fslint on Kub 20.04?

[rikona]

> On Mon, 23 Aug 2021 07:58:09 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> >On Sun, 22 Aug 2021 22:37:32 -0700, rikona wrote:  
> >>Just saw a note that said fslint could be installed by doing:
> >>
> >>$ mkdir -p ~/Downloads/fslint
> >>$ cd ~/Downloads/fslint
> >>$ wget
> >>http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/p/pygtk/python-gtk2_2.24.0-6_amd64.deb
> >>$ wget
> >>http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/p/pygtk/python-glade2_2.24.0-6_amd64.deb
> >>$ wget
> >>http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/f/fslint/fslint_2.46-1_all.deb
> >>$ sudo apt-get install ./*.deb
> >>
> >>Some got it to work, others didn't. Would installing python2 do bad
> >>things when other python pgms run? ? What do you have to do to make
> >>it work? Why might it have failed for some? I'd reeeeeally like to
> >>run it
> >>- there's nothing that really replaces it. All ideas much
> >>appreciated.    
> >
> >Hi,
> >
> >I don't know if you simply can install the packages from 18.04, but
> >if so, you need to download the provided versions.
> >
> >With e.g. Firefox take a look at the URLs, or just use
> >https://packages.ubuntu.com/ to see what versions are provided by the
> >pool.
> >
> >http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/p/pygtk/ doesn't
> >provide 2.24.0-6.
> >
> >http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/f/fslint/ doesn't
> >provide 2.46-1.
> >
> >apt-get does not install from a local path, while dpkg or gdebi or
> >apt do so.
> >
> >You got informative error messages, didn't you?
> >
> >Try downloading the available versions and try to install from the
> >local path using an appropriate command.
> >
> >Regards,
> >Ralf  
> 
> PS:
> 
> Those versions were probably provided by an EOL, non-LTS release and
> are still available by different URLs, but not by the regular pool
> anymore.

That seems to be the case. 
https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic/amd64/python-gtk2/download
says where it can be found and downloaded.

"You should be able to use any of the listed mirrors by adding a line
to your /etc/apt/sources.list like this:

deb http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic main universe
Replacing cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu with the mirror in question."


> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases
> 
> Maybe apt-get for 20.04 can install from a local path, at least older
> versions of apt-get can not.

Would the above let apt-get, or just apt, install from the new dir?
And, would adding this older source to apt cause wrong versions of
other things to be used, say on updates?

Would it be best to NOT add the source to apt, and just download the
files to some dir?

Mostly I'd like to know if having two different versions of python will
cause other problems when new/different pgms try to run. Does each pgm
try to run a specific version or just whatever presumably single version
is "installed"? If the latter, this could cause problems. I don't want
to mess up my new Kubuntu comp. :-)

Thanks for the reply!