Hi,
Thanks for a great project....
I have 2 Meade DSI's, and a Meade LX-90 scope i am trying to migrate to your INDI software, from my old Meade software....
I have an HP Envy laptop with the following specs....

Ubuntu 16.04.
12 Gig memory.
Intel core i7-4720HQ CPU @2.60 GHz x8.
Intel Haswell mobile.
64 Bit.
1 Tb hard drive.

I have not been able to install the software without having errors....
It appears that i am simply not able to install the "libindi1" package....
I tried installing it 2 ways....

If i run this,
"sudo apt-get install indi-full"
I get this

tim@tim-HP-ENVY:~$ sudo apt-get install indi-full
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
indi-full is already the newest version (1.3~201702261148~ubuntu16.04.1).
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
indi-aagcloudwatcher : Depends: libindi1 but it is not going to be installed
indi-apogee : Depends: libindi1 but it is not going to be installed
indi-asi : Depends: libindi1 but it is not going to be installed
indi-bin : Depends: libindi1 but it is not going to be installed
indi-dsi : Depends: libindi1 but it is not going to be installed
indi-duino : Depends: libindi1 but it is not going to be installed
indi-eqmod : Depends: libindi1 but it is not going to be installed
indi-ffmv : Depends: libindi1 but it is not going to be installed
indi-fishcamp : Depends: libindi1 but it is not going to be installed
indi-fli : Depends: libindi1 but it is not going to be installed
indi-full : Depends: libindi1 (>= 1.2) but it is not going to be installed
indi-gphoto : Depends: libindi1 but it is not going to be installed
indi-gpsd : Depends: libindi1 but it is not going to be installed
indi-maxdomeii : Depends: libindi1 but it is not going to be installed
indi-mi : Depends: libindi1 but it is not going to be installed
indi-nexstarevo : Depends: libindi1 but it is not going to be installed
indi-qhy : Depends: libindi1 but it is not going to be installed
indi-qsi : Depends: libindi1 but it is not going to be installed
indi-sbig : Depends: libindi1 but it is not going to be installed
indi-sx : Depends: libindi1 but it is not going to be installed
kstars-bleeding : Depends: libindi1 but it is not going to be installed
libindi-dev : Depends: libindi1 (= 1.4.0+r2863~201702261138~ubuntu16.04.1) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
tim@tim-HP-ENVY:~$


I copy and paste this from the INDI site, to my terminal.

"sudo apt-add-repository ppa:mutlaqja/ppa"

tim@tim-HP-ENVY:~$ sudo apt-add-repository ppa:mutlaqja/ppa
[sudo] password for tim:
Latest INDI Library and drivers!
More info: launchpad.net/~mutlaqja/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it

gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmp_o3k58ln/secring.gpg' created
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmp_o3k58ln/pubring.gpg' created
gpg: requesting key 3F33A288 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: /tmp/tmp_o3k58ln/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key 3F33A288: public key "Launchpad INDI" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1)
OK
(this is successful)

Next i do

"sudo apt-get update"
(this is successful)

Next i do

"sudo apt-get install indi-full kstars-bleeding"

tim@tim-HP-ENVY:~$ sudo apt-get install indi-full kstars-bleeding
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
kde-l10n-engb libappstream3 libindidriver1 linux-headers-4.4.0-31
linux-headers-4.4.0-31-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-57
linux-headers-4.4.0-57-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-59
linux-headers-4.4.0-59-generic linux-image-4.4.0-31-generic
linux-image-4.4.0-57-generic linux-image-4.4.0-59-generic
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-31-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-57-generic
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-59-generic linux-signed-image-4.4.0-57-generic
linux-signed-image-4.4.0-59-generic ubuntu-core-launcher
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
indi-aagcloudwatcher indi-apogee indi-asi indi-bin indi-dsi indi-duino
indi-eqmod indi-ffmv indi-fishcamp indi-fli indi-gphoto indi-gpsd
indi-maxdomeii indi-mi indi-nexstarevo indi-qhy indi-qsi indi-sbig indi-sx
libindi-data libindi-dev libindi1
The following NEW packages will be installed:
indi-aagcloudwatcher indi-apogee indi-asi indi-bin indi-dsi indi-duino
indi-eqmod indi-ffmv indi-fishcamp indi-fli indi-full indi-gphoto indi-gpsd
indi-maxdomeii indi-mi indi-nexstarevo indi-qhy indi-qsi indi-sbig indi-sx
kstars-bleeding libindi-dev libindi1
The following packages will be upgraded:
libindi-data
1 upgraded, 23 newly installed, 0 to remove and 7 not upgraded.
Need to get 1,930 kB/4,140 kB of archives.
After this operation, 17.1 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y

(It gets 22 items here and then continues)
(The forum would not let me post all the links)

Fetched 1,930 kB in 3s (605 kB/s)
(Reading database ... 398917 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libindi-data_1.4.0+r2863~201702261138~ubuntu16.04.1_all.deb ...
Unpacking libindi-data (1.4.0+r2863~201702261138~ubuntu16.04.1) over (1.3.1+r2850~201702231016~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
Preparing to unpack .../libindi1_1.4.0+r2863~201702261138~ubuntu16.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libindi1:amd64 (1.4.0+r2863~201702261138~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libindi1_1.4.0+r2863~201702261138~ubuntu16.04.1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libindidriver.so.1', which is also in package libindidriver1:amd64 1.1.0-1ubuntu1
Selecting previously unselected package indi-bin.
Preparing to unpack .../indi-bin_1.4.0+r2863~201702261138~ubuntu16.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking indi-bin (1.4.0+r2863~201702261138~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package libindi-dev.
Preparing to unpack .../libindi-dev_1.4.0+r2863~201702261138~ubuntu16.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libindi-dev (1.4.0+r2863~201702261138~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package indi-eqmod.
Preparing to unpack .../indi-eqmod_0.3+r2863~201702261148~ubuntu16.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking indi-eqmod (0.3+r2863~201702261148~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package indi-sx.
Preparing to unpack .../indi-sx_1.4+r2863~201702261148~ubuntu16.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking indi-sx (1.4+r2863~201702261148~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package indi-sbig.
Preparing to unpack .../indi-sbig_1.7+r2863~201702261149~ubuntu16.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking indi-sbig (1.7+r2863~201702261149~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package indi-apogee.
Preparing to unpack .../indi-apogee_1.5+r2863~201702261149~ubuntu16.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking indi-apogee (1.5+r2863~201702261149~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package indi-gphoto.
Preparing to unpack .../indi-gphoto_1.4+r2863~201702261149~ubuntu16.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking indi-gphoto (1.4+r2863~201702261149~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package indi-qsi.
Preparing to unpack .../indi-qsi_0.5.0+r2863~201702261154~ubuntu16.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking indi-qsi (0.5.0+r2863~201702261154~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package indi-fishcamp.
Preparing to unpack .../indi-fishcamp_1.0+r2863~201702261148~ubuntu16.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking indi-fishcamp (1.0+r2863~201702261148~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package indi-maxdomeii.
Preparing to unpack .../indi-maxdomeii_1.1+r2863~201702261149~ubuntu16.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking indi-maxdomeii (1.1+r2863~201702261149~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package indi-asi.
Preparing to unpack .../indi-asi_0.5+r2863~201702261150~ubuntu16.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking indi-asi (0.5+r2863~201702261150~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package indi-aagcloudwatcher.
Preparing to unpack .../indi-aagcloudwatcher_1.3+r2863~201702261150~ubuntu16.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking indi-aagcloudwatcher (1.3+r2863~201702261150~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package indi-ffmv.
Preparing to unpack .../indi-ffmv_0.1+r2850~201702221347~ubuntu16.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking indi-ffmv (0.1+r2850~201702221347~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package indi-dsi.
Preparing to unpack .../indi-dsi_0.1+r2863~201702261151~ubuntu16.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking indi-dsi (0.1+r2863~201702261151~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package indi-qhy.
Preparing to unpack .../indi-qhy_1.6+r2863~201702261148~ubuntu16.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking indi-qhy (1.6+r2863~201702261148~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package indi-gpsd.
Preparing to unpack .../indi-gpsd_0.3+r2863~201702261153~ubuntu16.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking indi-gpsd (0.3+r2863~201702261153~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package indi-mi.
Preparing to unpack .../indi-mi_1.1+r2863~201702261152~ubuntu16.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking indi-mi (1.1+r2863~201702261152~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package indi-duino.
Preparing to unpack .../indi-duino_0.2+r2863~201702261149~ubuntu16.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking indi-duino (0.2+r2863~201702261149~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package indi-fli.
Preparing to unpack .../indi-fli_1.0.0ubuntu3+r2863~201702261149~ubuntu16.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking indi-fli (1.0.0ubuntu3+r2863~201702261149~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package indi-nexstarevo.
Preparing to unpack .../indi-nexstarevo_0.3.0+r2863~201702261149~ubuntu16.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking indi-nexstarevo (0.3.0+r2863~201702261149~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package indi-full.
Preparing to unpack .../indi-full_1.3~201702261148~ubuntu16.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking indi-full (1.3~201702261148~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package kstars-bleeding.
Preparing to unpack .../kstars-bleeding_5%3a16.12+201702231201~ubuntu16.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking kstars-bleeding (5:16.12+201702231201~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3~bzr0+16.04.20160824-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3.1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/libindi1_1.4.0+r2863~201702261138~ubuntu16.04.1_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
tim@tim-HP-ENVY:~$
(This is not successful)
(Returns the error code above every time)
(This leaves 22 broken packages in my synaptip package manager)
(I uninstall the broken packages)
(Also pops up a "System program problem detected" warning)

Thanks for all the help you might be able to offer....

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