Updating Armhf debian/raspbian repositories?

velocireed · 1 May 2017 18:51

I am not sure if this is the right place to ask, but can someone update the Raspbian/Debian repositories for Pencil2D? The current version is extremely old, as I have just realized.

JoseMoreno · 1 May 2017 19:19

@velocireed Hey. Well to be honest I didn’t even know there were such repositories in the first place. Right now developers setup travis-ci to create daily builds for Linux, but I’m unaware if this could help you to deploy these repositories.

If you want to find the latest builds for linux (and see if they work for your system) check out this link:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0BxdcdOiOmg-CcU1WOFpCOFBvVXc

Also, the morevna project repository is not maintained by us but rather by the Synfig project developers, and those binaries are indeed, very old.

http://download.tuxfamily.org/morevna/morevnapackage/binaries/pencil/

As a last request could you link the repository you are referring to? Might as well try to see if they want to mirror the builds that are being created for Linux systems.

Sorry I can’t be of more help.

JoseMoreno · 1 May 2017 19:22

@velocireed forgot to mention, anything related to the source code should be brought up in the issue tracker on github. So if you have time visit the project here:

velocireed · 3 May 2017 21:03

@Morr
Thanks for responding! This is what I am talking about: https://packages.debian.org/sid/pencil2d
It may look to be up to date (i don’t know how it looks on x86 Debian distros), but when you do an apt-get install on the raspberry pi, it downloads an older version for some reason. I will test the other builds for Linux some time, but unless they were made for ARM processor compatibility, I am not sure that they will work.

JoseMoreno · 3 May 2017 21:10

@velocireed Ah ok!, I see the maintainer is Mattia, we know him. I’ll ask around to see what can be done. In the meantime hopefully you can try the builds I linked before (google drive link) and if those don’t work (yet) try building using this updated guide for Ubuntu (which is debian based as you know):

github.com

pencil2d/pencil/blob/master/docs/build_linux.md

# Building Pencil2D on Linux

These are instructions for building Pencil2D on Linux. If you are using Windows go [here](build_win.md), and if you are using macOS go [here](build_mac.md). This guide is primarily targeted towards developers. If you just want to use the latest version you can just download one of our [nightly builds](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0BxdcdOiOmg-CcWhLazdKR1oydHM).

This tutorial was made with Ubuntu Xenial Xerus (16.04) in mind, however you should be able to adapt this guide to other versions or distributions if necessary.

## Installing Dependencies

There are a few things that must be installed in order to build Pencil2D. In this section we will go over the installation of each of these components in detail. We describe both graphical and command-line methods of installation, choose whichever one you feel more comfortable with (and if you don't know the difference, choose graphical).

### Qt

Pencil2D relies on the Qt application framework so you must install it before you can successfully build the program.

#### Graphical method

- Go to the [Qt Downloads](https://www.qt.io/download-open-source/) and download the *Qt Online Installer for Linux*.
- Executing this file will start the Qt installer application. If you can't open it right away, you may have to right click on it and go to *Properties*, then in the *Permissions* tab select *Allow executing file as program* and then try opening it again.
- Click Next. It will give you the option to log in with your Qt developer account. You can skip this if you don't have an account and do not want to register.
- Next specify a location for Qt, put it somewhere you can find it in case you ever need to navigate to the Qt files manually.

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JoseMoreno · 3 May 2017 21:15

@mattia_rizzolo Hey Mattia, sorry to bother you. As you can see on this thread mr Morgan Reed asked about updating the debian repository for Pencil2D. Since you appear as the maintainer here: https://packages.debian.org/sid/pencil2d

I don’t know what protocols we need to clear, but what do we require for debian to accept some of the latest revisions for Pencil2D? I know it’s not a completely stable version but it is infinitely better than version 0.5.4, let us know to see how we can help. Have a happy weekend!.

mattia_rizzolo · 3 May 2017 21:41

uh, when did I create this account u.U (I don’t remember ever using a nickname containing both my name and surname…)

Anyway, no bothering at all

I’m not sure what the OP is talking about. It’s true that right now the version is not the same as current master, but it’s a git checkout of just ~20 days ago… 2017-04-19…

What’s old about it?

@velocireed I read you are using raspian. Are you sure you are actually downloading from Debian sid, and not from some Raspian repository that might be some previous “snapshot” of debian stretch? (i.e. in the Ubuntu repository pencil2d is at an older version in the released distributions, but that’s what’s “stable” about them).

Updating it is a matter of running a single command, check it actually builds and upload…

FTR, the most correct procedure to contact a Debian maintainer is to file a bug to the Debian bug tracker, although personally (=> do not assume this for anybody else), I’m quite happy to be pinged anywhere.

velocireed · 3 May 2017 21:52

@mattia_rizzolo
Thank you for your response, I was unaware of that information. I will look more into updating the repository, so thanks for the info!