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#1 2009-08-15 17:48:27

vinoman2
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Picasa installed but doesn't open [Solved]

Picasa is installed but doesn't open. Icon is on toolbar. What else is needed ?

Last edited by vinoman2 (2009-09-01 02:10:38)

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#2 2009-08-15 18:01:01

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Re: Picasa installed but doesn't open [Solved]

try running it from a terminal, and see what it complains about?


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#3 2009-08-15 18:27:59

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Re: Picasa installed but doesn't open [Solved]

Mr.Elendig wrote:

try running it from a terminal, and see what it complains about?

[davek@arch64 ~]$ picasa
/usr/bin/picasa: line 107: /opt/picasa/bin/repackage32.sh: No such file or directory
[davek@arch64 ~]$

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#4 2009-08-15 19:25:46

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Re: Picasa installed but doesn't open [Solved]

have you installed picasa from AUR?
If not install the one from the AUR.

I don't even have these files:
/usr/bin/picasa
/opt/picasa/bin/repackage32.sh

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#5 2009-08-15 19:28:56

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Re: Picasa installed but doesn't open [Solved]

hrobeers wrote:

have you installed picasa from AUR?
If not install the one from the AUR.

I don't even have these files:
/usr/bin/picasa
/opt/picasa/bin/repackage32.sh

How do I install from AUR?
I just ran $ pacman -S picasa

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#6 2009-08-15 19:59:20

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Re: Picasa installed but doesn't open [Solved]

"How do I install from AUR?" -> with yaourt, aurbuild, wget+makepkg, etc.

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#7 2009-08-15 20:04:52

vinoman2
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Re: Picasa installed but doesn't open [Solved]

djszapi wrote:

"How do I install from AUR?" -> with yaourt, aurbuild, wget+makepkg, etc.

OK, so what would the command be?

Thanks

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#8 2009-08-15 20:12:36

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Re: Picasa installed but doesn't open [Solved]

1. yaourt -S picasa, or
2. aurbuild -s picasa, or
3. wget -c http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/picas … a/PKGBUILD && wget -c http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/picasa/picasa/LICENSE && wget -c http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/picas … sa.desktop && http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/picas … stall.html && makepkg -si

And you can find more tools to handle it.

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#9 2009-08-15 20:35:33

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Re: Picasa installed but doesn't open [Solved]

vinoman2 wrote:

How do I install from AUR?
I just ran $ pacman -S picasa

Are you sure? It's not in the standard repo's:

picasa package not found, searching for group...
error: 'picasa': not found in sync db

I install from AUR the normal way:

download the tarball from aur
extract it somewhere (I do it in ~/builds)
cd in it
run "makepkg -s PKGBUILD"
pacman -U "the package"

Search and read the wiki! http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AUR_User_Guidelines
The wiki is great, please use it.

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#10 2009-08-15 20:40:23

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Re: Picasa installed but doesn't open [Solved]

I'm skeptical that you every ran $ pacman -S picasa
First, you'd have to be root: # pacman -S picasa
Second, #pacman -Ss picasa gives no results
because picasa is not in the repos.
It is in AUR, which was noted by the previous posts on how to install (love the wiki).
It will not run on an x86_64 system however.

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#11 2009-08-15 20:44:36

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Re: Picasa installed but doesn't open [Solved]

vinoman2 wrote:
Mr.Elendig wrote:

try running it from a terminal, and see what it complains about?

[davek@arch64 ~]$ picasa
/usr/bin/picasa: line 107: /opt/picasa/bin/repackage32.sh: No such file or directory
[davek@arch64 ~]$

You're getting "No such file or directory" errors because you're running a precompiled 32 bit binary on a 64 bit machine without having all the required 32 bit libraries. Try and install every lib32 counter part to the dependencies listed on the AUR page.

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#12 2009-08-15 21:07:04

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Re: Picasa installed but doesn't open [Solved]

skottish wrote:
vinoman2 wrote:
Mr.Elendig wrote:

try running it from a terminal, and see what it complains about?

[davek@arch64 ~]$ picasa
/usr/bin/picasa: line 107: /opt/picasa/bin/repackage32.sh: No such file or directory
[davek@arch64 ~]$

You're getting "No such file or directory" errors because you're running a precompiled 32 bit binary on a 64 bit machine without having all the required 32 bit libraries. Try and install every lib32 counter part to the dependencies listed on the AUR page.

I thought it was because of being 64 bit.
I was looking for that dependencies list... where is it?

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#13 2009-08-15 21:12:00

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Re: Picasa installed but doesn't open [Solved]

vinoman2 wrote:
skottish wrote:
vinoman2 wrote:

[davek@arch64 ~]$ picasa
/usr/bin/picasa: line 107: /opt/picasa/bin/repackage32.sh: No such file or directory
[davek@arch64 ~]$

You're getting "No such file or directory" errors because you're running a precompiled 32 bit binary on a 64 bit machine without having all the required 32 bit libraries. Try and install every lib32 counter part to the dependencies listed on the AUR page.

I thought it was because of being 64 bit.
I was looking for that dependencies list... where is it?

On the AUR page.

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#14 2009-08-15 23:01:42

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Re: Picasa installed but doesn't open [Solved]

picasa-beta 3.0_5744.02-3 in aur -- the package build is set up for both i686 and x86_64. Works well here. Don't shy away from it just because it says "beta." Google keeps things in beta long after the apps are installed and running well on thousands of computers. How many years was Gmail a beta?

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#15 2009-08-19 14:01:34

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Re: Picasa installed but doesn't open [Solved]

thisoldman wrote:

picasa-beta 3.0_5744.02-3 in aur -- the package build is set up for both i686 and x86_64. Works well here. Don't shy away from it just because it says "beta." Google keeps things in beta long after the apps are installed and running well on thousands of computers. How many years was Gmail a beta?

when I tried to run the command to install the beta, it said not to run as root. I didn't think I could install without being in root. I tried aurbuild and yaourt.

Upgrades aren't working today either so I'll just wait until things are working again.

I see that 64bit is more trouble than its worth. I probably will never use anything 64 bit that will make any difference over 32bit.  32bit has less problems.

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#16 2009-08-19 17:34:58

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Re: Picasa installed but doesn't open [Solved]

64bit, It's not a trouble at all. You just didn't install it the right way, through AUR.

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#17 2009-08-19 19:35:48

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Re: Picasa installed but doesn't open [Solved]

flamelab wrote:

64bit, It's not a trouble at all. You just didn't install it the right way, through AUR.

OK, then what is the right way?

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#18 2009-08-19 19:41:13

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Re: Picasa installed but doesn't open [Solved]

vinoman2 wrote:
flamelab wrote:

64bit, It's not a trouble at all. You just didn't install it the right way, through AUR.

OK, then what is the right way?

It's been explained above by the other forum members.

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#19 2009-08-19 20:15:10

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Re: Picasa installed but doesn't open [Solved]

flamelab wrote:
vinoman2 wrote:
flamelab wrote:

64bit, It's not a trouble at all. You just didn't install it the right way, through AUR.

OK, then what is the right way?

It's been explained above by the other forum members.

I was given many choices, Which one should I use?.

But aren't the servers down? We can't install anything now. I was't able to do an upgrade.

Last edited by vinoman2 (2009-08-19 22:19:41)

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#20 2009-08-19 22:53:29

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Re: Picasa installed but doesn't open [Solved]

vinoman2 wrote:
flamelab wrote:
vinoman2 wrote:

OK, then what is the right way?

It's been explained above by the other forum members.

I was given many choices, Which one should I use?.

That which seems easier for you.

But aren't the servers down? We can't install anything now. I was't able to do an upgrade.

No, they haven't been down, there was an issue some days ago that has been solved and upgrades are OK now.

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#21 2009-08-21 13:10:53

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Re: Picasa installed but doesn't open [Solved]

Was able to upgrade today by selecting another mirror.

But I still can't install Picasa on 64bit Arch. I've tried some of the above info but I must be doing something wrong, can't get any to work. I'll use F-spot instead. One day I'll figure it out.

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#22 2009-09-01 02:12:54

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Re: Picasa installed but doesn't open [Solved]

Finally got Picasa working after running:

pacman -S lib32-qt

Thank you skottish smile

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