Re: libc6 =2.1 on slink, without apt-get possible?
Hi, (1) It is probably easiest to get the isp stuff working I only have AOL at the moment. I connect via WIN95, and then mount by c: as a vfat partition under linux, and move .deb files that I grab on the net, over to my linux partition. (2) Is the problem your modem or your isp ? The problem is AOL, and their proprietary connectivity protocols. FYI, Whatever I did over the last couple days, really messed up by dselect database. I'm in the process of re-installing linux at the moment, and I'm having some problems. Although I have a full backup of / that spans 3 Zip disks, I can't use it :( as I forgot that there is a LOT of stuff needed like my custom kernel, the pcmcia-cs (newer than on slink CD) and imm, etc... Once I get back up and running linux, my new #1 priority is getting a backup strategy in place, with ALL the stuff I need to get linux back, if possible. John __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: libc6 =2.1 on slink, without apt-get possible?
Hi John Miskinis; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: Hi, At this time I can't use apt-get, as I can't connect to my ISP under linux. If possible, I was hoping to find a site that has the lib6c = 2.1 and dependency packages, that I could install with dpkg on top of a slink CD based system. If this is a very extensive effort (many packages/problems) I will give up and wait for the potato CD to be released. Again, many thanks to any pointers or information, John I have upgraded from slink to potato, using only dpkg command line just last week. Even though I was a non-believer, I didn't have a _single_ fallout, everything worked like a charm, but I have updated the whole base system as starters. Now, a great majority of my system is potato, but for your reference, here is what I would do as a minimum (_please_ wait until someone else confirms this, I wouldn't want to mess up your system): ldso_1.9.11-4 libc6_2.1.2-5 libncurses4_4.2-3.3 bash_2.02.1-1.8 ncurses-base_4.2-3.4 ncurses-bin_4.2-3.3 dpkg_1.4.1.13 Those packages I installed first, prior to going on with the rest of the base, and I didn't have any problems. I still run Navigator 4.61 compiled for libc6 (because I can't get Navigator 4.7 libc6-2.1 version in a deb package) and StarOffice 5.1 which used to run off libc6. Good luck, damir
Re: libc6 2.1 on slink
On Wed, Apr 14, 1999 at 10:03:07PM -0400, Shaleh wrote: A possible solution is to download the package source and build it yourself. [snip advice..] excellent! thanks shaleh and dan. i'm off to build Eterm-0.8.9.. -vinny -- Vincent Murphy | CompSci Undergrad, UCC | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (086) 8397405 With a PC, I always felt limited by the software available. On Unix, I am limited only by my knowledge. --P J Schoenster
RE: libc6 2.1 on slink
On 14-Apr-99 Christian Dysthe wrote: Hi, I wanted to install xchat 0.9.4 from unstable on my slink system. When I saw the dependencies I got scared off. I need libc6 2.1. I am not a Linux expert (yet) and afraid I will damage my stable system by trying to do this. Advice? Unless you NEED to update, don't. potato (unstable) is going to be in for a rough month. Many new and untested things are coming in. A possible solution is to download the package source and build it yourself. Get the xchat orig.tar.gz, dsc and diff.gz. Then do: dpkg-source -x file.dsc cd to the created dir and type: debian/rules binary You will than have your own deb package. Sean 'Shaleh' Perry soon to be former X Chat maintainer
libc6 2.1 on slink
Hi, I wanted to install xchat 0.9.4 from unstable on my slink system. When I saw the dependencies I got scared off. I need libc6 2.1. I am not a Linux expert (yet) and afraid I will damage my stable system by trying to do this. Advice? TIA --- Regards, Christian Dysthe Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bigfoot.com/~cdysthe ICQ 3945810 Date: 14-Apr-99 Time: 15:03:39 This message was sent by XFmail Powered by Debian GNU/Linux ---
Re: libc6 2.1 on slink
On Wed, 14 Apr 1999, Christian Dysthe wrote: I wanted to install xchat 0.9.4 from unstable on my slink system. When I saw the dependencies I got scared off. I need libc6 2.1. I am not a Linux expert (yet) and afraid I will damage my stable system by trying to do this. Advice? Try getting from ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/potato/main/source/net xchat_0.9.4-0.1.dsc xchat_0.9.4-0.1.tar.gz xchat_0.9.4-0.diff.gz and compiling yourself. dpkg-source -x xchat_0.9.4-0.1.dsc then in the directory it creates debian/rules binary (as root) cd .. dpkg -i xchat_0.9.4-0.1.deb HTH -Dano
Re: libc6 2.1 on slink
On Wed, 14 Apr 1999, Christian Dysthe wrote: oddbird:/home/cdysthe# dpkg-source -x xchat_0.9.4-0.1.dsc no utmp entry available, using value of LOGNAME (cdysthe) at /usr/lib/dpkg/controllib.pl line 40. dpkg-source: extracting xchat in xchat-0.9.4 looks good! Then when trying to run the lules file I got: oddbird:/home/cdysthe/xchat-0.9.4/debian# ./rules --- Compiling GTK+ version --- dh_testdir dh_testdir: cannot read debian/control: No such file or directory make: *** [build-stamp] Error 1 oddbird:/home/cdysthe/xchat-0.9.4/debian# ./rules --- Compiling GTK+ version --- dh_testdir dh_testdir: cannot read debian/control: No such file or directory make: *** [build-stamp] Error 1 G careful... :) Go back to /home/cdysthe/xchat-0.9.4 and type 'debian/rules binary' then go get some coffee. :) HTH. -Dano
Re: libc6 2.1 on slink
On Wed, 14 Apr 1999, Christian Dysthe wrote: Didn't get much coffee! :) Got this now: checking for gmake... no checking for gtk-config... no checking for GTK - version = 1.2.0... no *** The gtk-config script installed by GTK could not be found *** If GTK was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in *** your path, or set the GTK_CONFIG environment variable to the *** full path to gtk-config. configure: error: Cannot find GTK: Is gtk-config in path? make: *** [build-stamp] Error 1 I did install GTK 1.2 from unstable before I started this.should I give up? :) you could... depending on how much work you want to do. try getting libgtk1.2-dev. you'll probably need libglib1.2-dev as well... I'd look at the dependencies for the precompiled chat program and get -dev versions of all those libraries that it depends on. If you _do_ have libgtk1.2-dev installed, I suggest you follow the instructions in the error message. if you use bash, you can do this with: export GTK_CONFIG=`which gtk-config` HTH -Dano
