homebrew for debian or ubuntu

In a thread on backups, somebody mentioned backing up homebrew. So that means homebrew exists for linux, and that some active participants here use it. And indeed, there is homebrew for linux: https://docs.brew.sh/Homebrew-on-Linux Presumably, the use is for packages that either don't exist on

Re: Opensource photo user group

On Wed, May 26, 2021 at 11:13 AM Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Mi, 26 mai 21, 05:08:52, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > > > > I am planning to open a user group, with forums, place to share picture > > and tips, video chat server (Jitsi or something alike) and more. > > > > So this is a

Re: xv

On Sun, May 23, 2021 at 1:23 PM Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > i wrote: > > > halve_jpeg.c > > Dan Hitt wrote: > > It was unwilling to deal with a non-color image that i had ("Unsuitable > JPEG > > format with 1 components per pixel"), [...] &

Re: xv

On Sun, May 23, 2021 at 4:33 AM Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > Dan Hitt wrote: > > Thomas, that sounds awesome, please do post somewhere (and provide a link > > here, if you would be so kind). > > So on popular demand by one potential user here it is > >

Re: xv

On Sat, May 22, 2021 at 2:33 PM Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > Charlie Gibbs wrote: > > : Unsupported JPEG process: SOF type 0xc2 > > My xv reports this on Progressive JPEG images like > http://www.reasoft.com/tutorials/web/img/progress.jpg > > My xv binary stems from source xv-3.10a.tar.gz

Re: xv (was Re: Changing background automatically, Mint 20.)

On Sat, May 22, 2021 at 12:09 PM Charlie Gibbs wrote: > On Fri May 21 16:08:33 2021 Rich wrote: > > > There are five binaries that get installed in Slackware for the > > xv package: > > usr/bin/xvpictoppm > > usr/bin/xv > > usr/bin/vdcomp > > usr/bin/bggen > > usr/bin/xcmap > > > > and

Re: Running debian on WSL (windows-system-for-linux)

On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 7:01 PM Gregory Seidman < gsslist+deb...@anthropohedron.net> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 08:02:32PM -0700, Dan Hitt wrote: > > Does anybody have any experience running debian on a WSL > > (windows-system-for-linux) machine? > > Yes, I

Running debian on WSL (windows-system-for-linux)

Does anybody have any experience running debian on a WSL (windows-system-for-linux) machine? I need to get a machine for family use, but i would also like to be able to also use it myself. So i would like to be able to ssh in, back up files into it, and do other tasks, maybe even a little

Re: on the verge of shopping for new desktop hardware, recommendations?

On Tue, Mar 9, 2021 at 3:50 PM David Christensen wrote: > On 3/9/21 3:15 PM, Dan Hitt wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 1:12 PM David Christensen wrote: > >> On 3/7/21 7:09 PM, Dan Hitt wrote: > >>> On Sun, Mar 7, 2021 at 5:25 PM David Christensen < > >

Re: on the verge of shopping for new desktop hardware, recommendations?

On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 1:12 PM David Christensen wrote: > On 3/7/21 7:09 PM, Dan Hitt wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 7, 2021 at 5:25 PM David Christensen < > dpchr...@holgerdanske.com> > > wrote: > > > >> On 3/7/21 4:45 PM, Dan Hitt wrote: > >>&g

Re: on the verge of shopping for new desktop hardware, recommendations?

On Sun, Mar 7, 2021 at 5:25 PM David Christensen wrote: > On 3/7/21 4:45 PM, Dan Hitt wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 7, 2021 at 4:27 PM David Christensen < > dpchr...@holgerdanske.com> > > wrote: > > > >> On 3/7/21 4:02 PM, Dan Hitt wrote: > > >>> T

Re: on the verge of shopping for new desktop hardware, recommendations?

On Sun, Mar 7, 2021 at 4:58 PM IL Ka wrote: > >> >> [Although, i guess i do not know the mac addr of the modem-router --- is >> there a user-level move i can make on my debian box to see what the mac >> addr of my modem-router is? >> > $ ping [your_rounter_ip] > $ arp -a > > you should see a

Re: on the verge of shopping for new desktop hardware, recommendations?

them due to various adventures in trying to get the networking functional :) :) [Although, i guess i do not know the mac addr of the modem-router --- is there a user-level move i can make on my debian box to see what the mac addr of my modem-router is?] dan > > > On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 a

Re: on the verge of shopping for new desktop hardware, recommendations?

On Sun, Mar 7, 2021 at 4:27 PM David Christensen wrote: > On 3/7/21 4:02 PM, Dan Hitt wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 7, 2021 at 11:01 AM David Christensen wrote: > > > >> On 3/7/21 9:55 AM, Dan Hitt wrote: > >> > >>> I indeed use ethernet-over-usb currently,

Re: on the verge of shopping for new desktop hardware, recommendations?

On Sun, Mar 7, 2021 at 4:25 PM IL Ka wrote: > >> The reason for the two networks is that my modem-router is electrically >> incompatible with one of my computers. >> > hmm, I never heard about such things) > Is your electrical grounding configured correctly? > > In my country some old apartments

Re: on the verge of shopping for new desktop hardware, recommendations?

On Sun, Mar 7, 2021 at 4:16 PM Felix Miata wrote: > Dan Hitt composed on 2021-03-07 16:02 (UTC-0800): > > > The reason for the two networks is that my modem-router is electrically > > incompatible with one of my computers. That computer freezes or > otherwise > >

Re: on the verge of shopping for new desktop hardware, recommendations?

On Sun, Mar 7, 2021 at 11:01 AM David Christensen wrote: > On 3/7/21 9:55 AM, Dan Hitt wrote: > > > I indeed use ethernet-over-usb currently, and > > it is fast enough for me. But if i had a second port, it would be a > little > > less cluttered, so i'd like to do

Re: on the verge of shopping for new desktop hardware, recommendations?

On Sun, Mar 7, 2021 at 8:54 AM Dan Ritter wrote: > Dan Hitt wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 6, 2021 at 8:59 PM Dan Hitt wrote: > > > > > I think that i will need to get new desktop hardware, so i'm trying to > > > figure out what to do. > > What are your nee

Re: on the verge of shopping for new desktop hardware, recommendations?

On Sun, Mar 7, 2021 at 5:11 AM IL Ka wrote: > >> When i got my last hardware, one challenge was UEFI booting, iirc. After >> dealing with it, i sort of lost track of what was happening in that arena. >> However, i don't want to get involved with that again. >> > > Motherboard firmware could be

Re: on the verge of shopping for new desktop hardware, recommendations?

On Sat, Mar 6, 2021 at 8:59 PM Dan Hitt wrote: > I think that i will need to get new desktop hardware, so i'm trying to > figure out what to do. > > When i got my last hardware, one challenge was UEFI booting, iirc. After > dealing with it, i sort of lost track of wha

on the verge of shopping for new desktop hardware, recommendations?

I think that i will need to get new desktop hardware, so i'm trying to figure out what to do. When i got my last hardware, one challenge was UEFI booting, iirc. After dealing with it, i sort of lost track of what was happening in that arena. However, i don't want to get involved with that again.

Re: sharing a network connection from debian to non-debian

On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 10:09 PM Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Du, 24 ian 21, 14:05:07, Dan Hitt wrote: > > > > Now, i do not have a command 'nft', or at least, no place that i can > find a > > path to it. The man page for iptables-nft however lists your very > comm

Re: sharing a network connection from debian to non-debian

On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 2:05 PM Dan Hitt wrote: > > > On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 9:16 AM Andrei POPESCU > wrote: > >> On Sb, 16 ian 21, 10:28:43, Dan Hitt wrote: >> > >> > Regarding Andrei's suggestion of using nm-connection-editor, and using >> > &q

Re: sharing a network connection from debian to non-debian

On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 9:16 AM Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Sb, 16 ian 21, 10:28:43, Dan Hitt wrote: > > > > Regarding Andrei's suggestion of using nm-connection-editor, and using > > "Shared to other computers", i saw that last night, and tried using it. > It &g

Re: installing debian 10 without a cd and without usb but could use ethernet

On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 12:58 PM Erwan David wrote: > Le 21/01/2021 à 21:52, Erwan David a écrit : > > Le 21/01/2021 à 21:46, Brian a écrit : > >> On Thu 21 Jan 2021 at 11:08:56 -0800, Dan Hitt wrote: > >> > >> [...] > >> > >>> Now, Brian

Re: installing debian 10 without a cd and without usb but could use ethernet

On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 12:29 PM Brian wrote: > On Thu 21 Jan 2021 at 09:34:56 -0800, Dan Hitt wrote: > > > On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 3:33 AM Brian wrote: > > > > > On Wed 20 Jan 2021 at 20:31:53 -0800, Dan Hitt wrote: > > > > > > [..

Re: installing debian 10 without a cd and without usb but could use ethernet

On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 10:02 AM Dan Ritter wrote: > Dan Hitt wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 3:33 AM Brian wrote: > > > > > > > >menuentry 'Debian 10' { > > >linux /boot/vmlinuz > > >initrd /boot/initrd.gz > > >}

Re: installing debian 10 without a cd and without usb but could use ethernet

On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 3:33 AM Brian wrote: > On Wed 20 Jan 2021 at 20:31:53 -0800, Dan Hitt wrote: > > [...] > > > menuentry "debian-10-iso" { > > set isofile="/USER/iso/debian-10.7.0-amd64-xfce-CD-1.iso" > > loopbac

installing debian 10 without a cd and without usb but could use ethernet

I have a machine that currently has linux mint 16.04 on it. I would like to install debian 10 on it, but the installer really wants access to a cd drive, and one just isn't available. However, the linux mint 16.04 system does have grub2 on it. So it is possible for me to boot from an iso image

Re: sharing a network connection from debian to non-debian

On Sun, Jan 17, 2021 at 11:41 PM David Christensen < dpchr...@holgerdanske.com> wrote: > On 2021-01-16 10:28, Dan Hitt wrote: > > > Regarding Andrei's suggestion of using nm-connection-editor, ... > > > GUI tools can be nice when you have an idea of what they

Re: sharing a network connection from debian to non-debian

On Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 11:57 PM Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Vi, 15 ian 21, 21:02:58, Dan Hitt wrote: > > > > So i just need to know what to do on the debian box so that it can field > > requests to get ips from host names on the internet, and forward packets > t

sharing a network connection from debian to non-debian

In 2016, i had a computer with mint on it (which is a form of ubuntu), and it was connected to an internet modem. There was a super simple gui on it that i could use to share that connection with some older hardware that were not directly connected to the internet modem. (They were not connected

running microsoft team on debian 10.3

One of the local government agencies that i would like to interact with communicates using Microsoft Team. The software actually has a debian package, which i have downloaded, but not installed yet. I have a computer running debian 10.3, but it does not have a web cam or a mic. So presumably i

Re: Feasibility of speech recognition for note taking on dedicated laptop?

On Thu, Nov 5, 2020 at 11:26 PM deloptes wrote: > Richard Owlett wrote: > > . > > Are there now end-user, Debian compatible, dictation applications that > > do NOT require proprietary software nor internet connectivity? My > > internet searching turned up primarily old material or tool-set

Re: non-smart debian phone

On Sat, Aug 29, 2020 at 9:07 PM Keith Bainbridge wrote: > On 28/8/20 6:23 am, Dan Hitt wrote: > > > > So next time i search, i hope to do it more intelligently. > > > > So why not start the search now, while you have time to think about it > for a bit before you ne

Re: non-smart debian phone

On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 10:42 PM Rich Morin wrote: > Is the screen really a show-stopper? If not, how about getting a > PinePhone CE, and running Mobian or postmarketOS on it? > > >

Re: non-smart debian phone

On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 10:31 AM Stefan Monnier wrote: > > I plan to get a non-smart phone to replace my smart phone. > > By non-smart, i mean that it does not have a touch screen. > > Could you clarify what you're looking for? I.e. is the presence of > a touch screen the problem, or is the

non-smart debian phone

I plan to get a non-smart phone to replace my smart phone. By non-smart, i mean that it does not have a touch screen. However, it might be reasonable for it to have a usb port not just for charging, but for communication with my computer. Conceivably it might be useful to download voice mail to

Re: saving the xfce desktop background, including color gradients on the sides

On Sat, May 9, 2020 at 1:53 PM Cindy Sue Causey wrote: > On 5/9/20, Dan Hitt wrote: > > With the xfce desktop, there's an application that lets you set the > desktop > > background. > > > > Applications > Settings > Desktop > > > > In the "Ba

saving the xfce desktop background, including color gradients on the sides

With the xfce desktop, there's an application that lets you set the desktop background. Applications > Settings > Desktop In the "Background" tab, it lets you set a few items, including a Style, such as "Scaled", a Color, such as "Horizontal gradient", as well as a picture that goes in the

appropriate list or forum to use for discussing application development in debian

I have a question to raise about application development in debian. Debian has a lot of development mailing lists, but afaict, they're about preparation of or bug reports of different packages. That's not the right subject for me, as my question is more about what tools to use, which are more

Re: where should broken links in debian.org be reported to?

On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 8:40 AM wrote: > On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 08:28:41AM -0700, Dan Hitt wrote: > > I was browsing and searching around in debian.org and i found a broken > link. > > > > Since debian.org is such a gigantic site, i imagine this must happen all >

where should broken links in debian.org be reported to?

I was browsing and searching around in debian.org and i found a broken link. Since debian.org is such a gigantic site, i imagine this must happen all the time. So, how and where do i report this? I would like to follow whatever the established, standard procedure is. Thanks in advance for any

Re: Zoom conferencing

On Sat, Feb 29, 2020 at 9:08 PM Joel Rees wrote: > (I hope no one gets upset about double posting debian and ubuntu users > lists.) > > Questions about zoom -- www.zoom.us > > Anyone using it? > > Issues? > > Known reasons they don't put it in the general repositories? > Hi Joel, So as it

Re: debian discover (naturally) lacks permission to install software, how to proceed

On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 4:40 PM songbird wrote: > Dan Hitt wrote: > > > I'm in the process of seeing if i can install a zoom client on my debian > 10 > > system. > ... > > this sounds like a really good way to mess up a system. > > google had th

debian discover (naturally) lacks permission to install software, how to proceed

I'm in the process of seeing if i can install a zoom client on my debian 10 system. There's a deb file for it, zoom_amd64.deb, but i would like to see if i can do it using the gui: in firefox, when i click on the download link, i get a little window that says "What should Firefox do with this

Re: getting crystalsvg icon set in response to okular warnings

On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 11:57 AM David Wright wrote: > On Tue 19 Nov 2019 at 10:11:53 (-0800), Dan Hitt wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 9:43 AM Curt wrote: > > > On 2019-11-19, Dan Hitt wrote: > > > > > > > > So probably at this point i need to

Re: getting crystalsvg icon set in response to okular warnings

On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 10:26 AM Celejar wrote: > On Mon, 18 Nov 2019 19:12:29 -0800 > Dan Hitt wrote: > > > Hi David, > > > > Thanks! > > > > Your package searching is certainly better than mine: i had found the > > package kdesdk-scripts bef

Re: getting crystalsvg icon set in response to okular warnings

On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 9:43 AM Curt wrote: > On 2019-11-19, Dan Hitt wrote: > > > > So probably at this point i need to use a different pdf reader. > > I don't see why, but we've come full circle. Offhand, I can think of > mupdf (no printing) and xpdf. > > > T

Re: getting crystalsvg icon set in response to okular warnings

On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 1:20 AM Curt wrote: > On 2019-11-19, Dan Hitt wrote: > > > > So i suppose the kde terminal is set up with just the right environment > > variables or something. > > > > Any clues are appreciated!! :) > > > > I am not f

Re: getting crystalsvg icon set in response to okular warnings

On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 7:12 PM Dan Hitt wrote: > Hi David, > > Thanks! > > Your package searching is certainly better than mine: i had found the > package kdesdk-scripts before, but not code-aster-gui nor anyremote-doc. > > I've installed all 3 of them, but still ge

Re: getting crystalsvg icon set in response to okular warnings

: > On Tue, 19 Nov 2019 at 11:32, Dan Hitt wrote: > > > > When okular opens a pdf, from the command line, it issues a warning > > Icon theme "crystalsvg" not found. > > Hi, try this: > > https://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=contents=crystalsvg=filename=stable=any > >

getting crystalsvg icon set in response to okular warnings

I'm using okular to open pdfs (with exo-open) in debian 10. When okular opens a pdf, from the command line, it issues a warning Icon theme "crystalsvg" not found. It used to issue the warning a warning about the "gnome" icon theme not found. I was able to get red of that warning by

Re: pkg-config does not see a package that i installed via apt-get (libmypaint)

On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 9:35 AM Richard Hector wrote: > On 12/11/19 4:39 PM, Dan Hitt wrote: > > I installed the package libmypaint1.3.0 on my debian 10 system. > > Best to copy & paste these things - I assume you mean libmypaint-1.3-0 > > > > > I can tell

Re: pkg-config does not see a package that i installed via apt-get (libmypaint)

On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 8:02 PM The Wanderer wrote: > On 2019-11-11 at 22:39, Dan Hitt wrote: > > > I installed the package libmypaint1.3.0 on my debian 10 system. > > > > I can tell it is installed because when i run the command > > sudo apt-get install libmypaint

pkg-config does not see a package that i installed via apt-get (libmypaint)

I installed the package libmypaint1.3.0 on my debian 10 system. I can tell it is installed because when i run the command sudo apt-get install libmypaint-1.3.0 the system responds with "libmypaint-1.3-0 is already the newest version". It also says "libmypaint-1.3-0 set to manually installed",

Re: Want to install info node for elisp in emacs on stretch

On Mon, Nov 4, 2019 at 6:31 AM Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Ma, 15 oct 19, 17:10:49, Dan Hitt wrote: > > > > I will keep my oar out of the water about the complex beast, but since > > i'm in oldstable, does that mean i need to upgrade before too long? > > (I've been us

Re: changing desktop manager from gnome to xfce in debian

On Sun, Nov 3, 2019 at 1:28 PM David wrote: > On Mon, 4 Nov 2019 at 08:11, Dan Hitt wrote: > > > > I still would like a programmatic/command-line way of detecting what the > desktop. > > Try this command, shown here with the output I get on my system > which uses

Re: changing desktop manager from gnome to xfce in debian

On Sun, Nov 3, 2019 at 1:05 PM David wrote: > On Mon, 4 Nov 2019 at 07:42, Dan Hitt wrote: > > [...] > > > The desktop manager looks different: i think it is gnome, but i'd like > it to be xfce. > > [...] > > > sudo update-alternatives --config x-win

changing desktop manager from gnome to xfce in debian

Hi, I recently switched from using debian 9 (stretch) to debian 10 (buster). I did this on a new partition of my disk so i think it should be a clean install, and it seems to be. The desktop manager looks different: i think it is gnome, but i'd like it to be xfce. What i did was to install the

Re: installing lazpaint (a non-debian package) on a debian system, ideally in a user-level account

On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 8:17 PM John Crawley wrote: > On 2019-10-19 11:24, Dan Hitt wrote: > > There's a piece of software, lazpaint, that i would like to install on > > my debian system. > > The project dates from 2011, so i think it's pretty well established. > &

installing lazpaint (a non-debian package) on a debian system, ideally in a user-level account

There's a piece of software, lazpaint, that i would like to install on my debian system. As far as i can tell, it is not listed at packages.debian.org. It does have a *.deb file however. The project dates from 2011, so i think it's pretty well established.

Re: Want to install info node for elisp in emacs on stretch

On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 12:12 AM wrote: > On Mon, Oct 14, 2019 at 11:42:43PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > > On Mon 14 Oct 2019 at 21:06:21 (-0700), Dan Hitt wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I'm using debian 9 (stretch). > > > > > > I w

Want to install info node for elisp in emacs on stretch

Hi, I'm using debian 9 (stretch). I would like to install the info node for elisp (in emacs). I went to packages.debian.org to search for elisp in stretch. There are six results but none of them look like they contain info documentation. Does the elisp info node come in a package, or is it a

Re: shell wrappers for trig and other mathematical functions

On Tue, Oct 1, 2019 at 8:58 PM David Christensen wrote: > On 10/1/19 8:32 PM, Dan Hitt wrote: > > I'm half-way looking for some shell wrappers for common trig functions > like > > sin, cos, exp, log, and others. > > > > I'm aware of bc, but it seems cumbersome. >

shell wrappers for trig and other mathematical functions

I'm half-way looking for some shell wrappers for common trig functions like sin, cos, exp, log, and others. I'm aware of bc, but it seems cumbersome. I would like to just type 'sin 1' and get the sine (of 1 radian), or type 'log 2' and get the natural or maybe common log of 2. (Probably any

Re: Why do UID values of system users matter?

On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 2:28 PM Steffen Dettmer wrote: > Hi, > > just for my curiosity I wonder why the numeric UID values matter at all, > for example: > > > I believe file ownership is tracked by numeric UID rather than user name. So, for example, if you multi-boot, a file owned by user 500

Re: text editors

On Sun, Mar 24, 2019 at 9:38 PM mick crane wrote: > Is there any text editor, preferably in a terminal that has the facility > to protect lines in the document, not the document itself ? > I've got 2 blocks of "code" that look similar and I keep editing the > wrong one and then it doesn't work.

Re: how do you send mail to another user on a local debian machine

On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 9:05 PM, Teemu Likonen <tliko...@iki.fi> wrote: > Dan Hitt [2018-03-29 13:50:54-07] wrote: > >> In emacs, i tried the address otheruser@host, otheruser, >> otheruser@localhost, otheruser@host.local >> >> Here, 'host' is to stand for the

Re: how do you send mail to another user on a local debian machine

Sorry everybody for mail-bombing the list, don't know how my previous reply took off so fast :( :( :( On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 9:02 PM, David Wright <deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote: > On Thu 29 Mar 2018 at 13:50:54 (-0700), Dan Hitt wrote: > The third one, otheruser@localhost.

Re: how do you send mail to another user on a local debian machine

On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 9:02 PM, David Wright <deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote: > On Thu 29 Mar 2018 at 13:50:54 (-0700), Dan Hitt wrote: >> On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 1:32 PM, David Wright <deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> >> wrote: >> > On Wed 28 Mar 2018

Re: how do you send mail to another user on a local debian machine

On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 1:32 PM, David Wright <deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote: > On Wed 28 Mar 2018 at 22:42:43 (-0700), Dan Hitt wrote: ... >> I thought i'd just do what used to be the usual thing on a unix box: >> i compose-mail in emacs (control-x m), and draf

Re: how do you send mail to another user on a local debian machine

On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 11:42 PM, Dominik George wrote: > Hi, > >>So . . . if you want to send mail to another user on your box, and >>you do not want it to get bounced around on the internet but only >>to go into some spool queue somewhere strictly on your local machine,

how do you send mail to another user on a local debian machine

Today i needed to send a message to another user on my debian box. I thought i'd just do what used to be the usual thing on a unix box: i compose-mail in emacs (control-x m), and drafted the text, and put in the other user's name in the To: line. I then hit control-c control-c to mail it, but

Re: looking for drawing program to inscribe a square in a circle and label items

On Sat, Jan 20, 2018 at 6:10 AM, <rhkra...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Friday, January 19, 2018 10:50:11 PM Dan Hitt wrote: >> So, something like xfig, except that it should have geometrically >> describable grouping or linking options. (You can glue objects >> together wi

looking for drawing program to inscribe a square in a circle and label items

I'm looking for a gui drawing program that will let me, for example, draw a circle, inscribe a square in the circle, connect the opposite edges of the square with line segments, draw the diagonals of the square, and label the vertices, edges, and regions of the figure. So, something like xfig,

Re: what is the difference between a source package and a package (want alsa-lib in stretch)

On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 1:56 PM, <to...@tuxteam.de> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sat, Jan 06, 2018 at 01:38:06PM -0800, Dan Hitt wrote: >> I'm trying to build some software, and one of the long list of items >> to install pri

what is the difference between a source package and a package (want alsa-lib in stretch)

I'm trying to build some software, and one of the long list of items to install prior to configuring is 'alsa-lib'. I tried 'sudo apt-get install alsa-lib' but got the message 'E: Unable to locate package alsa-lib' So i looked around on the internet, and saw a page for an alsa-lib

Re: BeFS or BFS or other filesystem for linux with attributes on debian

On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 11:16 PM, David Christensen <dpchr...@holgerdanske.com> wrote: > On 12/19/17 14:07, Dan Hitt wrote: >> >> Just for reference, although the attributes exist and i ithink are >> exactly what i need, it looks like the system has to be nudged a >

Re: BeFS or BFS or other filesystem for linux with attributes on debian

On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 11:07 AM, Roberto C. Sánchez <robe...@debian.org> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 11:03:36AM -0800, Dan Hitt wrote: >> Awesome, Tomas, awesome. >> . >> But obviously the attr program has programmatic access to the >> attributes, so pr

Re: BeFS or BFS or other filesystem for linux with attributes on debian

, so presumably all i need to do is hunt down its code and look at it. dan On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 10:39 AM, <to...@tuxteam.de> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 10:27:38AM -0800, Dan Hitt wrote: >> BeOS had (and i imagine

BeFS or BFS or other filesystem for linux with attributes on debian

BeOS had (and i imagine Haiku has) a file system that allows all kinds of attributes to be attached to a file. I understand it to be something like having a two-column key-value table attached to every file. I understand that file system was ported to linux with the name BeFS (the Be name of

Re: Dear All

On Sun, Nov 26, 2017 at 3:07 AM, Muzhgan Athaee wrote: > > I need help please!!! > > I need this book: https: >

Re: Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) viewer and/or file format

On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 1:31 AM, <to...@tuxteam.de> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sun, Nov 12, 2017 at 07:45:13PM -0800, Dan Hitt wrote: >> I have some DFTs that i wish to inspect. (Apparently DFT is a common >> acronym, bu

Re: Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) viewer and/or file format

On Sun, Nov 12, 2017 at 8:50 PM, Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> wrote: > On 11/12/2017 09:45 PM, Dan Hitt wrote: >> >> I have some DFTs that i wish to inspect. (Apparently DFT is a common >> acronym, but here i mean Discrete Fourier Transform. And properly >&g

Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) viewer and/or file format

I have some DFTs that i wish to inspect. (Apparently DFT is a common acronym, but here i mean Discrete Fourier Transform. And properly speaking it doesn't make sense to inspect a transform, but only to inspect transformed data, but i'm speaking colloquially.) DFTs are a common artifact in

Re: standards for post-installation scripts

On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 7:12 PM, Roberto C. Sánchez <robe...@debian.org> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 08, 2017 at 06:22:37PM -0800, Dan Hitt wrote: >> Does debian have guidelines or rules for post-installation scripts? >> >> I had trouble installing a package, and i would so

standards for post-installation scripts

Does debian have guidelines or rules for post-installation scripts? I had trouble installing a package, and i would sort of like to file a bug describing the behavior. But i'd only want to do this if there were rules, and these rules were definite enough to make it very clear something in the

Re: getting more details on installation of a package (libfftw3-doc)

On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 11:37 AM, Dan Ritter <d...@randomstring.org> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 02, 2017 at 11:19:02AM -0700, Dan Hitt wrote: >> I installed the package libfftw3-doc in order to get the info form of >> the fftw documentation. >> >> Nevertheless, when i tr

getting more details on installation of a package (libfftw3-doc)

I installed the package libfftw3-doc in order to get the info form of the fftw documentation. In installed it via sudo apt-get install .. libfftw3-doc (I installed several other libfftw3 packages at the same time.) I can see a pair of lines in the output that say Setting up

Re: looking for a file format for time series data other software can easily consume

On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 1:00 PM, Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> wrote: > On 01/11/17 20:38, Dan Hitt wrote: >> >> The NetCDF does seem to do what i want. As far as i can tell, it >> allows you to set metadata at the file level as well as attributes >> at

Re: looking for a file format for time series data other software can easily consume

On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 12:21 PM, Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> wrote: > On 31/10/17 19:33, Dan Hitt wrote: >> >> I plan to produce some time series data and i would like it to be in a >> form that makes it easy or effortless for pre-existing programs to >

looking for a file format for time series data other software can easily consume

I plan to produce some time series data and i would like it to be in a form that makes it easy or effortless for pre-existing programs to plot or even process further. The data would consist of a few hundred to a few thousand time points, and for each time point there would be a half-dozen to a

Re: cannot install libsnmp-dev in stretch, wondering about reasonable next steps

On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 9:27 PM, Roberto C. Sánchez <robe...@debian.org> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 09:19:49PM -0700, Dan Hitt wrote: >> Awesome, thanks Roberto. >> > Please don't top post. It is considered impolite here and on many other > mailing lists. > >

Re: cannot install libsnmp-dev in stretch, wondering about reasonable next steps

/var/lib/dpkg/status Note that i did not upgrade from a prior version of debian, but rather installed it on a fresh, empty partition. Thanks for your help! dan On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 8:29 PM, Roberto C. Sánchez <robe...@debian.org> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 08:15:21PM -0700,

cannot install libsnmp-dev in stretch, wondering about reasonable next steps

I'm trying to install libsnmp-dev in stretch (debian 9) using the command sudo apt-get install libsnmp-dev This results in an error: -- 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

Re: determining which apps have entries in the applications menu in xfce

> > On Tue, 1 Aug 2017 22:12:55 -0700 > Dan Hitt <dan.h...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>I'm using a pretty vanilla debian 9 with xfce. >> >>There's an Applications menu in the upper left which has lots and lots >>of applications listed under multiple submenus.

determining which apps have entries in the applications menu in xfce

I'm using a pretty vanilla debian 9 with xfce. There's an Applications menu in the upper left which has lots and lots of applications listed under multiple submenus. There's a program that i have on my system whose name i cannot find in the Applications menu. However, that might just be because

Re: how to run a second copy of firefox in a separate address space with no connection to the first?

Thanks Sven, and also Erwan, Curt, rpr, and Felix, On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 11:54 AM, Sven Hartge <s...@svenhartge.de> wrote: > Dan Hitt <dan.h...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I would like to run a second copy of firefox in debian, that is >> compl

how to run a second copy of firefox in a separate address space with no connection to the first?

I would like to run a second copy of firefox in debian, that is completely unconnected to the first. That is, the second copy should not share history, cookies, any kind of storage, passwords, configuration, or anything else with the first. It should be possible to send a signal to one (such as

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