Flacon Failed to install

[kumback]

Hello,

I tried to install Flacon on Debian 11 following the instruction.

echo "deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/Sokoloff/Debian_11 ./" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/flacon.list
wget http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/Sokoloff/Debian_11/Release.key -O- | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/flacon.gpg
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install flacon

But in the end, the error below comes back. Anyone can help to what to do to fix the error??

xxx@penguin:~$ sudo apt-get install flacon
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package flacon

Thank you in advance.

[kumback]

Hello, just let me add.

I use Linux on Chromebook using ARM Cortex-A78 Kompanio 1200.

Does this cause this error??

Pls advise what I try to fix.

Regards,

[SokoloffA]

I installed Debian 11 in a virtual machine, and got a strange result - apt finds the program, but apt-cache does not.

debian@debian:~$ sudo apt search flacon
Sorting... Done
Full Text Search... Done
flacon/unknown 11.3.0-1 amd64
  Audio file splitter and converter

flacon-dbgsym/unknown 11.3.0-1 amd64
  debug symbols for flacon

debian@debian:~$ sudo apt-cache search flacon

I am not an advanced Debian user, so I can't understand what the problem is.

As I said I don't use Debian in my life, I have to build packages for Debian/Ubuntu since Debian and Ubuntu don't want to do it themselves. For building I use build.opensuse.org, unfortunately build.opensuse.org supports builds only for i586 and amd64.

If chromeOS allows can run x86 programs, you could try to use AppImage.

[kumback]

thank you, SokoloffA

chromeOS (Mediatek Kompanio 1200) does not support x86......

[kumback]

Hello, Finallu I managed to installl flacon on my chromebook linux folllowing the instruction in https://github.com/flacon/flacon/wiki/How-to-build .

Now I can start flacon but I still have an issur to resolve.

When I try to convert a file, I encounter this error.

The sox program is not installed.
Verify that all required programs are installed and in your preferences.

Checking preferences in setting, I find almost all programs (such as sox) not installed.

Anyone know how to get these programs installed??

Any help would be appreciated.

[SokoloffA]

@kumback
In this case installed means that either the binary of the programm is available by $PATH or the full path is specified in Flacon settings.

Unfortunately I am far from the world of ChromeOS. My advice may be wrong, or at least not optimal.

This site suggess to install software from .deb packages. You can find and download Debian packages at this link. Unfortunately Debian does not have packages for mac (reading .ape files) ttaenc and alacenc. If you need these formats, you will have to build them yourself.

I heard that ChromeOS is based on Gentoo, it's logical to use emerge to install software.

[SokoloffA]

I can try to build an AppImage for you. I have a couple questions:

1. Can ChromeOS run AppImage?
2. What is the architecture of your computer? What does uname -a output?

[kumback]

Hello SokoloffA,

Thank you very much for your advice. Now I have downloaded programs such as sox, flac, wavpack, and so on by sudo apt install xxx (eg sox). For Mac, I found .deb in web and successfully installed.

https://debian.pkgs.org/11/multimedia-main-arm64/monkeys-audio_6.37-dmo1_arm64.deb.html

Now I run flacon working and splitting cue files.

A few programs (decorder?) are still missing in setting of flacon, but it is not a big issue for me because I have already major ones like flac or sox installed

I thank you very much for your help. I will confirm my chromebook architecture later today when back home.

[kumback]

This is what uname -a output.

Linux penguin 5.15.130-20470-g75de2d59bd35 #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Oct 13 18:24:10 PDT 2023 aarch64 GNU/Linux

I believe ChromeOS can run AppImage.

[SokoloffA]

I'll make a prototype and we'll see if it runs on your computer.

[markbaaijens]

I'm currenty configuring a Raspberry Pi5 with Ubuntu 24.04 (daily build) / arm64, and I'm trying to install flacon through the apt-repo. Which results in the same error 'E: Unable to locate package flacon'. Apparantly b/c there is no binary for the arm64-platform. Are there any plans for supporting arm64 through the repo?

[SokoloffA]

Unfortunately, I couldn't build a package for ARM. Unfortunately, I have some problems in my life, and I don't have time for pet projects. But I hope to solve the problems and return to the development and support of the project.

[markbaaijens]

Despite I have no experience in building packages, maybe with some directives, I could be of any assistence?