Having problems installing Envy on Ubuntu..

Hi, I have been trying to install Envy on Ubuntu so that it recognizes the 8600GT but I have been having 0 luck so far. I have used

apt-get install -f
and
sudo dpkg -i envy_0.9.7-0ubuntu6_all.deb

both having error messages. I will put them up here.
Case 1:

root@Ubunto:/home/chris# sudo dpkg -i envy_0.9.7-0ubuntu6_all.deb
Selecting previously deselected package envy.
(Reading database ... 123303 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking envy (from envy_0.9.7-0ubuntu6_all.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of envy:
envy depends on build-essential; however:
Package build-essential is not installed.
dpkg: error processing envy (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
envy


Case 2:

root@Ubunto:/home/chris# sudo apt-get install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
module-assistant xserver-xorg-dev linux-libc-dev dh-make dpatch
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
envy
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 2712kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y


Case 3:

root@Ubunto:/home/chris# apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
module-assistant xserver-xorg-dev linux-libc-dev dh-make dpatch
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

 

Have you tried just double-clicking on the .deb installer? I'm not familiar with command line, so I use GUI install methods more often But I see that in your Case 1 you don't seem to have the package 'build-essential' installed. Install that one and try again, and see if it works better.

Strange though. For me I just downloaded Envy from their website and double-clicked the .deb. It installed fine. It was probably the first or second program I installed on my Ubuntu.

 

I found info on Envy here: ENVY

 

I already tried that also and it still doesnt work... I have no idea what is going on.

 

When you double-click a .deb file, the default action doesn't automatically try to pull its dependencies (there's an option to do that, if I remember correctly, though).

I think Envy is already installed on your PC. On synaptic, look for the list of broken packages, and choosing "fix broken packages" should fix that, if my memory is correct (not using debian based distro atm). I hope this helps.

 

Did you try the last suggestion I posted on my blog? Do the dpkg and the apt-get command one right after the other. I've just tried it in a chrooted installation created by pbuilder and it works. I'll post what I see on the blog.

Edit: actually there's another problem: you don't have the right list of sources. I'll post the solution there.

 

actually i found the problem. It was the Gutsy kernel.... I installed envy, camera, and sound before the kernel and everything is good Lemur.. thanks though

 

Yeah, if you diverge from the procedure, who knows what problems you are going to encounter. I do think however that the universe repository is needed because when I tested in a simulated minimal setup with pbuilder, the only way I was able to get envy to install was to add the universe repository.

 

hm. your guide did mention to install the Gutsy kernel before the Nvidia drivers so I think thats what happened.