On 5/8/22 10:56, Dominique Dumont wrote:
On Thursday, 5 May 2022 14:47:34 CEST Brian wrote:
I run 64-bit Linux Mint 20.3 (LTS version) with an XFCE desktop. When
I install Pan from the Mint/Ubuntu repositories, it appears to install
successfully, but running from the desktop results in a immediate
crash with no input.
So, I tried running from a terminal. This also crashed immediately,
unsurprisingly, but it did get me the following output
Pan 0.146 has some bugs related to unicode characters. I suggest you stick to
English only groups.
Unless I tried to resurrect my schoolboy French and German from 50
years ago, that's unfortunately the only language I speak.
<...>
Can anybody suggest a way of fixing the above problem. I don't use NZB
files, I'm just trying to read some plain old text newsgroups.
You should discuss with people knowing Mint to find a way to compile a more
recent version of Pan.
I think the version mismatches are fairly final, unless I'm going to
start upgrading a number of libraries myself, in advance of the
distro. That can obviously cause its own problems.
Or you should upgrade to a more recent version of Mint. On Ubuntu side, you
need 22.04 to get pan 0.149.
I usually like to stick with the LTS versions of Mint. Thanks for the
info about needing 22.04, though, that's useful confirmation of the
problem.
HTH
In a way, it did. I think you've convinced me that the trouble
involved in running Pan is just too great (that's coupled with the
response I got to my bug report) and I'm just going to stick with my
abandonware Forte Agent for as long as it's usable.
Brian.
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