Install conky: dependency not met in repos

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#1

Hi all,

I’d like to install conky on my TW, to make a nice systemmonitor on my desktop( I’ve had it before, nice toy!).
And; it’s available in my repo’s, twice even:

**rgon:~ #** zypper search -s conky                   
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...

S | Name              | Type       | Version     | Arch   | Repository            
--+-------------------+------------+-------------+--------+----------------------
  | conky             | package    | 1.10.6-13.2 | x86_64 | packman               
  | conky             | package    | 1.10.6-6.1  | x86_64 | Main Repository (OSS)
  | conky             | package    | 1.10.6-13.2 | i586   | packman               
  | conky             | package    | 1.10.6-6.1  | i586   | Main Repository (OSS)
  | conky             | srcpackage | 1.10.6-13.2 | noarch | packman               
  | conky-debuginfo   | package    | 1.10.6-13.2 | x86_64 | packman               
  | conky-debuginfo   | package    | 1.10.6-13.2 | i586   | packman               
  | conky-debugsource | package    | 1.10.6-13.2 | x86_64 | packman               
  | conky-debugsource | package    | 1.10.6-13.2 | i586   | packman               
  | conky-doc         | package    | 1.10.6-13.2 | x86_64 | packman               
  | conky-doc         | package    | 1.10.6-6.1  | x86_64 | Main Repository (OSS)
  | conky-doc         | package    | 1.10.6-13.2 | i586   | packman               
  | conky-doc         | package    | 1.10.6-6.1  | i586   | Main Repository (OSS)
  | nano-plugin-conky | package    | 1.10.6-13.2 | x86_64 | packman               
  | nano-plugin-conky | package    | 1.10.6-6.1  | x86_64 | Main Repository (OSS)
  | nano-plugin-conky | package    | 1.10.6-13.2 | i586   | packman               
  | nano-plugin-conky | package    | 1.10.6-6.1  | i586   | Main Repository (OSS)
  | vim-plugin-conky  | package    | 1.10.6-13.2 | x86_64 | packman               
  | vim-plugin-conky  | package    | 1.10.6-6.1  | x86_64 | Main Repository (OSS)
  | vim-plugin-conky  | package    | 1.10.6-13.2 | i586   | packman               
  | vim-plugin-conky  | package    | 1.10.6-6.1  | i586   | Main Repository (OSS)
**argon:~ #**

However, when I try to install, zypper says it can’t because of unmet dependencies:

**argon:~ #** zypper install conky    
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
Resolving package dependencies...

Problem: nothing provides liblua.so.5.1()(64bit) needed by conky-1.10.6-13.2.x86_64
 Solution 1: do not install conky-1.10.6-13.2.x86_64
 Solution 2: break conky-1.10.6-13.2.x86_64 by ignoring some of its dependencies

**Choose from above solutions by number or cancel [1/2/c] (c): **c
**argon:~ #**

How can that be? I always thought the repo’s (at least, the official and mainstream ones) were alligned for all packages (is that the right word?) In other words: when a package is in a repo, all deps should be as well? Or is that a wrong assumption?
And, to be concrete: how can I install conky in a future-proof way?.
My repolist:

**argon:~ #** zypper ls -d
# | Alias                               | Name                       | Enabled | GPG Check | Refresh | Priority | Type   | URI                                                                      
--+-------------------------------------+----------------------------+---------+-----------+---------+----------+--------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 | download.opensuse.org-non-oss       | Main Repository (NON-OSS)  | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/non-oss/                    
2 | download.opensuse.org-oss           | Main Repository (OSS)      | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/                        
3 | download.opensuse.org-tumbleweed    | Main Update Repository     | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/tumbleweed/                          
4 | http-download.opensuse.org-ca32788b | Education                  | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Education/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/
5 | libdvdcss                           | libdvdcss                  | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://opensuse-guide.org/repo/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/                      
6 | openSUSE-20170322-0                 | openSUSE-20170322-0        | No      | ----      | ----    |   99     | yast2  | cd:///?devices=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-HL-DT-ST_DVDRAM_GH22NS70_K2ZB6A85424  
7 | packman                             | packman                    | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/packman/suse/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/      
8 | repo-debug                          | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Debug  | No      | ----      | ----    |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/tumbleweed/repo/oss/                  
9 | repo-source                         | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Source | No      | ----      | ----    |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/source/tumbleweed/repo/oss/                 
**argon:~ #

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Any other info needed?

#2

Hi
Yes, until things clean up in staging and conky builds…

It’s building now in the development repo;
https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/server:monitoring/conky

Not made it through to Factory…
https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/openSUSE%3AFactory/conky

You could install via;


zypper in http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/server:/monitoring/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/x86_64/conky-1.10.6-53.3.x86_64.rpm
#3

Thx for your answer.
I understand at this moment the package isn’t updated in the repos I have active, but it is in the monitoring/dev repo.
Is there any way to tell if it will come later in the other repo?
And, when I decide to install from /monitoring / dev won’t I get dependency problems later with it?

#4

Just FYI there was a thread on the factory mailing lists about the same issue for other packages: https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-factory/2017-08/msg00433.html
My understanding is that the lua library was changed from lua-5.1 to lua5.1and now packages that depended on it need to be corrected.

#5

Hi
Because it’s probably a outer ring package (as in not essential to the distro), so they can take a little while to get through the process and into a Tumbleweed snapshot.

When you use zypper dup at some point it may, depending on the release number, but it will be the same package and should ask to downgrade and get back to the main repositories.

And no, you will only get conky, the rest are from the oss repo so no dependency issues.

#6

Hello

This thread came with good timing for me as Conky was something i was going to try to install this weekend. I’m in no rush for it, & would prefer to do it by the standard / default openSUSE repos enabled in my TW. Wrt your info here, should i simply keep trying to install it, say every few days, until zypper is happy for me to proceed with no dependency problems… or … to borrow OP’s codebox:


**argon:~ #**** zypper install conky    
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
Resolving package dependencies...

Problem: nothing provides liblua.so.5.1()(64bit) needed by conky-1.10.6-13.2.x86_64
 Solution 1: do not install conky-1.10.6-13.2.x86_64
 Solution 2: break conky-1.10.6-13.2.x86_64 by ignoring some of its dependencies

**Choose from above solutions by number or cancel [1/2/c] (c): ****c
**argon:~ #******

…would it be viable for me to proceed now anyway, choosing Solution 2 [ie, accepting that it will [i]not yet work], but trusting that a future zypper dup will sooner or later automagically make it work?

#7

Hi
No, either wait until the rebuilt conky arrives or install conky (and only conky) from the server:monitoring repo so it picks up the correct lua libraries.

#8

Thanks, but…

wait until the rebuilt conky arrives

How do i know when it arrives, unless i am constantly trying to install it between now & then, & aborting it each time i still get the errors? Ie, is there some other way i can “know” when it is available?

#9

Hi
When this has not in a failed state…
https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/openSUSE%3AFactory/conky

Or here;
https://openqa.opensuse.org/factory-package-news/

#10

Oh, fabulous links – many thanks!

#11

Conky is all good again now. :slight_smile: