[chimerax-users] Chimerax for Ubuntu 21.04

[Zach Pearson]

libffi7 should also be available from the Ubuntu repositories.

https://packages.ubuntu.com/hirsute/libffi7

-- Zach

On 8/16/21 10:43 AM, Greg Couch wrote:
> The problem with Ubuntu 21.04 is that the libffi7 is not available, so 
> the dependencies are not met when you try to install ChimeraX. Right 
> now the best solution is to install the Ubuntu 20.04 libffi7 package 
> from 
> http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libf/libffi/libffi7_3.3-4_amd64.deb. 
> And then install the ChimeraX for Ubuntu 20.04.
>
> To limit the variety of Ubuntu downloads, our policy is to only 
> provide versions for the currently supported LTS releases.  So when 
> Ubuntu 22.04 comes out, we will make a version for it.  And just 
> noticed that Ubuntu 16.04's end of life was April 2021, with paid 
> support through Apri 2024. So we will stop making Ubuntu 16.04 
> releases unless we have a commercial licensee that needs it.
>
>     -- Greg
>
> On 8/16/2021 9:13 AM, Zach Pearson via ChimeraX-users wrote:
>> Hi Jonas,
>>
>> Can you share the text of the error?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Zach
>>
>> August 16, 2021 7:39 AM, "jobiph via ChimeraX-users" 
>> <chimerax-users at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> is the current version of Chimera for Ubuntu (20.04) compatible with 
>>> the 21.04 Ubuntu release?
>>>
>>> If i try to install the 20.04 version a weird dependency error pops 
>>> up and I can't install the
>>> missing library because on the canonical website it states that this 
>>> library is deprecated.
>>>
>>> Thank you for your help and kind regards
>>>
>>> Jonas
>>>
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