggestions on fixing this problem then? THings I should google, etc.
I understand this is not an ubuntu fourm, but just if someone could point me in the right direction that would be wonderful.

Thanks

[nohal]

As it obviously does not exist, just delete/disable it from your Software Sources (the same place where you are adding the OpenCPN PPA)

[ap.thoms]

Perfect!!
Got rid of the old files, did it all over again and it worked out perfectly.

Thanks for the help.

andrew

[ap.thoms]

Ok, New problem.
Using a panasonic CF-30 and openCPN does not pick up the build in GPS unit. I tried typing the port into the connection area and such. Any suggestions?

Thansk

[nohal]

Make sure you are in the dialout group and that you are not fighting for the HW with GPSd. You should find more info in Installing OpenCPN | Official OpenCPN Homepage, Data Connections | Official OpenCPN Homepage and Setting Up GPS | Official OpenCPN Homepage

[petter5]

Maybe go to a terminal and type

xgps

If you can see connection to a gps in the xgps window, I suggest to use gpsd as showed in attached image

[ap.thoms]

The program comes up and says "GPSD is not running"
Thoughts/>

[nohal]

Andrew...
Is there actually any application that can read the GPS? Any reason not to use gpsd? It is kind of the way to do it under Linux...

Pavel

[petter5]

Originally Posted by ap.thoms

The program comes up and says "GPSD is not running"
Thoughts/>

To be ure that things is installed, type in a terminal:

sudo apt-get install gpsd gpsd-clients

Dos it seems that anything is installed, or does it say that everything already is installed??

unplug your gps and put it back.
in a terminal, now type

xgps

does it work now??