Re: Can we get back to Ubuntu's PPA ?

[Martin Cristia <tercoide@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 5/28/25 11:43, Bruce Steers wrote:
> On Wed, 28 May 2025 at 15:24, Bruce Steers <bsteers4@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>     On Wed, 28 May 2025 at 14:37, Martin Cristia
>     <tercoide@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>         On 5/28/25 10:03, Bruce Steers wrote:
> >         On Wed, 28 May 2025 at 12:59, Bruce Steers
> >         <bsteers4@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >             I just downloaded and set up ubuntu plucky for you :)
> >
> >             I tried installing gambas the OBS way and had no problems.
>         Thanks for the effort :(
>
>         Cleaned the system, fixed the apt dirs by hand. Still does not
>         work
>
>
>         Unsatisfied dependencies:
>          gambas3-gb-db-odbc : Depends: libodbc2 (>= 2.3.1) but it is
>         not installable
>          gambas3-gb-db2-odbc : Depends: libodbc2 (>= 2.3.1) but it is
>         not installable
>
>
>     Dang it, so close. !!!
>     I did not get that error, it's happy with my odbc version and all
>     installed okay :(
>
>
> my Ubuntu25 VM has libodbc2 version 2.3.12-2 installed.
> what version do you have?
>
> $ dpkg-query -s libodbc2
>
> Package: libodbc2
> Status: install ok installed
> Priority: optional
> Section: libs
> Installed-Size: 527
> Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Architecture: amd64
> Multi-Arch: same
> Source: unixodbc
> Version: 2.3.12-2ubuntu1
> Replaces: libodbc1 (<< 2.3.9-1~)
> Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libltdl7 (>= 2.5.4)
> Recommends: libodbccr2 (= 2.3.12-2ubuntu1)
> Suggests: odbc-postgresql, tdsodbc
> Breaks: libodbc1 (<< 2.3.9-1~)
> Description: ODBC Driver Manager library for Unix
>  UnixODBC is an implementation of the Open Database Connectivity standard,
>  a database abstraction layer that allows applications to be used with
>  many different relational databases by way of a single library.
>  .
>  This package provides the unixODBC Driver Manager library.
> Homepage: https://www.unixodbc.org
> Original-Maintainer: Hugh McMaster <hmc@xxxxxxxxxx>u

I have Ubuntu 25.04

martin@martin-Alienware-m17-R5-AMD:~$ dpkg-query -s libodbc2
dpkg-query: package 'libodbc2' is not installed and no information is 
available
Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files.