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#41
Applications / Re: Firefox appearance lacking...
Last post by AxL - April 14, 2025, 10:28:26 PMQuote from: Rick429CJ on April 11, 2025, 04:43:52 AMWhen I have Firefox open in Sparky, its appearance isn't as good as windows or other Linux distros I have used. I wonder if there are fonts missing that are altering its appearance. How can I fix this?
Using the following fonts: 
I don't have the problem you are talking about:
Cheers !!
#42
Installation / The down load of that spanking...
Last post by Lanoviadesfreud - April 14, 2025, 06:25:14 PMYes, & why can't I download it? It's not there?
What's the problem?
What's the problem?
#43
Introduction / How Do
Last post by Lanoviadesfreud - April 14, 2025, 06:22:33 PMHola a todos How Do
I am have been a news person, a housing tech, an English tutor for people entering the country, a general rabble rouser (had to check that spelling) and musician.
Using Linux of practically every variety I'm always checking out the new. Thankfully it adds choice to the OS world.
It takes away a bit away from the oligarchy in a world which is increasingly...
Exactly that. Seriously. Does anyone remember the reason why we broke away from England? Was it to become a democracy? Or a kingdom? Ah, enough jokes for one day.
Take my president (king?), please!
Linux fulfills so many common sense needs. I seem to remember my brother saying 'I don't need an operating system where I will have to go running to someone to figure everything out'. Linux appears to be far easier in general to install with usually less need to seek out mysterious drivers and such. Updates usually don't take so long as to be leaving me pulling out the hair on my head wondering if my computer has stopped functioning all together.
Well, duh, I'm obviously playing to the right crowd to make such comments.
Anyway, on with the play!
I am have been a news person, a housing tech, an English tutor for people entering the country, a general rabble rouser (had to check that spelling) and musician.
Using Linux of practically every variety I'm always checking out the new. Thankfully it adds choice to the OS world.
It takes away a bit away from the oligarchy in a world which is increasingly...
Exactly that. Seriously. Does anyone remember the reason why we broke away from England? Was it to become a democracy? Or a kingdom? Ah, enough jokes for one day.
Take my president (king?), please!
Linux fulfills so many common sense needs. I seem to remember my brother saying 'I don't need an operating system where I will have to go running to someone to figure everything out'. Linux appears to be far easier in general to install with usually less need to seek out mysterious drivers and such. Updates usually don't take so long as to be leaving me pulling out the hair on my head wondering if my computer has stopped functioning all together.
Well, duh, I'm obviously playing to the right crowd to make such comments.
Anyway, on with the play!
#44
Applications / riseup-vpn
Last post by jnwright - April 11, 2025, 05:40:02 PMriseup-vpn has not been working for several days.
It has not been working on other os's as well.
It has not been working on other os's as well.
#45
Applications / Firefox appearance lacking - f...
Last post by Rick429CJ - April 11, 2025, 04:43:52 AMWhen I have Firefox open in Sparky, its appearance isn't as good as windows or other Linux distros I have used. I wonder if there are fonts missing that are altering its appearance. How can I fix this?
#46
Newbie questions / Re: How to install Wine?
Last post by jymm - April 07, 2025, 10:07:48 AMI used play on linux and could not get it to work, then found this which made everything work fine. I suggest you use synaptic not the command line.
Solved
After a lot of frustration and reading tutorials that didn't work I found these in the Sparky repository.
wine32-preloader:i386
wine32:i386
While I have used Linux for about 15 years I am pretty new to semi-rolling releases and pretty much a GUI guy, but I took a chance of breaking the system and used synaptic to install < wine32-preloader:i386 >. I was then able to install and run < wxmp3gain-4.0-win32-setup.exe > with no problems. I then ran an upgrade and rebooted to make sure it didn't break the system, which is still fine.
the whole post thread: https://forum.sparkylinux.org/index.php/topic,6342.msg17459.html#msg17459
Solved
After a lot of frustration and reading tutorials that didn't work I found these in the Sparky repository.
wine32-preloader:i386
wine32:i386
While I have used Linux for about 15 years I am pretty new to semi-rolling releases and pretty much a GUI guy, but I took a chance of breaking the system and used synaptic to install < wine32-preloader:i386 >. I was then able to install and run < wxmp3gain-4.0-win32-setup.exe > with no problems. I then ran an upgrade and rebooted to make sure it didn't break the system, which is still fine.
the whole post thread: https://forum.sparkylinux.org/index.php/topic,6342.msg17459.html#msg17459
#47
Newbie questions / Re: Live USB Creator Persisten...
Last post by jymm - April 07, 2025, 09:46:58 AMI had the same problem. If you just flash Sparky to a USB drive it just makes a Persistence folder where you can store things like documents, pictures and stand alone software like TOR browser or app images.
Then I used gparted to wipe out (delete) the partition on the USB drive,(do not format the partition) and then flashed Sparky with Live USB Creator Persistence and the whole USB had Persistence.I have done it twice now and it worked both times.
Good luck.
Then I used gparted to wipe out (delete) the partition on the USB drive,(do not format the partition) and then flashed Sparky with Live USB Creator Persistence and the whole USB had Persistence.I have done it twice now and it worked both times.
Good luck.
#48
System upgrading / apt --fix-broken install
Last post by grahamperrin - April 03, 2025, 02:50:20 AMI have a very rarely used installation of Sparky, in VirtualBox.
A few months ago – probably 27th August 2024, after not using the machine since 3rd June – when an upgrade failed (and the GUI was unusable) I was invited to run:
apt --fix-broken install
The command failed, repeatedly, so I shelved the installation for a while.
On 22nd February 2025, I took the two screenshots below. As far as I can tell:
On 29th March, when I retried the command, it succeeded. I proceeded to fix installations of KDE and SDDM.
If it's not too vague a question:
A few months ago – probably 27th August 2024, after not using the machine since 3rd June – when an upgrade failed (and the GUI was unusable) I was invited to run:
apt --fix-broken install
The command failed, repeatedly, so I shelved the installation for a while.
On 22nd February 2025, I took the two screenshots below. As far as I can tell:
- the ultimate error related to libkdecorations2 and libkdecorations3
- https://forum.sparkylinux.org/index.php/topic,6557 in June 2024 was for a comparable failure involving a different pair of packages.
On 29th March, when I retried the command, it succeeded. I proceeded to fix installations of KDE and SDDM.
If it's not too vague a question:
- was I simply unlucky in August last year and February this year?
#49
Sparky applications / problem to install gimp
Last post by Sparkyphone - March 30, 2025, 04:09:58 PMHello, I installed Sparky 7.6 Orion-Belt (6.1.0-32-amd64) about a week ago, and now have a problem to install gimp.
At first I tried to install it with the Aptus App Center and - when this failed - with Synaptic, this again failed. My last attempt was with the terminal. The problem seems to be the same no matter wich way
I try to install it.
It has to do with unaccomplished dependences.
The files libgegl-0.4-0, libavformat59, libswscale6, libavutil57 are depending on each other, and the "bad guy" of those four is 'libavutil57' wich seems to be the wrong version.
Here is the terminal-progress of the failed installation.
(unfortunatly it is in german, but I think it is understandable):
Is it possible, to install this file alone, or do I just have to save them in (a) certain folder(s) ?
I hope somebody knows...
greets from Germany
At first I tried to install it with the Aptus App Center and - when this failed - with Synaptic, this again failed. My last attempt was with the terminal. The problem seems to be the same no matter wich way
I try to install it.
It has to do with unaccomplished dependences.
The files libgegl-0.4-0, libavformat59, libswscale6, libavutil57 are depending on each other, and the "bad guy" of those four is 'libavutil57' wich seems to be the wrong version.
Here is the terminal-progress of the failed installation.
(unfortunatly it is in german, but I think it is understandable):
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~$ sudo apt update
[sudo] Passwort für admin:
OK:1 http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security/updates InRelease
OK:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm InRelease
OK:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates InRelease
OK:4 https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/debian bookworm InRelease
OK:5 https://repo.sparkylinux.org core InRelease
OK:6 https://repo.sparkylinux.org orion InRelease
OK:7 http://deb-multimedia.org bookworm InRelease
Paketlisten werden gelesen... Fertig
Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut... Fertig
Statusinformationen werden eingelesen... Fertig
Alle Pakete sind aktuell.
~$ sudo apt upgrade
Paketlisten werden gelesen... Fertig
Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut... Fertig
Statusinformationen werden eingelesen... Fertig
Paketaktualisierung (Upgrade) wird berechnet... Fertig
0 aktualisiert, 0 neu installiert, 0 zu entfernen und 0 nicht aktualisiert.
~$ sudo apt install gimp
Paketlisten werden gelesen... Fertig
Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut... Fertig
Statusinformationen werden eingelesen... Fertig
Einige Pakete konnten nicht installiert werden. Das kann bedeuten, dass
Sie eine unmögliche Situation angefordert haben oder, wenn Sie die
Unstable-Distribution verwenden, dass einige erforderliche Pakete noch
nicht erstellt wurden oder Incoming noch nicht verlassen haben.
Die folgenden Informationen helfen Ihnen vielleicht, die Situation zu lösen:
Die folgenden Pakete haben unerfüllte Abhängigkeiten:
libgegl-0.4-0 : Hängt ab von: libavformat59 (>= 7:5.0)
libswscale6 : Hängt ab von: libavutil57 (= 7:5.1.6-0+deb12u1) aber 10:5.1.3-dmo5 soll installiert werden
E: Probleme können nicht korrigiert werden, Sie haben zurückgehaltene defekte Pakete.Is it possible, to install this file alone, or do I just have to save them in (a) certain folder(s) ?
I hope somebody knows...
greets from Germany
#50
Forum settings / Re: How do I get youtube icon ...
Last post by pavroo - March 29, 2025, 04:27:38 PMif the youtube application is listed in the system menu, simply find it and copy from:
/usr/share/applications/
to:
/home/USER/Desktop/
If it is Openbox, you need to enable idesk.
/usr/share/applications/
to:
/home/USER/Desktop/
If it is Openbox, you need to enable idesk.