xplanetFX 2.2.19: Packages renamed !important
Due to problems with the latest development version of Ubuntu (11.10) I had to change the package name of xplanetFX to xplanetfx. It doesn’t affect the program at all but may be a major change for your DEB package management. The first and ugliest effect you may encounter:
You possibly don’t get updates from the deb repository for xplanetFX anymore!
This just could happen, all tests worked flawlessly by now, so it seems aptitude gives a fuck for capitalization (and so do I ^^)
Just to be clear – the software hasn’t changed. The executable stays „xplanetFX“, the same counts for the folders, pixmaps etc.
If you’re encountering problems you have different options:
Simply install the new package
It doesn’t harm your system if you install the new package called „xplanetfx“ and give a shite for the last version of xplanetFX. Since no new files or folders are installed there’s just a redundant entry in your aptitude waiting for updates ‚till doomsday.
Uninstall xplanetFX first
If you are suffering from mania for cleanliness you could do „apt-get remove xplanetFX“ first before you install the new package xplanetfx. This will remove the entry xplanetFX from aptitude but shouldn’t change anything else.
Call 0800-mein-neues-blog.de for help .)
I would be happy if you report your problems in the comment section.
Addendum
I’ve done a lot of testing, but I don’t know how the new package will behave in the wild. So I’m really appreciating bugreports about problems! Tests on different Debians and Ubuntus didn’t show any flaws, the package management got it right by now. This counts for the DEB-repository and the deb packages installed via gdebi.
For example I was able to do an „apt-get install xplanetFX“ on my Machine without a flaw, the same goes for uninstallation. So I don’t expect problems in the first place but one never knows… .)