#1661 TC not working on Ubuntu 18.04 Gnome desktop

[Ewald]

tried install from repos and from TC ppa (http://www.taskcoach.org/download_for_linux.html) with both versions no succes. When I try the deb package I get an error message for unmet dependencies.

[Ewald]

this is for version 1.4.3 not 0.72.0 couldn't find a way to edit the ticket

[Christian Perreault]

+1! Seems like a duplicate of #1660. I also face this bug with Ubuntu 18.04.

[Max Mopp]

+1 - same here with Xubuntu 18.04

[Max Mopp]

There is a patch: https://sourceforge.net/p/taskcoach/bugs/1593/
works for me

[Andreas Helmcke]

Patch works for me too.

[Torsten Kelsch]

I followed the instructions on https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/patch/, but I must have done something wrong, as it does not work for me:

sudo patch /usr/bin/taskcoach < taskcoach_gtk3_v3.patch
patching file /usr/bin/taskcoach
Hunk #1 FAILED at 25.
1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file /usr/bin/taskcoach.rej
patching file /usr/bin/taskcoach
Hunk #1 FAILED at 27.
Hunk #2 FAILED at 46.
2 out of 2 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file /usr/bin/taskcoach.rej
patching file /usr/bin/taskcoach
Hunk #1 FAILED at 29.
Hunk #2 FAILED at 225.
2 out of 2 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file /usr/bin/taskcoach.rej
patching file /usr/bin/taskcoach
Hunk #1 FAILED at 902.
1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file /usr/bin/taskcoach.rej

Related
Bugs: #1660

[Paul McKimmy]

I also get the FAILED messages, trying to get Taskcoach running on 18.04 with GNOME. I used same command as Torsten:
sudo patch /usr/bin/taskcoach < taskcoach_gtk3.patch

results:
patching file /usr/bin/taskcoach
Hunk #1 FAILED at 27.
Hunk #2 FAILED at 46.
2 out of 2 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file /usr/bin/taskcoach.rej

...... Edit.... heading over to Bug #1660 where a successful command suggestion is posted.

[John Nelson]

As far as getting a manually patched package to install, the following worked for me in Xubuntu 18.04.1:

# Extra build-time dependencies
BUILD_DEPS='devscripts build-essential debhelper dh-python patch 
  graphicsmagick fonts-dejavu hicolor-icon-theme libxss1 locales-all
  python-chardet python-dateutil python-keyring python-lockfile
  python-pyparsing python-squaremap python-twisted-core python-wxgtk3.0
  python-wxversion python-xdg x11-utils xauth xvfb'
MISSING_NEEDED=$(
  apt list $BUILD_DEPS 2>/dev/null | \
  grep -v '^Listing\.\.\.' | \
  grep -v installed | \
  sed 's/\/.*$//'
)
PATCH_URL='https://sourceforge.net/p/taskcoach/bugs/_discuss/thread/ecfa3f41/faa4/attachment/taskcoach_gtk3_v3.patch'
if [ -n "$MISSING_NEEDED" ]; then
    sudo apt-get install $MISSING_NEEDED;
fi

mkdir /tmp/tc-temp
pushd /tmp/tc-temp
apt-get source taskcoach
wget "$PATCH_URL"
cd taskcoach-1.4.3
patch -p0 < ../taskcoach_gtk3_v3.patch
dch -n "Apply $PATCH_URL"
dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -b
cd ..

# Install your new "taskcoach_1.4.3-6.1_all.deb" file, and/or copy
# to wherever you want to keep it (semi-)permanently.

# Clean-up
popd
rm -fR /tmp/tc-temp
if [ -n "$MISSING_NEEDED" ]; then
    sudo apt-get purge $MISSING_NEEDED
    sudo apt-get auto-remove
fi

[Aaron Wolf]

We just released 1.4.4 please help us verify that it works now without any extra patching. Cheers

[John Nelson]

Installing and running 1.4.4 via the PPA worked for me in Xubuntu 18.04.1 LTS.