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How to install popper notifier in 16.04

Asked by Rollo Handy

Popper e-mail notifier worked fine in 14.04, and continued to work in 16.04 after I "automatically" upgraded to that version. However when I installed 16.04 on another machine that did not have Ubuntu, I could not install Popper.

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#1

Have you seen https://launchpad.net/popper/+announcement/12042 ?

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Rollo Handy (rhandy4728) said : 		#2

Thank you. The strange thing is that Popper 0.31 works nicely on the 16.04 machine that was upgraded from a 14.04 OS. Yet after I installed 16.04 on another computer that had no previous Ubuntu on it, Popper will not install. I will check further.

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#3

Maybe you can try a manual installation of https://launchpad.net/~ralf.hersel/+archive/ubuntu/rhersel-ppa/+files/popper_0.31.3-0ubuntu1_all.deb (which is the version for precise)

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Rollo Handy (rhandy4728) said : 		#4

Your concern and help are much appreciated. I tried a manual install
using gdebi, and also tried via sudo apt install..., but neither
worked. Apparently something needed cannot be installed in 16.04,
resulting in a broken dependency. I will use MailNag instead, even
though I much preferred Popper. Again, thanks.

On 09/06/2016 01:08 PM, Manfred Hampl wrote:
> Your question #380111 on Popper changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/popper/+question/380111
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Manfred Hampl proposed the following answer:
> Maybe you can try a manual installation of
> https://launchpad.net/~ralf.hersel/+archive/ubuntu/rhersel-
> ppa/+files/popper_0.31.3-0ubuntu1_all.deb (which is the version for
> precise)
>

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Best Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#5

If the broken dependency is python-support, then you can try taking it from https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/xenial/+package/python-support for another manual install.

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Rollo Handy (rhandy4728) said : 		#6

Thank you, Mr. Hampl I needed python-support and did not have it. Popper notifier is now working perfectly. Your patience and knowledge are greatly appreciated.

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Patrick Ulbrich (pulb) said : 		#7

Popper was forked some time ago and turned into a desktop-independent mail notification daemon - Mailnag. Currently Mailnag has desktop integration support for Ubuntu, Elementary OS, GNOME and Cinnamon.

https://github.com/pulb/mailnag
https://github.com/pulb/mailnag-unity-plugin
https://launchpad.net/~pulb/+archive/ubuntu/mailnag