installing krita but having problems updating python3.11

[mathanrae]

so i am trying to install krita

# apt install krita
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libpython3.11 : Depends: libpython3.11-stdlib (= 3.11.2-6+deb12u2) but 3.11.2-6 is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

but i get that error for libpython. i know that it is one of the packages withheld from update since when i do sudo apt upgrade, it is one of the several python packages included.

[dimkr]

@mathanrae Did you apt update?

[mathanrae]

yes, I did @dimkr . i already said that. and I get the usual response that there are upgrades that have been held back and when i use apt list ---upgradable, i do find a few python there. i try to apt install them one by one but i get stuck in loops of python3.11 needing libpython3.11-stdlib then it needing minimal and going back to it being needed by python3.11 so that is where is am stuck in a loop. is there a way to just force install the updated python3.11 needed by krita? i tried installing the new pythoin3.12 pet that was here but when installing krita, it still asks for the python3.11

[mikewalsh]

@mathanrae :-

In all honesty, you may find it far simpler to try the AppImage, rather than getting tangled-up in a web of unsolveable dependencies. Try the website:-

https://krita.org/en/

If you've never used AppImages before, the idea behind them is a fully-resolved package, with all dependencies included, packed as a single executable binary. This binary will, if assembled & packed correctly by those who know what they're doing, run on any distro anywhere.

These unpack themselves into /tmp when executed - hence the slight delay always experienced with these things; this is perfectly normal - then run from there for the session. They're portable, too.....they can be used in multiple different OSs. The only system requirement is 'fuse' (Filesystem-in-user-space).....which is pretty much standard, OOTB, with most modern distros.

Can't hurt to try. I know it's not the 'traditional' way of doing stuff in Linux, but TBH a lot of Windows-style practices are beginning to be adopted by many Linux distros. Puppy, more than most; the sheer number of different package formats we encompass is quite a shock to many. But, hey! if it works.....

Debian, as an OS 'base', is revered by many here for its overall stability.....but its repositories are even murkier than most when it comes to trying to resolve dependencies. Most of the time, issues resolve down to the user not having configured things properly, but.....gawd; it does involve an awful lot of p**sing about. Me, I came to Puppy to get away from all that package-management guff......yet the current crop of Puppy/Puppy-style distros now available seem hell-bent on taking us into that same murky mess I tried to put behind me.

Mike.

[radky]

@mathanrae

The upcoming release of BW64 10.0.7 (currently in final testing) will support requisite upstream Debian updates including the libpython3.11 amd64 3.11.2-6+deb12u2 dependency of krita.

[mathanrae]

@mikewalsh @radky thanks!

I will try AppImage. Will report back progress.