06-01-2021, 11:11 PM
I just received my machine in the mail today. Out of the box I was able to get it running. The wifi works. A Firefox button appears on the dashboard. I can run Firefox. I accessed my university email. This was all encouraging.
My next order of business on all new machines is to install LaTeX (Texlive), emacs, and Auctex. I also make sure there is a PDF viewer and word processor (Libreoffice).
I tried to install Texlive with pacman and got a slew of "error: failed retrieving file" responses. I read a little online about what the problem could be, and the main suggestion was to update my mirrors with
$ sudo pacman-mirrors -g
$ sudo pacman-mirrors -f 5
and such things. I tried these, and it didn't help.
I tried installing emacs and ran into the same problem. I cannot retrieve anything.
Then I tried installing Libreoffice and was told that
:: Libreoffice-still and Libreoffice-fresh are in conflict. Remove Libreoffice-fresh?
This surprised me, because I cannot detect Libreoffice anywhere on the machine. I opened the filesystem navigator and searched for Libreoffice and found nothing. Then I searched for Firefox and also found nothing, even though I am able to run Firefox.
So basically I cannot use this computer. I cannot install the software I need (or any software), and I cannot locate the software that I already have (except for Fierfox, by launching it from the dashboard icon).
I have used linux (Debain primarily) and BSD (free BSD primarily) systems for many years and cannot understand why this is so completely different from anything I've ever seen before.
I want this to work out. I am attracted to the Pinebook philosophy.
My next order of business on all new machines is to install LaTeX (Texlive), emacs, and Auctex. I also make sure there is a PDF viewer and word processor (Libreoffice).
I tried to install Texlive with pacman and got a slew of "error: failed retrieving file" responses. I read a little online about what the problem could be, and the main suggestion was to update my mirrors with
$ sudo pacman-mirrors -g
$ sudo pacman-mirrors -f 5
and such things. I tried these, and it didn't help.
I tried installing emacs and ran into the same problem. I cannot retrieve anything.
Then I tried installing Libreoffice and was told that
:: Libreoffice-still and Libreoffice-fresh are in conflict. Remove Libreoffice-fresh?
This surprised me, because I cannot detect Libreoffice anywhere on the machine. I opened the filesystem navigator and searched for Libreoffice and found nothing. Then I searched for Firefox and also found nothing, even though I am able to run Firefox.
So basically I cannot use this computer. I cannot install the software I need (or any software), and I cannot locate the software that I already have (except for Fierfox, by launching it from the dashboard icon).
I have used linux (Debain primarily) and BSD (free BSD primarily) systems for many years and cannot understand why this is so completely different from anything I've ever seen before.
I want this to work out. I am attracted to the Pinebook philosophy.
