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Mime-support problem linux mint 22

OpenMusic
#1

Hello,

I want to install openmusic_7.5-1_amd64.deb on Linux Mint 22. When i run the .deb in terminal i get:

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:
openmusic : Depends: mime-support but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

running with app

image

can’t install it. Any help or hint would be great. Thanks!

best
rc

#2

Hi rc,

Sorry about that. Yes it has been reported to me that mime-support package was renamed as media-types package. That’s why it refuses to install since the old package was renamed. But this is fixed now in version 7.6 which should be released in March.

For the time being, ou can still download the .tar.bz2 version from here which doesn’t check dependencies:

Once you untar it, place it wherever you want. (i have a special folder ~/bin where i place my non packaged binaries).

Then create a script, call it om75 and write this inside it:

#!/bin/sh

LD_LIBRARY_PATH='.' /home/myaccount/bin/OM_7.5/OM_7.5

Change if necessary the path and myaccount to to your user name
Now make it excutable:
Open a terminal and type:

chmod a+x om75

now you can run om from a terminal.

Tell me if this works for you.

Best
K

#3

Hi K,

Thanks for the reply.
Now I got this:
image

best,
rc

#4

Dear rc,

This means that you didn’t set the LD_Library_PATH correctly i presume.
Can you send me the location of the script and where you did put OM untared folder?
They should be in principle next one to another.

(you can send this info personally, then i will delete it).
But first make sure you have the script beside OM folder int the correct location.

Keep me informed.
Best
K

#5

Dear K,

The script is in /home/xxx/bin/om75 and the om folder in /home/xxx/bin/OM_7.5/

It seems I found a solution:
I searched for libportmidi in / without success. After installing libportmidi0 and searching again i found

./usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libportmidi.so.0.0.0
./usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libportmidi.so.0

and om started as usual.

best,
rc

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#6

Sorry, yes of course, liportmidi is a dependency. So it need to be installed in order to rin OM.

Then good to know it works for you. And just note, it is the same as running OM installed package. No difference…

Best Wishes
K