Cruisers Forum
 


Reply
  This discussion is proudly sponsored by:
Please support our sponsors and let them know you heard about their products on Cruisers Forums. Advertise Here
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Rate Thread Display Modes
Old 29-03-2020, 10:22   #1
Registered User

Join Date: Mar 2020
Posts: 3
WeatherFax Plugin not showing

Hello all,
Installed plugin manually per instructions and plugin does not show up in plugin tab.
Tried removing package and installing with alternate method but I get an error message can anyone point me in the right direction as to next step? Thank you for your help.

sudo apt-get -o Dpkg::Options::=“–force-overwrite” install opencpn-plugin-weatherfax
[sudo] password for jp:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
libwxbase3.0-0v5 libwxgtk3.0-0v5 opencpn opencpn-doc opencpn-gshhs-crude
opencpn-gshhs-full opencpn-gshhs-high opencpn-gshhs-intermediate
opencpn-gshhs-low opencpn-tcdata wx3.0-i18n xcalib
Suggested packages:
icc-profiles
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libwxbase3.0-0v5 libwxgtk3.0-0v5 opencpn opencpn-doc opencpn-gshhs-crude
opencpn-gshhs-full opencpn-gshhs-high opencpn-gshhs-intermediate
opencpn-gshhs-low opencpn-plugin-weatherfax opencpn-tcdata wx3.0-i18n xcalib
0 upgraded, 13 newly installed, 0 to remove and 8 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/109 MB of archives.
After this operation, 357 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
dpkg: error: need an action option

Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages[*];
Use 'apt' or 'aptitude' for user-friendly package management;
Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values;
Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options;
Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files;

Options marked[*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through 'less' or 'more' !
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)


OpenCPN 4.99.1508
Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS
jpsirey is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 29-03-2020, 13:07   #2
Registered User

Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Helsingborg
Boat: Dufour 35
Posts: 3,891
Re: WeatherFax Plugin not showing

Please start with installing the latest stable version of OpenCPN (5.0.0), by adding this PPA to your system: https://launchpad.net/~opencpn/+archive/ubuntu/opencpn

Thomas
cagney is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 31-03-2020, 07:19   #3
Registered User

Join Date: Mar 2020
Posts: 3
Re: WeatherFax Plugin not showing

Thanks Thomas, I will try updating to 5.0.

jp
jpsirey is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-04-2020, 09:20   #4
Registered User

Join Date: Mar 2020
Posts: 3
Re: WeatherFax Plugin not showing

Upgrading to 5.0 fixed the issue.

jp
jpsirey is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Tags
plug, weather

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Marine traffic density images in the weatherfax plugin conachair OpenCPN 13 04-11-2019 04:12
Chart downloader plugin not showing ron ll OpenCPN 14 14-09-2018 06:51
Plugin Weatherfax SailinMB OpenCPN 3 19-07-2018 07:32
S63 Plugin not showing up in OpenCPN 4.2 sveine OpenCPN 6 28-02-2016 16:11
Weatherfax PLugin Not in settings Maajhire OpenCPN 20 03-05-2015 05:55

Advertise Here


All times are GMT -7. The time now is 10:33.


Google+
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.8 Beta 1
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Social Knowledge Networks
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.8 Beta 1
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.

ShowCase vBulletin Plugins by Drive Thru Online, Inc.