GoboLinux 017.01 Known Issues and Fixes

Live CD

Fix grub install error

A last -minute bug has sneaked into our GRUB/GRUB-EFI recipe.

Please install the updated revision of GRUB/GRUB-EFI, before attempting to install GoboLinux from the LiveCD:

InstallPackage https://gobonextgen.org/Packages/017.01/GRUB--2.12-r1--x86_64.tar.bz2
InstallPackage https://gobonextgen.org/Packages/017.01/GRUB-EFI--2.12-r1--x86_64.tar.bz2

You will be prompted to update some settings. Select “U” on each prompt.

Now you can proceed the installation of GoboLinux 017.01 via our Installer.

Installed System

Update of Compile and Scripts tools

Compile and Scripts are always evolving. Make sure to update your copies by running the following commands after you boot into your installed system for the first time:

cd /Programs/Scripts/Current
git pull && UpdateSettings --auto Scripts && make

cd /Programs/Compile/Current
git pull && UpdateSettings --auto Compile

Other outstanding issues

Some problems have been reported by our users and are currently being fixed by our team. They are:

  • Copy-and-paste does not work out of the box from a VM. Compiling spice-vdagent and loading its daemon should fix that.
  • Sometimes when trying to Compile an already-installed Program, the build process will fail (see Compile bug 51). Sometimes this can be worked around by first manually doing a RemoveProgram <failing program> before re-attempting to Compile it. Note that it is generally a Bad Idea™ to try to RemoveProgram, say, Python3 like this as it will break Compile.
  • ContributePackage is not working – use ContributeRecipe instead.