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@doniks Glad someone has a clue I'm baffled by this one now and why out of my knowledge range which isn't much : ) Was beginning to think of swapping update channels or reinstalling without the wipe option. all a bit drastic.
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Thanks doniks.
Before trying what you have suggested, I have installed the package xterm in my container. Then within this xterm I tried to locate the stuck installation process with ps although I have no idea if it should be visible from such a terminal or not. But ps wouldn't run. I got a message asking me to try "mount -t proc /proc" which I did only to be told that the "-t" option could only be run as root. But I was refused to use both sudo and su.
So I tried your solution. However there was no .json nor any .xml file within any directory. The command
# find / -iname "libertine" -print | egrep 'json|xml'
did not yield any result.I searched for a root ~/.cache/libertine-container/CONTAINER-IDENTIFIER/rootfs/ directory but couldn't find any. In fact, there is no .cache directory under ~root nor even under "/". There is a "cache" directory (with no dot) under "/" but it has nothing relevant inside.
However I did find the container directory ~phablet/.local/share/libertine-container/user-data/xenial. So I deleted this entire directory.Then I rebooted the device and when the Ubuntu logo appeared and I swiped sideways, no on-screen keyboard appeared to enter my pass code! I had to connect a mechanical keyboard through the USB port to do so... Furthermore, the container still exists and the stuck installation process subsists with its silly blue spinning circle!!! Arghhhhh
I think I will end up reinstalling the whole operating system.
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@ubuntoutou said in Package installation stuck and spinning wheel never stops under Libertine:
Thanks doniks.
Before trying what you have suggested, I have installed the package xterm in my container. Then within this xterm I tried to locate the stuck installation process with ps although I have no idea if it should be visible from such a terminal or not.
well, I like to say ... you should see all running processes ... but then you say
But ps wouldn't run. I got a message asking me to try "mount -t proc /proc"
which surprises me ... not sure what that means
but either way, I think that's a separate problem. certainly there is no more stuck process after a reboot. so
pswouldn't help anyway.which I did only to be told that the "-t" option could only be run as root. But I was refused to use both sudo and su.
well, not being able to su and sudo is normal. remember the whole container is created by phablet user, all files inside are owned by phablet
So I tried your solution. However there was no .json nor any .xml file within any directory. The command
# find / -iname "libertine" -print | egrep 'json|xml'
did not yield any result.mhm, maybe it's called something else, and maybe it isn't even json or xml format, but it definitely is some human readable text file, just use
cdandlsstarting from/home/phablet/and then one of.cache,.config,.localI searched for a root ~/.cache/libertine-container/CONTAINER-IDENTIFIER/rootfs/ directory but couldn't find any.
you know you have to replace "CONTAINER-IDENTIFIER" with the identifier of your container, right?! show
ls -l ~/.cache/libertine-container/In fact, there is no .cache directory under ~root nor even under "/".
I don't know what ~root refers to. I am only talking about files and folders underneath
/home/phabletThere is a "cache" directory (with no dot) under "/" but it has nothing relevant inside.
yeah that is unrelated
However I did find the container directory ~phablet/.local/share/libertine-container/user-data/xenial. So I deleted this entire directory.
ok. that was the home directory inside the container. one of the three things I think you should get rid of. good. now lets find the other two: config file and the root folder
Then I rebooted the device and when the Ubuntu logo appeared and I swiped sideways, no on-screen keyboard appeared to enter my pass code! I had to connect a mechanical keyboard through the USB port to do so...
wooow. that doesnt sound good. it doesn't sound like its related to libertine though. have you been messing with root access? it might be time to make sure your backups are up to date
Furthermore, the container still exists and the stuck installation process subsists with its silly blue spinning circle!!! Arghhhhh
I think I will end up reinstalling the whole operating system.
possible .... good luck!
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Alright, I did find a file /home/phablet/.cache/libertine/puritine/PuritineSymlinkFarm.json and I deleted it. I don't know why I couldn't see it with find.
Yes I know I have to replace CONTAINER-IDENTIFIER with the identifier of my container, i.e. xenial.
~root refers to /root.
I have found the following text files which I deleted:
/.local/share/unity-scopes/unconfined/libertine-scope.ubuntu_libertine-scope/.surfacing_cache
/.local/share/unity-scopes/unconfined/clickscope/.surfacing_cacheBut still no change, even after reboot. It seems that the container is very much contained and unbreakable! But don't worry, I am going to reinstall UT anyway.
Thank you to all for your help.
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@ubuntoutou Good luck
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@ubuntoutou
I faced with the same error:$ libertine-container-manager destroy -i xenial Libertine.py:124: ERROR: _delete_rootfs(): [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'dev'I logged in on phone via ssh and execute following commands:
phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$ ll ~/.cache/libertine-container/xenial/rootfs/ total 36 drwxr-xr-x 9 phablet phablet 4096 Feb 28 05:57 ./ drwxr-xr-x 3 phablet phablet 4096 Jan 30 04:57 ../ drwxr-xr-x 2 phablet phablet 4096 Feb 28 05:15 (??/ drwx--x--x 2 phablet phablet 4096 Feb 28 05:15 able/ d--------- 2 phablet phablet 4096 Jan 30 08:06 dev/ drwxr-xr-x 2 phablet phablet 4096 Feb 28 05:15 ?kŅ¶/ drwxr-xr-x 2 phablet phablet 4096 Feb 28 05:15 ?pā¾+,??G??D?Ó¶/ drwxr-xr-x 2 phablet phablet 4096 Feb 28 05:15 R??/ drwxr-xr-x 2 phablet phablet 4096 Feb 28 05:15 S??????????????/ phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$ rm -rf ~/.cache/libertine-container/xenial/rootfs/ phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$ libertine-container-manager destroy -i xenial phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$There is no error after destroying container,
but, surprisingly, user-directory still existed.
So, I deleted it also:phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$ ll ~/.local/share/libertine-container/user-data/xenial/ total 84 drwxrwxr-x 17 phablet phablet 4096 Feb 27 14:40 ./ drwxrwxr-x 3 phablet phablet 4096 Jan 30 06:35 ../ -rw------- 1 phablet phablet 984 Feb 28 05:16 .bash_history drwxrwxr-x 8 phablet phablet 4096 Feb 15 11:28 .cache/ -rw-rw-r-- 1 phablet phablet 418 Feb 28 05:18 .chromium-bsu drwxrwxr-x 9 phablet phablet 4096 Feb 15 11:27 .config/ d--------- 2 phablet phablet 4096 Jan 30 08:06 Documents/ d--------- 2 phablet phablet 4096 Jan 30 08:06 Downloads/ drwxrwxr-x 2 phablet phablet 4096 Jan 31 04:50 .freegish/ drwx------ 3 phablet phablet 4096 Jan 31 19:51 .gnome2/ drwx------ 2 phablet phablet 4096 Jan 31 19:51 .gnome2_private/ drwxr-xr-x 3 phablet phablet 4096 Jan 30 16:05 .local/ drwx------ 3 phablet phablet 4096 Jan 30 16:44 .mozilla/ drwxrwxr-x 2 phablet phablet 4096 Jan 31 04:53 .mu-cade/ d--------- 2 phablet phablet 4096 Jan 30 08:06 Music/ drwxr-xr-x 3 phablet phablet 4096 Jan 30 07:59 .numptyphysics/ d--------- 2 phablet phablet 4096 Jan 30 08:06 Pictures/ drwxrwxr-x 2 phablet phablet 4096 Feb 27 14:40 shared/ d--------- 2 phablet phablet 4096 Jan 30 08:06 Videos/ -rw------- 1 phablet phablet 1124 Feb 19 01:51 .viminfo -rw-rw-r-- 1 phablet phablet 12 Jan 30 16:11 .Xdefaults phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$ rm -rf ~/.local/share/libertine-container/user-data/xenial/ phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$ -
@ilya-bystrov Have you tried using the Libertine setup in System Settings Libertine? I have found also that stopping the screen from locking also helps, system settings, battery, lock when idle, never.
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This was happening to me on a Nexus 5 with latest stable release.
The container installed fine but the package install process was just spinning with no activity in the log (the one provided by the system menu).
The interface would still successfully install and remove other packages, but the one was perpetually stuck.
Opening the file browser app and simply deleting the contents of the above listed folders (no terminal commands needed), and rebooting fixed the issue. It did delete the entire container though... so I'm glad there was no important data in it.
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If Anyone has this issue and the libretine is a chroot libretine (try runing
libertine-shelland it will complain that it's not lxd/lxc container).just run
chroot <librtine directory normally at : /home/phablet/.cache/libertine-container/xenial/rootfs >and then run
su 32011 dpkg --configure -athis should finish the installation of the package
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@darkeye nice, I used to errase the .local/libertine* folders and start again installing just through terminal, because the spining wheel might be a yes to continue that the libertine gui doesn't receive.
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@darkeye said in Package installation stuck and spinning wheel never stops under Libertine:
the libretine is a chroot libretine
chroot <librtine directoryThank you for the clue but you have a problem with _ l i b e r t i n e _ spelling
Who is 32011 ?
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I'm wondering what sens of this word led to using it for this contener, but for me that will remind me this for life
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I've been having these problems, too. In one case, I tried to install ubuntu-restricted-extras, and the operation got to the point where I had to manually choose 'yes'. to accept a EULA license, but there was no apparent way to accept it and the package just stayed stuck forever.
The solution above seemed promising, but when I got to
su 32011, the response wasNo passwd entry for user '32011'.Moving forward, I think i'm going to either run:
libertine-container-manager install-package -p PACKAGE-NAMEor, I'll run
libertine-container-manager exec -i CONTAINER-IDENTIFIER -c "COMMAND-LINE"and once in here, I'll just run
apt install PACKAGE-NAME. It feels more natural, to me, to get into the libertine shell and run apt commands, but I don't know if there's any benefit to the other method. I don't know that packages installed with apt are going to show in up the libertine GUI, but at this point, I'm going to try to avoid that GUI as much as possible. It's just not a viable way to install packages, if there's a chance the installation process will prompt the user, and there's no way to interact with the operation.
