Installing F-Spot on Aspire One Linux

August 13, 2008

There is no better application available for managing photos on Linux than F-Spot. You can use it to manage all kinds of pictures, but both workflow and user interface are optimized for importing photos, organizing and viewing them, and if you wish also exporting them. It also supports flickr and a few other services.

Installing F-Spot should be easy via yum, but unfortunately a few obstacles have been put in the way. When you try yum install f-spot the installation process will eventually throw an error complaining about a file conflict between two packages. See #3 of this post to resolve the problem before you continue.

F-Spot can then be installed. Once you try to start it another error will appear. It's just two missing libraries so install them together with F-Spot.

sudo yum install f-spot ndesk-dbus ndesk-dbus-glib

Put the F-Spot icon on the desktop.

dca add 12 "file='/usr/share/applications/f-spot.desktop'"

If you also want to uninstall the pre-installed photo manager use the commands below.

sudo rpm -e pcmlinux

sed '/pcmphoto/d' -i $HOME/.config/xfce4/desktop/group-app.xml

A reboot may be required for the changes to become effective.

Simone

I had some problems installing F-spot, but now thanks to your guide it just works!

Thank you so much for all the work you're doing for the AA1 users!

Aug 28, 2008 2:45:00 AM

Hein Verkerk

Installing F-spot was no problem, then T recognizes the Ixus II camera but cannot connect and gives "Could not claim USB device" How and where to chmod the /dev/usb or /dev/usbcam (?)in order to get the proper permissions?

Sep 10, 2008 3:16:00 PM

Anonymous

After following the dependences instructions under "#3" and installing f-spot, the "Games" icon has changed to a joystick. It's not a bad icon, but I have to mouse over the location before it will appear after a boot. Is there any way to get the original icon back or to make the Games icon appear right after a boot without having to mouse over the location?

Also I notice it now says "Preferences" instead of "Settings" on the desktop. (Just an observation...)

Sep 10, 2008 11:10:00 PM

The first was in the post, but i must have accidentally removed it. I added two new lines to the post, just run the whole block at the bottom of #3 again.

Sep 10, 2008 11:55:00 PM

Anonymous

Thanks for the quick fix! Everything is back to normal!

Sep 11, 2008 2:16:00 AM

1050rat

My second new programme installation of the day ! (Starting to feel like an expert which I guess is a bit dangereous when all I'm really doing is a copy and paste exercise hehe).

Now onto update No.3 which will (hopefully) be to change the desktop to a windows type one ! (I'm guessing icon instructions above are for that one cause I can't find the files to replace referred to above after the sudo mousepad bit - see I'm learning ;-)

Thanks again Macles

Oct 4, 2008 1:49:00 PM

Anonymous

I'm so glad to have this resource. However, this is the one thing that I can't get installed.

I get so far, and this is the first problem:

[user@localhost ~]$ sudo rpm -U --force gnome*rpm redhat*rpm
gnome-menus-2.20.3-1.fc8.i386.rpm: not an rpm package (or package manifest):

Trying the install i get:

Transaction Check Error:
file /usr/share/desktop-directories/Internet.directory from install of gnome-menus-2.20.3-1.fc8 conflicts with file from package xfdesktop-acer-lp-1652.mcs_patched
file /usr/share/desktop-directories/Settings.directory from install of gnome-menus-2.20.3-1.fc8 conflicts with file from package xfdesktop-acer-lp-1652.mcs_patched

Error Summary
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Any suggesttions

Thanks for all the great help

Oct 7, 2008 6:13:00 PM

That appears to be a problem with the RPM package itself. Delete and re-download it.

Oct 7, 2008 6:53:00 PM

Anonymous

Yep, that fixed it. Thanks again macles

Oct 7, 2008 8:15:00 PM

Josefo

Hi, I still have that joystick (comes visible only when the pointer gets over it). Also SETTINGS was switch to preferences and the volume indicator shows the MUTE sign (but it is not in mute). After the update how can I change back to the original settings?

Please HELP! I already redid #3 with no change.

Oct 24, 2008 3:13:00 PM

Anonymous

For some reasons I removed F-Spot. But now, the amusement icon's space is filled with what we could call an invisible icon. How can I get back to normal?

Nov 2, 2008 4:17:00 AM

Anonymous

I have two of these - how do you remove them>? Help! :-)

Dec 4, 2008 7:58:00 PM

Bruno

HI MACLES, have you upgraded your F-Spot to the latest 0.5.0.3 version? And what about Amarok 2.0? If yes, could you show us how? Thanks

Dec 18, 2008 12:21:00 AM

rahul

Hi , I can browse the internet and use a few applications like write, Excel etc. But Dont know what a Desktop is in ACer ASpire One Linux. Dont know how to download stuff. PLease Help..

Jan 4, 2009 3:36:00 AM

Anonymous

I followed the instructions - fspot worked, but could not claim the camera, the wireless connection stopped working. I am not awfully fussed as I have F-spot on another machine, but wanted to report it in case anyone else had the same problem.

Jan 17, 2009 11:23:00 PM

Anonymous

Macles, it is awesome install and use f-spot with no issue following your instruction. I have more confidence to stay with linux for my personal netbook :-). Greeting from Indonesia

Jan 27, 2009 4:31:00 PM

Anonymous

Hi I got a similar failure message as above

Sorry to be dense but what do I need to remove before re-attempting the installation after getting the same set of error messages (below)
I tried sudo yum remove f-spot ndesk-dbus ndesk-dbus-glib
but I got messages saying they were available but not installed.
thanks
Transaction Check Error:
file /usr/share/desktop-directories/Internet.directory from install of gnome-menus-2.20.3-1.fc8 conflicts with file from package xfdesktop-acer-lp-1652.mcs_patched.i386

Error Summary
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Jan 30, 2009 1:52:00 PM

Anonymous

oh dear that was pointless - the answer is elsewhere on these pages - searching for Banshee and there is the answer.
thanks

Jan 30, 2009 4:14:00 PM

Anonymous

sorry for the noob question:
I keep getting:
Transaction Check Error:
file /usr/share/desktop-directories/Internet.directory from install of gnome-menus-2.20.3-1.fc8 conflicts with file from package xfdesktop-acer-lp-1652.mcs_patched
file /usr/share/desktop-directories/Settings.directory from install of gnome-menus-2.20.3-1.fc8 conflicts with file from package xfdesktop-acer-lp-1652.mcs_patched

I see above that we should delete the 'package'. I'm at a loss to which package, there are none of these in the /var/cache/yum/fedora/packages directory or the directory I'm using (~) to install from.... Thanks!

Feb 2, 2009 8:10:00 PM

Teemu Harju

Hi,
Install package gnome-menus...rpm with command rpm -U --force
It might need some depency packages, install them too using command rpm -U --force

Then yum update works as should.

Feb 16, 2009 9:33:00 PM

Anonymous

I ended up with 3 icons thinking they weren't installing since there was a blank space where the old icon was. How do I uninstall the 2 extra icons? (Someone asked something similar before, but I could not find your answer.
Thanks!

May 29, 2009 5:05:00 AM

Michael

Same as the above mention from Josefo. Rollover joystick icon, volume indicator muted. Repeated "Dependencies...#3" several times to no avail. Any new info? Thanks as always.

Jul 8, 2009 2:53:00 PM

Richard

Thanks for all your brilliant guides. Any chance of how to upgrade to F-Spot 0.6.1.2 as I would love to be able remove duplicates and have all the other additional functionality

Sep 19, 2009 10:01:00 PM

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