missing dependencies when trying to install

[sevku]

Trying to install Remarkable using the .deb package on a Ubuntu 18.04 system, the following output is generated:

$ sudo dpkg -i remarkable_1.87_all.deb 
(Lese Datenbank ... 438889 Dateien und Verzeichnisse sind derzeit installiert.)
Vorbereitung zum Entpacken von remarkable_1.87_all.deb ...
Entpacken von remarkable (1.87) über (1.87) ...
dpkg: Abhängigkeitsprobleme verhindern Konfiguration von remarkable:
 remarkable hängt ab von python3-markdown; aber:
  Paket python3-markdown ist nicht installiert.
 remarkable hängt ab von python3-bs4; aber:
  Paket python3-bs4 ist nicht installiert.
 remarkable hängt ab von gir1.2-webkit-3.0; aber:
  Paket gir1.2-webkit-3.0 ist nicht installiert.
 remarkable hängt ab von wkhtmltopdf; aber:
  Paket wkhtmltopdf ist nicht installiert.

dpkg: Fehler beim Bearbeiten des Paketes remarkable (--install):
 Abhängigkeitsprobleme - verbleibt unkonfiguriert
Trigger für mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) werden verarbeitet ...
Trigger für desktop-file-utils (0.23-4ubuntu1) werden verarbeitet ...
Trigger für libglib2.0-0:amd64 (2.60.4-0ubuntu0.19.04.1) werden verarbeitet ...
Trigger für hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) werden verarbeitet ...
Fehler traten auf beim Bearbeiten von:
 remarkable

[rthickling]

Hi, I've just installed it on a (derivative of) Ubuntu 19.10. The sequence of required packages is:

• libjavascriptcoregtk-3.0-0_2.4.11-3ubuntu3_amd64.deb
• libicu60_60.2-3ubuntu3_amd64.deb
• libwebkitgtk-3.0-0_2.4.11-3ubuntu3_amd64.deb
• gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-3.0_2.4.11-3ubuntu3_amd64.deb
• gir1.2-webkit-3.0_2.4.11-3ubuntu3_amd64.deb

They can all be found from https://packages.ubuntu.com/.

[MichaelTiernan]

I will add a datapoint here. I downloaded the deb file from the webpage and tried to install and it complained that:

remarkable : Depends: gir1.2-webkit-3.0 but it is not installable

So I installed a newer version of the dependency but remarkable still complains looking for a lower version:

Note, selecting 'gir1.2-webkit2-4.0' for regex 'gir1.2-webkit'
The following additional packages will be installed:
  gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.0 gir1.2-soup-2.4
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.0 gir1.2-soup-2.4 gir1.2-webkit2-4.0
. . .

sudo apt install ./remarkable_1.87_all.deb 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'remarkable' instead of './remarkable_1.87_all.deb'
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:
 remarkable : Depends: gir1.2-webkit-3.0 but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

[MichaelTiernan]

I missed that this is the same as #323

[sevku]

@MichaelTiernan 323 or 332?

[MichaelTiernan]

I'd have to reinvestigate but my initial scan of the reports I saw implied a common thread.

While not authoritative I thought it was wise to raise a flag on my own but report that showed a possible commonality.

I'll try to review it more carefully later and see what I can provide for evidence.

[sigg3]

Get the same on Pop_OS 20.04 LTS:

 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of remarkable:
 remarkable depends on gir1.2-webkit-3.0; however:
  Package gir1.2-webkit-3.0 is not installed.

and sudo apt-get install gir1.2 shows that (newer version) is installed:

gir1.2-webkit2-4.0 is already the newest version (2.28.2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1).
gir1.2-webkit2-4.0 set to manually installed.

while this does not work:

sudo apt-get install gir1.2-webkit-3.0
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package gir1.2-webkit-3.0
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'gir1.2-webkit-3.0'
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'gir1.2-webkit-3.0

[thebigG]

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of remarkable: remarkable depends on gir1.2-webkit-3.0; however: Package gir1.2-webkit-3.0 is not installed.

Have the same exact issue. Running POP OS with Ubuntu 20.04 as well.

[ssi112]

Upgraded to Pop 20.04 and now cannot install Remarkable. Same issue as stated above: Not installed: unmet dependencies gir1.2-webkit-3.0

Tried: $ sudo apt-get install -f gir1.2-webkit-3.0 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package gir1.2-webkit-3.0 E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'gir1.2-webkit-3.0' E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'gir1.2-webkit-3.0'

Is there a solution / workaround? Thanks

[sevku]

@ssi112, try installing it with snap, it works for me.

[stietz]

I have a little play around. Distributions newer then Linux Mint 20/Ubuntu 20.04 do not include gir1.2-webkit-3.0 but gir1.2-webkit2-4.0. Apparently, WebKit2 is a bit different to its predecessor.

This attached patch (use_webkit2.txt) amends the [remarkable/RemarkableWindow.py] to:

• check for WebKit2 v4.0 (instead of WebKit v3.0)
• imports WebKit2 (instead of WebKit)
• replace the load_string function with load_html
• replace zoom_out (inital call), zoom_out (any later calls) and zoom_in functions with set_zoom_level(1.0), set_zoom_level(get_zoom_level()-0.1) and set_zoom_level(get_zoom_level()+0.1), respectively
• commented out the two calls to connect("console-message", ...) as I can't work out how to replace them and they were creating an error

It seems to be working, but I haven't tested it very much, so there are a number of issues:

• I am sure there are many other function calls which need replacing.
• There are other changes needed, e.g. the control file for the deb packaging would need its dependency updated.
• I am not sure what @jamiemcg wants to do, i.e. if it could be ported to WebKit2 (is it available for older distributions?). It might need a more fundamental rewrite to check which version is present and then use the relevant function calls.

To test it you might need to make these additional changes:

• Update the remarkable_data_directory variable in [remarkable_lib/remarkableconfig.py]
• Include "sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(file))" before "import styles"

PS: I have never worked with GTK/WebKit.