OpenSUSE packaging question . . .

drawson1 · 01-30-2018, 09:29 PM

I'm running Calibre 3.16 on OpenSUSE Leap 42.3 (ie, the current version). If I ask to verify the installed packages, I get the following warning:

$ zypper ve -D -y
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
4 Problems:
Problem: nothing provides appdata(calibre-ebook-edit.appdata.xml) needed by application:calibre - E-book Editor-.noarch
Problem: nothing provides appdata(calibre-ebook-edit.appdata.xml) needed by application:calibre - E-book Editor-.noarch
Problem: nothing provides appdata(calibre-ebook-viewer.appdata.xml) needed by application:calibre - E-book Viewer-.noarch
Problem: nothing provides appdata(calibre-ebook-viewer.appdata.xml) needed by application:calibre - E-book Viewer-.noarch

Note that there's no error for calibre-gui.appdata.xml . . . .

Other installed applications with AppStream metadata don't generate these errors, but AFAIK they were all installed from the OpenSUSE repositories.

I'm assuming I can ignore this (Calibre certainly seems to be working fine), but can someone point me at some documentation on this? I can't tell from the summary AppStream documentation how it's supposed to work :-)

One (possibly) related note; the OpenSUSE distro copy of Calibre is WAY out of date (2.85 !), but I'm running 3.16

Thanks!

Dan

kovidgoyal · 01-31-2018, 12:16 AM

Yeah it can be ignored appstream data is used by app stores, it is irrelevant to actual program operation. As far as I know, the calibre installer installs those appstream files as well, no idea why they aren't being picked up on your system.

drawson1 · 01-31-2018, 08:07 AM

Thanks - the files (/usr/share/metainfo/calibre-ebook-*.appdata.xml) are indeed present, so the installer is doing it's thing :-)

01-30-2018, 09:29 PM	#1
drawson1 Connoisseur Posts: 91 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2014 Device: Libra H20, Clara 2E	OpenSUSE packaging question . . . I'm running Calibre 3.16 on OpenSUSE Leap 42.3 (ie, the current version). If I ask to verify the installed packages, I get the following warning: $ zypper ve -D -y Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... 4 Problems: Problem: nothing provides appdata(calibre-ebook-edit.appdata.xml) needed by application:calibre - E-book Editor-.noarch Problem: nothing provides appdata(calibre-ebook-edit.appdata.xml) needed by application:calibre - E-book Editor-.noarch Problem: nothing provides appdata(calibre-ebook-viewer.appdata.xml) needed by application:calibre - E-book Viewer-.noarch Problem: nothing provides appdata(calibre-ebook-viewer.appdata.xml) needed by application:calibre - E-book Viewer-.noarch Note that there's no error for calibre-gui.appdata.xml . . . . Other installed applications with AppStream metadata don't generate these errors, but AFAIK they were all installed from the OpenSUSE repositories. I'm assuming I can ignore this (Calibre certainly seems to be working fine), but can someone point me at some documentation on this? I can't tell from the summary AppStream documentation how it's supposed to work :-) One (possibly) related note; the OpenSUSE distro copy of Calibre is WAY out of date (2.85 !), but I'm running 3.16 Thanks! Dan

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01-31-2018, 12:16 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,910 Karma: 22669818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Yeah it can be ignored appstream data is used by app stores, it is irrelevant to actual program operation. As far as I know, the calibre installer installs those appstream files as well, no idea why they aren't being picked up on your system.

01-31-2018, 08:07 AM	#3
drawson1 Connoisseur Posts: 91 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2014 Device: Libra H20, Clara 2E	Thanks - the files (/usr/share/metainfo/calibre-ebook-*.appdata.xml) are indeed present, so the installer is doing it's thing :-)

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