I cannot install the deb package on Lubuntu 15.10 because of a missing dependency: apache2-mpm-prefork. I have installed apache2 but I cannot find a compatible version of apache2-mpm-prefork. What can I do? Thank you.
Thanks for the report. I confirmed this bug on Ubuntu 15.10. Although you won’t install openemr, you can fix the broken installer by doing following:
sudo apt-get install -f
(this will remove the broken openemr install)
Will hopefully get these new packages tested and out over the next week.
(for now, will place a note on installation instructions on wiki that does not support Ubuntu 15.10+ for now)
Will this work as a straight upgrade from Ubuntu 15.04 to 15.10, or will I have to re-install OpenEMR, then restore from a backup made in 15.04 using the standard restoration procedure?
I’ve already upgraded to 4.2.1, but I’m still “stuck” on Ubuntu 15.04. I was planning/wanting to upgrade Ubuntu to 15.10. It’s good to hear the apache2 issue has been addressed, but it wasn’t clear from your post if “tested well” just referred to a new install of OpenEMR on 15.10, or if upgrading from 15.04 to 15.10 would preserve an existing OpenEMR install. My situation would be the latter. Would it work?
No offense, fsgl; I do appreciate the input. But I was hoping for a very specific answer from someone who I know for certain is actively maintaining the code base (i.e. Brady Miller). Or, failing that, a report from someone who has successfully done exactly what I was hoping to do.
Hi,
I have not specifically tried to upgrade 4.2.1 from Ubuntu 15.04 to 15.10. If somebody has done this, they can weigh in. In theory, there should be no problem with doing this, but recommend as fsgl suggests(and backup before proceeding; also rec consider trying it out on a non-production testing instance). Let us know how it goes.
-brady
During the automated Ubuntu upgrade (from 15.04 to 15.10), I got a pop-up notice asking to confrm removal of OpenEMR with a default of “no”. I proceeded with the “no”, and got a “failed to install” notice, and the updater froze. I’m going to restart.
That’s not good news. Very odd that openemr package got flagged like that. What do you see in following files:
/etc/openemr/<only file here; i forgot the name of it>
/var/log/openemr/<only file here; i forgot the name of it>
Sorry, it’s too late for that: I just reinstalled OpenEMR after completing the “partial upgrade” (which removed the previous OpenEMR) after restarting, then restored OpenEMR from backup. Which worked. Not as smoothly as I’d hoped, but at least not a pain-in-the-ass complete reinstallation of Ubuntu 15.04 and OpenEMR.
I didn’t see your post until after I’d finished (got a busy clinic day tomorrow/today, and I had to get this thing back up and running).
Again: sorry, Brady. I know it would’ve been worthwhile to check the logs…
The 16.04 package is going to be challenging. The problem is all the different dependencies on the different versions of ubuntu and debian (php5 vs php7 vs php; note there is also mysql vs mariadb).