[Qgis-developer] Problems with installing QGIS on Linux Mint

[Randal Hale]

Try to uninstall QGIS and then add this as a repo:

deb http://qgis.org/debian wily main

Try to reinstall - I haven't installed Mint 17 so I might give that a 
shot to see if it works (currently running Ubuntu 15.10.
Randy




On 12/15/2015 02:24 PM, James Stott wrote:
> I tried to upgrade QGIS on my system without success. I have also 
> tried to uninstalling and to reinstall but I cannot get it to work.
>
> I have recently upgraded to Linux Mint 17.3 (dont know if thats relevant).
>
> I get the following error when I try to install (apologies my system 
> is in Norwegian):
>
> Setter opp qgis-providers-common 
> (1:2.12.1+git20151211+80c5cb6+20trusty-ubuntugis) ...
> cp: cannot stat ‘/usr/share/qgis/resources/srs-template.db’: No such 
> file or directory
> dpkg: error processing package qgis-providers-common (--configure):
>  underprosessen installerte post-installation-skript returnerte 
> feilstatus 1
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of qgis-providers:
>  qgis-providers krever qgis-providers-common (= 
> 1:2.12.1+git20151211+80c5cb6+20trusty-ubuntugis). Men:
>   Pakke qgis-providers-common er ikke satt opp enda.
>
> dpkg: error processing package qgis-providers (--configure):
>  kravproblem - setter ikke opp pakken
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of qgis:
>  qgis krever qgis-providers (= 
> 1:2.12.1+git20151211+80c5cb6+20trusty-ubuntugis). Men:
>   Pakke qgis-providers er ikke satt opp enda.
>
> dpkg: error processing package qgis (--configure):
>  kravproblem - setter ikke opp pakken
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of qgis-plugin-grass:
>  qgis-plugin-grass krever qgis (= 
> 1:2.12.1+git20151211+80c5cb6+20trusty-ubuntugis). Men:
>   Pakke qgis er ikke satt opp enda.
>
> dpkg: error processing package qgis-plugin-grass (--configure):
>  kravproblem - setter ikke opp pakken (dependancy problem - cannotg
> Det oppsto feil ved behandling av:
>  qgis-providers-common
>  qgis-providers
>  qgis
>  qgis-plugin-grass
>
> I can open QGIS, but I get two errors on startup and the python 
> console,plugin installer, database manager are not available:
>
> An error occured during execution of following code:
> import pyplugin_installer
>
> traceback.print_exception() failed
> and
>
> An error occured during execution of following code: 
> pyplugin_installer.initPluginInstaller()
>
> traceback.print_exception() failed
> Can anyone help?
>
>
>
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