Can't download gedit in synaptic

[timeth]

On my brand new LXDE mini install (thanks Neal  ) I can download/update/install in synaptic, but trying to download 'gedit' gives this error>

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APT system reports:
E: Transaction set check failed

Have tried different mirrors but it happens the same each time I try and it seems it's only with this package. Anyone else experiencing this?

[jcolyng]

Have you tried leafpad??

[Neal ManBear]

Tim,
Were the dependencies marked for installation? Were they installed?
What happens if you mark gedit-plugins for installation?

[old_guy]

I got curious, so I installed "Neal's mini LXDE". Tried to install gedit and failed the same way.
Tried installing from terminal  - the last lines were:

Fetched 7483kB in 12s (598kB/s)                                              
   system-config-printer is needed by libgnomeprintui-2.18.6-1pclos2010.i586
E: Transaction set check failed
E: Handler silently failed

Installed system-config-printer which added many dependencies, then gedit installed OK.

Earl

[Neal ManBear]

One of the reasons "mini" is mini is that the printer packages are not installed. That being said, I do not know why system-config-printer would be needed by gedit.

[old_guy]

Neal
Have to check with who/how it was packaged. This is my terminal output:

[root@localhost earl]# apt-get install gedit
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
   gnome-python-gnomeprint (2.32.0-3pclos2010)
   gnome-python-gtksourceview (2.32.0-3pclos2010)
   gtksourceview (2.10.5-1pclos2010)
   libgnomecups (0.2.3-4pclos2009)
   libgnomecups-1.0_1 (0.2.3-4pclos2009)
   libgnomeprint (2.18.8-1pclos2010)
   libgnomeprint2-2_0 (2.18.8-1pclos2010)
   libgnomeprintui (2.18.6-1pclos2010)
   libgnomeprintui2-2_0 (2.18.6-1pclos2010)
   libgtksourceview-1.0_0 (1.8.5-2pclos2010)
   libgtksourceview-2.0_0 (2.10.5-1pclos2010)
Suggested packages:
   system-config-printer (1.2.0-1pclos2011)
The following NEW packages will be installed:
   gedit (2.30.4-1pclos2010)
   gnome-python-gnomeprint (2.32.0-3pclos2010)
   gnome-python-gtksourceview (2.32.0-3pclos2010)
   gtksourceview (2.10.5-1pclos2010)
   libgnomecups (0.2.3-4pclos2009)
   libgnomecups-1.0_1 (0.2.3-4pclos2009)
   libgnomeprint (2.18.8-1pclos2010)
   libgnomeprint2-2_0 (2.18.8-1pclos2010)
   libgnomeprintui (2.18.6-1pclos2010)
   libgnomeprintui2-2_0 (2.18.6-1pclos2010)
   libgtksourceview-1.0_0 (1.8.5-2pclos2010)
   libgtksourceview-2.0_0 (2.10.5-1pclos2010)
...
...
...

then shows:

system-config-printer is needed by libgnomeprintui-2.18.6-1pclos2010

So it - as it stands is NOT a candidate for a lite version of anything, but others may add whatever they want.

Earl

[Neal ManBear]

Neal
......................... So it - as it stands is NOT a candidate for a lite version of anything, but others may add whatever they want.

Earl

Are you talking about the ISO? The mini is a mini. Users adding to it post install doesn't change the ISO only their installation.

[old_guy]

Neal
No, I was saying that gedit would not be good for a lite setup (way too many dependencies).

Your mini is good as a mini. Those who want to start with it can add as little or as much as they want.

Earl

[Neal ManBear]

Earl,
Thank you for the clarification.

[daniel]

Then use medit, this don't need to many dependencies...

[timeth]

Have you tried leafpad??

Thanks, yes I've tried leafpad. Comes pre-installed on the LXDE mini.

@Neal & old_guy >  Thanks, I'll try installing system-config-printer, space is not an issue with this install.

Actually, all I want to be able to do is to mouse over any element in a .xml file e.g.

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<item type="rect">
            <pos x="50%" height="50" width="100%" anchor="n"/>
            <fixed>
              <item type="label">
                <pos x="50%" y="50%" anchor="c"/>
                <normal color="#FFFFFF" font="Sans 12 Bold"/>
                <!-- Stock label for: Welcome to %h -->
                <stock type="welcome-label"/>
              </item>
            </fixed>
          </item>

..........and have the whole section highlighted so you can see clearly where it begins and ends. I can do this with kwrite in KDE but if anyone knows if it can be done in leafpad or teagtk text editor, that'd be great!  

[Neal ManBear]

Leafpad doesn't do that. It has only a simple options menu. That said, if you're familiar with the type script you're editing, it is fast and easy to use.

teagtk doesn't highlight xml, either, unless there's a place to turn it on that I haven't found.

Have you looked at medit?

You can install kwrite, you know.

[timeth]

Thanks Neal. I was looking through all the preferences of leafpad and teagtk to find out if they had that capability but it seems they don't. I haven't tried medit yet but I think I'll just install kwrite.

[longtom]

I am still dumbstruck why in cases like this geany never gets a mention.

Light and powerful as well as universal usable.  Worth a shot - with a Big Bertha! 

[Neal ManBear]

I thought of but didn't mention geany. It's more an IDE than an editor.