Deluge Forum

Hi I am running Ubuntu hardy. I had installed the latest apt-get version of Deluge no problem, but if I download on any of the recent .debs (>= 1.00) then I get 'Failed to install package' and no other information at all! As there's no output I have no idea why it might be failing. Can anyone help?

Thanks

Uninstall the previous version before installing.
also are you installing the .deb via command line or GUI?
I'd recommend you install via GUI (i.e. double click the .deb file) seeing it will automatically install any dependencies for you.

Thanks but I had already uninstalled the old version, and restarted before the installation just in case. I had been clicking on the link, yes.

In the meantime I have added the Deluge repos to my sources.list and got 1.0.2 via apt-get only to discover that the scheduler plugin hasn't been ported to the new version so it's of no use to me anyway!

Thanks for the quick reply though.

They are
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/deluge-team/ubuntu hardy main universe
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/deluge-team/ubuntu hardy main universe
...just in case anyone else has a similar issue.

the scheduler plugin hasn't been ported yet: http://dev.deluge-torrent.org/wiki/Faq# ... ulerplugin

also if you wait a bit those repos should be updated with the latest deluge (1.0.3).

Not sure what's happening in my end. The problem is similar. Only, I downloaded the .deb and installed it as usual (without uninstalling the previous version). Installation went smooth as always. All my torrent from the previous version started immediately after starting Deluge. All seems good. But when I go to help --> about the version number is: 1.0.2. When I go to the synaptic package manager it tells me the version is 1.0.3-1. In other words something is wrong.

Was deluge running when you upgraded? If so, try closing and reopening deluge.
Are you running it in classic mode? If not, you may have to restart the daemon.
Also what does say?

He, strange. gives me: 1.0.3
Closed it and restarted it. about --> shows me 1.0.2. Restarted it once more and the About dialogue tells me 1.0.3. also gives me: 1.0.3.

Possible because I didn't uninstall before I installed the new version. Thanks johnnyg. Do you always recommend to uninstall the previous version before installing a new version?

Normally it's fine to install the new version over a previous version (unless there's a drastic change like 0.5 to 1.0).
I'd say that deluge was still running the gtk ui when you upgraded and hence why it took awhile to display the correct version.
You can always check if deluge is running by running