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I have tried to download F-Spot into my PC that runs Ubuntu 16.04 and have failed. Have tried F-Spot from several sources without success. Any Ideas?

george steiner
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  • I answered your question, but if this solution fails please edit your question and provide the exact outputs and errors. – dessert Aug 15 '17 at 14:21
  • Many thanks for your answer. Am studying and trying to absorb it. As a non programmer this is a bit daunting. – george steiner Aug 18 '17 at 18:09
  • Don't worry, I'm here to help – when you open a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T), type uname -m and hit Enter, what does it respond? – dessert Aug 18 '17 at 18:30
  • It shows: x86_64 (next line): george@george-MS-7592 – george steiner Aug 20 '17 at 19:22
  • OK, then you need the amd64 version, see my answer for the link. Just download and click the file, it should install f-spot automatically. – dessert Aug 20 '17 at 21:45
  • I went to f-spot.org It offered the latest version 0.8.2, Dec 19, 2010 – george steiner Aug 21 '17 at 16:23
  • clicked on "download". It offered "GNOME Archives". Clicked on "0.8/". That offered "LATEST-IS-0.8.2". Clicked on it. Got a full red screen in a grid pattern with mostly /00/ characters. Screen changed to gray after a few minutes. After a half hour got message "there was a problem opening the file - "/tmp/mozilla_george0/LATEST-IS-0.8.2". There was never a chance to select amd_64 version. – george steiner Aug 21 '17 at 16:32
  • You can use the (.tar.gz) files from http://f-spot.org/Download, however using a .deb package is simpler – packages.ubuntu.com has the right one, just choose a server in your vicinity on that website and it will offer you to download the .deb. Then just click it and the installation should begin. – dessert Aug 21 '17 at 18:04
  • How can one find the geographical locations? Some are clear but many are not. I'm near Washington DC. One has "gov" in it's ID. Would that be the DC area? What is "mirror"? A copy? I can't imagine a horizontally reversed image. – george steiner Aug 21 '17 at 21:43
  • No, a “mirror” is just a download server who “mirrors” the file so that the load is not concentrated on one single server. Just pick one, it doesn't really matter. The file you download is the same for every mirror server. – dessert Aug 21 '17 at 21:49
  • OK! It looks like I've successfully downloaded F-Spot! It is a file in my home folder. A screen provides a button to install F-Spot but nothing seems to happen. I gave it 5 minutes or more. There is no indication of any activity after I clicked install. Used my search bar to see if F-Spot is really there and yes, it is. Also tried to click "open", but no response. – george steiner Aug 22 '17 at 01:20
  • Open a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T), type sudo apt install ~/f-spot*.deb and hit Enter, this will start the installation for sure. – dessert Aug 22 '17 at 05:32
  • I get: Reading package lists.......Done E: Unsupported file /home/george/f-spot.deb given on command line george@george -MS-7592:~$ – george steiner Aug 22 '17 at 13:16
  • You did forget the asterisk *, didn't you? ;) – dessert Aug 22 '17 at 13:18
  • I copied incorrectly in my comment to you, but included it correctly in my terminal input. – george steiner Aug 22 '17 at 13:45
  • Type sudo apt install ~/f-spot and before hitting Enter hit Tab please, it will then enter the filename automatically, after that hit Enter. – dessert Aug 22 '17 at 13:54
  • I get: Reading package lists....Done E: Unsupported file/home/george/f-spot given on command line george@george-MS-7592:~$ – george steiner Aug 22 '17 at 14:17
  • Where did you download the file to? Apparently it's not in your home folder. Give sudo apt install the whole path. – dessert Aug 22 '17 at 15:14
  • It's in the home folder under "Downloads" – george steiner Aug 22 '17 at 15:43
  • well then of course the command is sudo apt install ~/Downloads/f-spot*.deb – dessert Aug 22 '17 at 15:56
  • I got: Some packages could not be installed. You may 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 resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies (gives a group of 3 subprograms). Recommends dcraw but it is not going to be installed. E: unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. – george steiner Aug 22 '17 at 17:05
  • please solve this question by asking google – dessert Aug 22 '17 at 17:08

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  1. Download the .deb package suitable for your system architecture: i386 or amd64 (choose a mirror in your vicinity – your system architecture is shown by uname -m, where x86_64 corresponds to amd64)
  2. Open the file to install the package.

Alternatively you can download the tar.gz archive and install it as explained here: How do I install a .tar.gz (or .tar.bz2) file?

dessert
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