[NFBCS] IPEVO Visualizer & Ubuntu Linux 23.10

[Mike Gorse]

Alternatively, maybe there's a docker image for ubuntu 20.04, and you 
might be able to set up a container and install the package there.

On Thu, 16 Nov 2023, Alan K. Martinez via NFBCS wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I'm having some difficulty installing IPEVO Visualizer on Ubuntu 23.10.
>
> I know IPEVO's site says Visualizer is only supported on 20.04 but I
> was hoping with some help we can find a workaround to the installation
> problem.
>
> I'm still a little new to Linux so I don't know how to do some things
> like look up available versions of software from the repositories, but
> I'm comfortable with learning how to and navigating with the command
> line.
>
> Here is what happens for me.
>
> I've downloaded the IPEVO Visualizer Debian package
> Visualizer_linux_1.1.4.39.zip and and extracted the contents.
>
> I navigated to the extracted directory and entered the following
> command:
>
> sudo apt install ./visualizer_1.1.4.39_all.deb
>
> and received the following output:
>
>
> WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in
> scripts.
>
> Reading package lists...
> Building dependency tree...
> Reading state information...
> Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
> requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
> distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
> or been moved out of Incoming.
> The following information may help to resolve the situation:
>
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> visualizer : Depends: libopencv-core4.2 but it is not installable
> E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
>
>
> I tried the follwing command to install:
>
> sudo dpkg -i visualizer_1.1.4.39_all.deb
>
> and I receive the folliwing output which seems a little more
> informative:
>
>
> Selecting previously unselected package visualizer.
> (Reading database ... 230978 files and directories currently
> installed.)
> Preparing to unpack visualizer_1.1.4.39_all.deb ...
> Unpacking visualizer (1.1.4.39) ...
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of visualizer:
> visualizer depends on libuvc0 (>= 0.0.6); however:
>  Package libuvc0 is not installed.
> visualizer depends on ffmpeg (>= 3.4.4); however:
>  Package ffmpeg is not installed.
> visualizer depends on libopencv-core4.2; however:
>  Package libopencv-core4.2 is not installed.
> visualizer depends on openjdk-8-jre; however:
>  Package openjdk-8-jre is not installed.
>
> dpkg: error processing package visualizer (--install):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> Processing triggers for mailcap (3.70+nmu1ubuntu1) ...
> Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.36.0-1.1ubuntu1) ...
> Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.26-1ubuntu5) ...
> Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ...
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> visualizer
>
>
> I tried sending IPEVO a support request a couple of weeks ago but they
> have not responded in any way.  I may send a follow up request.
>
> I thought I would try here in case someone might have more experience
> with these issues.
>
> Any help or information would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Alan
>
>
>
>
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