[rkward-tracker] [ rkward-Bugs-2537674 ] errors just after install on Ubuntu 8.10

Tue Mar 31 11:37:20 UTC 2009

Bugs item #2537674, was opened at 2009-01-26 14:33
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Category: Interface (example)
Group: None
>Status: Closed
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Xavier de Pedro (xavidp)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: errors just after install on Ubuntu 8.10

Initial Comment:
Hi all:

I installed R & RKward a couple of days ago, on a Ubuntu 8.10 box, and each time I run RKward, I get those type of messages in the  terminal window opened by RKward:
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S'est� analitzant el XML '/home/xavi/rkward/all.pluginmap' : No s'ha pogut obrir el fitxer per llegir-lo (file could not be opened for reading)  
S'est� analitzant el XML '/home/xavi/rkward/all.pluginmap' : Hi ha un error a l'analitzar el fitxer XML. El missatge d'error era : 'unexpected end of file' a la l�nia '1', columna '1'. Espereu que s'informin d'altres errors aqu� sota
QFSFileEngine::open: No file name specified
QFSFileEngine::open: No file name specified
QFSFileEngine::open: No file name specified
S'est� analitzant el XML 'rkward/pages//rkward_welcome.rkh' : No s'ha pogut obrir el fitxer per llegir-lo
S'est� analitzant el XML 'rkward/pages//rkward_welcome.rkh' : Hi ha un error a l'analitzar el fitxer XML. El missatge d'error era : 'unexpected end of file' a la l�nia '1', columna '1'. Espereu que s'informin d'altres errors aqu� sota
^Coutput without receiver'
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I've seen that under /home/xavi/ there was no folder called  rkward.
Moreover, that file all.pluginmap seems to be under: 
/usr/share/apps/rkward/all.pluginmap

Last, When I open RKward, the main window doesn't allow to see any option about plugin under "Arrangements". And the help file is not shown either.

Did I miss something before installing R and RKWard from ubuntu repositories?
Does it work fine for any body with Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid ?

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>Comment By: Thomas Friedrichsmeier (tfry)
Date: 2009-03-31 13:37

Message:
See
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2690602&group_id=50231&atid=459007
, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rkward/+bug/294610 ,
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rkward/+bug/272527 .

This is a packaging bug, and I'm closing it in this tracker. Fixed Ubuntu
packages are expected to become available, soon.

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Comment By: lbthrice (lbthrice)
Date: 2009-03-09 01:31

Message:
Hello,

compiling from source the
RKWard
Version 0.5.0b
Using KDE 4.1.4 (KDE 4.1.4)
on
Ubuntu 8.10 (intrepid)

yields a functioning install 
however, there are still issues with the plugins...
the terminal output gives:

XML-parsing '/home/user/PACKAGES/build/rkward/all.pluginmap' : Could not
open file for reading
XML-parsing '/home/user/PACKAGES/build/rkward/all.pluginmap' : Error
parsing XML-file. Error-message was: 'unexpected end of file' in line '1',
column '1'. 

thank you!

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Comment By: lbthrice (lbthrice)
Date: 2009-03-09 00:39

Message:
I also observe this behaviour on an ubuntu intrepid (8.10) install
other users have reported this behaviour in the ubuntu forums
please see http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=894434

in the forum thread I referenced above a workaround is proposed:

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found an easy fix after bashing my head into the wall. earlycj5 had a
correct method save for the actually getting to the configuration menu.
heres a different way of getting to that menu and doing the fix.

1) Find your all.pluginmap file
(should be located at /usr/share/apps/rkward)
2) load Rkward (errors and all)
3) On the left hand side click on workspace
4) right click any of the packages listed
5) click configure defaults
6) on the left menu go to the Plugins tab
7) remove the faulty all.pluginmap location and add the one you found
(/usr/share/apps/rkward)

Restart rkward and everything should be ok.

i still get the
QFSFileEngine:pen: No file name specified
error, so if anyone finds a fix for that (if its important) post it.
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however, after performing this procedure the welcome page is still not
displayed and the following errors are output:

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XML-parsing '/home/lbthrice/rkward/all.pluginmap' : Could not open file
for reading
XML-parsing '/home/lbthrice/rkward/all.pluginmap' : Error parsing
XML-file. Error-message was: 'unexpected end of file'in line '1', column
'1'. Expect further errors to be reported below
QFSFileEngine::open: No file name specified
QFSFileEngine::open: No file name specified
QFSFileEngine::open: No file name specified
XML-parsing 'rkward/pages//rkward_welcome.rkh' : Could not open file for
reading
XML-parsing 'rkward/pages//rkward_welcome.rkh' : Error parsing XML-file.
Error-message was: 'unexpected end of file' inline '1', column '1'. Expect
further errors to be reported below
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I tried 
symlinking ~/.rwkward to ~/rwkward 
as a workaround but this action does not have any beneficial effects

...just thought I would provide more information about this bug
I will try compiling the current svn version
thank you

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Comment By: Xavier de Pedro (xavidp)
Date: 2009-01-31 14:18

Message:
Thanks kapatp
I did manage to install the svn version some hours after I submitted the
bug report (after searching the list, forum and wiki).

Thanks for your answer, anyways, and thanks for your work with rkward!

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Comment By: P Kapat (kapatp)
Date: 2009-01-30 09:43

Message:
Hi Xavi,

The version in the repos is possible a corrupted version with all the KDE
4.0 -> 4.1 -> 4.2 changes, R's 2.8 change, ... You may want to compile from
SVN, recently there has been some patch updates. See here:
http://rkward.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php?title=RKWard_SVN
If you are not comfortable, I can send you a binary .deb file, let me
know.

For help pages, r-base-html is needed.

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