Samsung tools in 16.04.1 LTS
Posted: 07 Feb 2017, 18:56
Hi, I just installed samsung tools in Xubuntu 16.04.1 LTS and want to let all know the problems I had and how I fixed them.
Edit: I just found a repo that made samsung-tools available for xenial:
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After adding the repository, I had an error complaining about no finding the files for Xenial, so I went to the Xubuntu (or Ubuntu) settings, then openend "Software and updates" and configured the repo to use trusty instead of xenial
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Then I updated the repos with and problem solved, I was able to install samsung-tools.
Next, when I tried to open the program, nothing happened, so I opened a terminal and ran the program. I had the next error:
After some research using Google, I found the culprit was a missing dependency: python-dbus, which also requires python-gi and phyton-qt4-dbus, so I installed them:
After that, the program ran and I'm testing how it works, I'll let you now.[/size]
Edit: I just found a repo that made samsung-tools available for xenial:
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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mystic-mirage/loms
sudo apt-get update
After adding the repository, I had an error complaining about no finding the files for Xenial, so I went to the Xubuntu (or Ubuntu) settings, then openend "Software and updates" and configured the repo to use trusty instead of xenial
[attachment=0]Screenshot_2017-02-07_13-22-23.png[/attachment]
Then I updated the repos with
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sudo apt-get update
Next, when I tried to open the program, nothing happened, so I opened a terminal and ran the program. I had the next error:
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eduar@samsungNP305U:~$ samsung-tools
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/samsung-tools", line 28, in <module>
import dbus
ImportError: No module named dbus
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sudo apt-get install python-dbus python-gi phyton-qt4-dbus