I tried installing the snap beta (Ubuntu 20.10 64 bit) and it seems to have failed.
when run the first time, it looks like it was updating python (PIP?) and then stopped somewhere.
when I try to run mycroft from the desktop, nothing.
From the terminal I get:
/snap/mycroft/1078/bin/mycroft-launch: line 92: mycroft-cli-client: command not found
Stopping all processes...
mycroft-skills: no process found
mycroft-enclosure-client: no process found
mycroft-speech-client: no process found
mycroft-audio: no process found
Stopped
logs that I found:
==> snap/mycroft/common/logs/audio.log <==
/snap/mycroft/1078/bin/snapcraft-preload: 6: exec: mycroft-audio: not found
==> snap/mycroft/common/logs/bus.log <==
/snap/mycroft/1078/bin/snapcraft-preload: 6: exec: mycroft-messagebus: not found
==> snap/mycroft/common/logs/enclosure.log <==
/snap/mycroft/1078/bin/snapcraft-preload: 6: exec: mycroft-enclosure-client: not found
==> snap/mycroft/common/logs/skills.log <==
/snap/mycroft/1078/bin/snapcraft-preload: 6: exec: mycroft-skills: not found
==> snap/mycroft/common/logs/voice.log <==
/snap/mycroft/1078/bin/snapcraft-preload: 6: exec: mycroft-speech-client: not found
So it looks like the installation is broken, (why I don’t know) but short of uninstalling and re-installing (I’m away and only have 2Mbps broadband here so it’s v slow, maybe problems with that broke the install…) there seems to be no repair option.
I had previously successfully installed via git, (but only on its own partition, in Xubuntu, because of a clash with libjack-jackd2-0 which it wants to uninstall, which would break blender, gnome and several other things I use. This is a separate issue - why does it need a library that clashes with something used by so many commonly used things?)
Don’t use the snap, it’s not an officially built/supported version.
There’s other posts about jack you can search for, not sure if anyone ever got it working in combination.
it will also want to uninstall libjack-jackd2-0, and as a result many things I use that rely on it.
It’s a shame that this week while I have time (but not broadband bandwidth) I can’t just install mycroft in a standard current Ubuntu desktop and play with it. But I appreciate that everyone’s time is finite, and the focus might be on the Mark II, and generally embedded environments at the moment, where conflicts are easier to manage/avoid.
There is a “hacky” way if you are willing to try, it’s to recreate the libjack-jackd2-0 package without the conflict control for libjack0 package.
# Download package from the Ubuntu mirror
$ apt download libjack-jackd2-0
# Decompress the package
$ dpkg-deb -R libjack-jackd2-*.deb pkg_dir
# Replace the Version with a custom one and remove libjack0 from the Conflicts
$ sed -i -e '/^Version:/s/~.*$/~mycroft-hack/' -e '/, libjack0$/d' pkg_dir/DEBIAN/control
# Build the new libjack-jackd2 without libjack0 as conflict package
$ dpkg-deb -b pkg_dir/ libjack-jackd2_mycroft-hack.deb
# Install the new `libjack-jackd2` over the current one installed on your system
$ sudo dpkg -i libjack-jackd2_mycroft-hack.deb
# Check if the package has been replaced with the custom one
$ dpkg -l | grep mycroft-hack
ii libjack-jackd2-0:arm64 1.9.12~mycroft-hack arm64 JACK Audio Connection Kit (libraries)
The sed worked for me because with the current version of the package in Debian Buster for ARM64, it could be different for you. If it doesn’t work, just use your preferred text editor to apply the changes.
Keep in mind that this is a way to trick Apt but this will possible prevent some packages to be updated. If you need to rollback please follow these steps:
Cheers!
The sed line only removed the Conflicts, so I manually edited the version.
Version: 1.9.14-0ubuntu3.1~mycroft-hack
I got to this point:
$ sudo dpkg -i libjack-jackd2_mycroft-hack.deb
dpkg: error processing archive libjack-jackd2_mycroft-hack.deb (--install):
unable to open file '/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci//.#control': No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
libjack-jackd2_mycroft-hack.deb
EDIT
fixed version
Version: 1.9.14~mycroft-hack
And it worked.
$ dpkg -l | grep mycroft-hack
ii libjack-jackd2-0:amd64 1.9.14~mycroft-hack amd64 JACK Audio Connection Kit (libraries)
hmmm dev-setup.sh still wants to remove libjack-jackd2-0…
$ ./dev_setup.sh
Installing packages...
Installing packages for Debian/Ubuntu/Mint...
We have detected that your computer has the libjack-jackd2-0 package installed.
Mycroft requires a conflicting package, and will likely uninstall this package.
On some systems, this can cause other programs to be marked for removal.
Please review the following package changes carefully.
Press enter to continue
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
build-essential is already the newest version (12.8ubuntu3).
git is already the newest version (1:2.27.0-1ubuntu1).
pkg-config is already the newest version (0.29.2-1ubuntu1).
python3 is already the newest version (3.8.6-0ubuntu1).
python3-setuptools is already the newest version (49.3.1-2).
curl is already the newest version (7.68.0-1ubuntu4.2).
pulseaudio is already the newest version (1:13.99.2-1ubuntu2.1).
pulseaudio-utils is already the newest version (1:13.99.2-1ubuntu2.1).
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
gir1.2-appindicator3-0.1
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove it.
The following additional packages will be installed:
autotools-dev icu-devtools libasound2-dev libblkid-dev libexpat1-dev libfann2 libglib2.0-dev-bin libjack-dev libjack0
libjpeg-turbo8-dev libjpeg8-dev libjq1 libltdl-dev libmount-dev libonig5 libout123-0 libpcre16-3 libpcre2-dev
libpcre2-posix2 libpcre3-dev libpcre32-3 libpcrecpp0v5 libportaudio2 libportaudiocpp0 libpython3-dev libpython3.8-dev
libselinux1-dev libsepol1-dev libsyn123-0 m4 python3.8-dev swig4.0 uuid-dev zlib1g-dev
Suggested packages:
autoconf-archive gnu-standards autoconf-doc bison-doc libasound2-doc libfann-doc libgirepository1.0-dev libglib2.0-doc
icu-doc jackd1 libtool-doc libssl-doc gfortran | fortran95-compiler gcj-jdk m4-doc jackd nas oss-compat oss4-base
portaudio19-doc byobu | screenie | iselect ncurses-term swig-doc swig-examples swig4.0-examples swig4.0-doc
The following packages will be REMOVED:
libjack-jackd2-0
The following NEW packages will be installed:
autoconf automake autotools-dev bison flac icu-devtools jq libasound2-dev libblkid-dev libexpat1-dev libfann-dev libfann2
libffi-dev libglib2.0-dev libglib2.0-dev-bin libicu-dev libjack-dev libjack0 libjpeg-dev libjpeg-turbo8-dev libjpeg8-dev
libjq1 libltdl-dev libmount-dev libonig5 libout123-0 libpcre16-3 libpcre2-dev libpcre2-posix2 libpcre3-dev libpcre32-3
libpcrecpp0v5 libportaudio2 libportaudiocpp0 libpython3-dev libpython3.8-dev libselinux1-dev libsepol1-dev libssl-dev
libsyn123-0 libtool m4 mpg123 portaudio19-dev python3-dev python3.8-dev screen swig swig4.0 uuid-dev zlib1g-dev
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Yes, I just reverted it on my Debian Buster ARM64 (Raspberry Pi OS).
$ sudo apt-get -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-overwrite" install libjack-jackd2-0=1.9.12~dfsg-2
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libasound2-dev libaudio2 libmpg123-0 libopenal-data libopenal1 libout123-0 libportaudio2 libportaudiocpp0 libsndio7.0 libxt6
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
Suggested packages:
jackd2
The following packages will be REMOVED:
libjack-dev libjack0 portaudio19-dev
The following packages will be DOWNGRADED:
libjack-jackd2-0
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(Reading database ... 49342 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing portaudio19-dev:arm64 (19.6.0-1) ...
Removing libjack-dev (1:0.125.0-3) ...
Removing libjack0:arm64 (1:0.125.0-3) ...
dpkg: warning: downgrading libjack-jackd2-0:arm64 from 1.9.12~mycroft to 1.9.12~dfsg-2
(Reading database ... 49179 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libjack-jackd2-0_1.9.12~dfsg-2_arm64.deb ...
Unpacking libjack-jackd2-0:arm64 (1.9.12~dfsg-2) over (1.9.12~mycroft) ...
Setting up libjack-jackd2-0:arm64 (1.9.12~dfsg-2) ...
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