0

I am trying to install Lollypop on a new Linux install 16.04 LTS. When I run 

sudo apt-get install lollypop

I get the error 'file not found'. (Yes, I added the repo)

I found a deb package online and installed that but Lollypop would run for a second then close.

Can't find any info on this problem after looking for a couple of hours. Any ideas?

The original info I used to install Lollypop I found here. I found the Xenial package here and installed using GDebi.

pomsky
  • 68,507
kellyvotrenom
  • 189
  • 1
    The first thing to figure out that kind of error is to run lollypop from the command line and see what error messages you get. – Jos Mar 19 '18 at 10:17
  • Lollypop : https://launchpad.net/~gnumdk/+archive/ubuntu/lollypop ... Or install the downloaded package : cd Downloads/ && sudo gdebi ./lollypop_*_amd64.deb – Knud Larsen Mar 19 '18 at 12:48
  • Sorry that was not a great post. Yes - sudo apt-get install lollypop

    The error I get is: E:unable to locate package

     – kellyvotrenom Mar 19 '18 at 18:28
  • Sorry that was not a great post. Yes - sudo apt-get install lollypop was the command I used. Yes - did run sudo apt-get update (upgrade as well). The repository is hit when I run update. The error I get is: E:unable to locate package lollypop. Can't run Lollypop from command line. I went to the site that Knud Larsen posted - I cannot find a package for Xenial Thanks – kellyvotrenom Mar 19 '18 at 18:41
  • 1
    also, I could not find the xenial package in the ppa that is in the instructions I found on the web. - ppa:gnumdk/lollypop – kellyvotrenom Mar 22 '18 at 18:39
  • Could someone please verify that I am correct that the package for Xenial in not in the repo? I want to mark this post as answered but answer does not contain reference to this problem. The first problem I had was - E:unable to locate package lollypop. I downloaded the .deb package from another source. Then I solved the GTK problem. Thanks – kellyvotrenom Mar 27 '18 at 18:12
  • I was recently contacted by the developer that the xenial package is back in the repository – kellyvotrenom Jun 16 '18 at 17:31

1 Answers1

3

Running lollypop from the CLI gives an error that GTK+ 3.20 is needed, the current installed version was 3.18.
A way to upgrade 3.18 to 3.20 can be found here.
Adding two repos by the following commands and updating should trigger a bunch of packages that needed to be updated. Note that you'll be installing untested packages and if you intend to switch between Unity and GNOME you should expect some compromise on the Unity half.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3-staging
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3

Reboot and Lollypop should be running now.

Elder Geek
  • 36,023
  • 25
  • 98
  • 183
kellyvotrenom
  • 189
  • If this solves your problem, you may "accept" it (by clicking on the tick mark (✓) next to it) so others may more easily find it in the future. Accepting your own answer is completely fine :) – pomsky Mar 25 '18 at 21:26