Re: recommended way disable recommends using apt

2022-08-22 Thread Tim Woodall
On Tue, 23 Aug 2022, jindam, vani wrote: hello debian users, i want to install again debian, i dont want to install recommended packages and i checked (ex: $ apt show libreoffice) my list of packages to be installed & i see no problem. i always use $ sudo apt to install packages. my plan: (1)

Re: recommended way disable recommends using apt

2022-08-22 Thread jindam, vani
On 23 August 2022 2:41:30 AM UTC, "jindam, vani" wrote: >hello debian users, > >i want to install again debian, i dont >want to install recommended packages >and i checked (ex: $ apt show libreoffice) >my list of packages to be installed & >i see no problem. i always use $ sudo apt to

recommended way disable recommends using apt

2022-08-22 Thread jindam, vani
hello debian users, i want to install again debian, i dont want to install recommended packages and i checked (ex: $ apt show libreoffice) my list of packages to be installed & i see no problem. i always use $ sudo apt to install packages. my plan: (1) install debian base (2) disable

Re: adding trouble on the trouble (using apt upgrade)

2022-03-14 Thread Patrice Duroux
ps: sorry, on a Debian Sid system for sure. Le lun. 14 mars 2022 à 19:41, Patrice Duroux a écrit : > > Hi, > > Since some versions ago, apt/dpkg(?) is stopping its process (upgrade > here) whatever the packaging trouble it is facing. But in some cases, it > may leave the system more broken than

adding trouble on the trouble (using apt upgrade)

2022-03-14 Thread Patrice Duroux
Hi, Since some versions ago, apt/dpkg(?) is stopping its process (upgrade here) whatever the packaging trouble it is facing. But in some cases, it may leave the system more broken than it would become just by 'skipping' the troubling package. For instance, in the upgrading transaction list were

Re: Errors using "apt update"

2020-11-18 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 18 nov 20, 01:56:15, Ming wrote: > On Tue, 17 Nov 2020 12:10:08 -0500, Jerry Mellon wrote: > > Gentleman/Ladies > > > > I have experienced a problem using "apt update". The program appears > > to work, but I end up with the list of errors. > > If

Re: Errors using "apt update"

2020-11-17 Thread Ming
On Tue, 17 Nov 2020 12:10:08 -0500, Jerry Mellon wrote: > Gentleman/Ladies > > I have experienced a problem using "apt update". The program appears > to work, but I end up with the list of errors. > > [...] > Run the following command: apt-key list --keyid-form

Errors using "apt update"

2020-11-17 Thread Jerry Mellon
Gentleman/Ladies I have experienced a problem using "apt update". The program appears to work, but I end up with the list of errors. W: An error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG er

Re: can not update/upgrade Debian 10 when using apt-cacher-ng

2019-11-05 Thread john doe
On 11/5/2019 4:49 PM, David Wright wrote: > On Tue 05 Nov 2019 at 06:59:55 (+0100), john doe wrote: >> On 10/29/2019 4:10 PM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: >>> On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 03:58:04PM +0100, john doe wrote: On 10/29/2019 2:01 PM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at

Re: can not update/upgrade Debian 10 when using apt-cacher-ng

2019-11-05 Thread David Wright
On Tue 05 Nov 2019 at 06:59:55 (+0100), john doe wrote: > On 10/29/2019 4:10 PM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 03:58:04PM +0100, john doe wrote: > >> On 10/29/2019 2:01 PM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > >>> On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 01:36:35PM +0100, john doe wrote: > On

Re: can not update/upgrade Debian 10 when using apt-cacher-ng

2019-11-04 Thread john doe
On 10/29/2019 4:10 PM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 03:58:04PM +0100, john doe wrote: >> On 10/29/2019 2:01 PM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: >>> On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 01:36:35PM +0100, john doe wrote: On 10/29/2019 12:50 PM, Charles Curley wrote: > On Tue, 29 Oct 2019

Re: can not update/upgrade Debian 10 when using apt-cacher-ng

2019-10-29 Thread tomas
On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 03:58:04PM +0100, john doe wrote: > On 10/29/2019 2:01 PM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 01:36:35PM +0100, john doe wrote: > >> On 10/29/2019 12:50 PM, Charles Curley wrote: > >>> On Tue, 29 Oct 2019 11:45:02 +0100 > >>> john doe wrote: > >>> >

Re: can not update/upgrade Debian 10 when using apt-cacher-ng

2019-10-29 Thread john doe
On 10/29/2019 2:01 PM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 01:36:35PM +0100, john doe wrote: >> On 10/29/2019 12:50 PM, Charles Curley wrote: >>> On Tue, 29 Oct 2019 11:45:02 +0100 >>> john doe wrote: >>> /etc/apt/sources.list:

Re: can not update/upgrade Debian 10 when using apt-cacher-ng

2019-10-29 Thread tomas
On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 01:36:35PM +0100, john doe wrote: > On 10/29/2019 12:50 PM, Charles Curley wrote: > > On Tue, 29 Oct 2019 11:45:02 +0100 > > john doe wrote: > > > >> /etc/apt/sources.list: > >> > >> http://HOSTNAME-APT-CACHER-NG>:3142/debian-security buster/updates > >

Re: can not update/upgrade Debian 10 when using apt-cacher-ng

2019-10-29 Thread john doe
On 10/29/2019 12:50 PM, Charles Curley wrote: > On Tue, 29 Oct 2019 11:45:02 +0100 > john doe wrote: > >> /etc/apt/sources.list: >> >> http://HOSTNAME-APT-CACHER-NG>:3142/debian-security buster/updates >^ > > That greater than character looks problematic; is it

Re: can not update/upgrade Debian 10 when using apt-cacher-ng

2019-10-29 Thread Charles Curley
On Tue, 29 Oct 2019 11:45:02 +0100 john doe wrote: > /etc/apt/sources.list: > > http://HOSTNAME-APT-CACHER-NG>:3142/debian-security buster/updates ^ That greater than character looks problematic; is it correct? Also, I find that setup puts a file, apt.conf, in

can not update/upgrade Debian 10 when using apt-cacher-ng

2019-10-29 Thread john doe
Hi, I'm playing with apt-cacher-ng, it works fine when installing debian but I get the following errors when trying to 'apt-get update' (apt-cacher-ng's log): |dists/buster/updates/InRelease [HTTP error, code: 503] |debrep/dists/buster-updates/InRelease The below URL makes the above error:

Re: Problem using "apt-get update"

2018-02-24 Thread Richard Owlett
On 02/24/2018 12:02 PM, Felix Miata wrote: Richard Owlett composed on 2018-02-24 10:48 (UTC-0600): I had just done a minimal (command line only) install of Stretch from the first DVD of the complete set rather than using netinst to conserve bandwidth. The install as usual was successful. I

Re: Problem using "apt-get update"

2018-02-24 Thread Richard Owlett
On 02/24/2018 12:01 PM, Brian wrote: On Sat 24 Feb 2018 at 11:55:29 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: On 02/24/2018 11:08 AM, Reco wrote: Hi. On Sat, Feb 24, 2018 at 11:06:53AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: On 02/24/2018 10:56 AM, John Hasler wrote: Verbatim command apt-get update (as

Re: Problem using "apt-get update"

2018-02-24 Thread Felix Miata
Richard Owlett composed on 2018-02-24 10:48 (UTC-0600): > I had just done a minimal (command line only) install of Stretch from > the first DVD of the complete set rather than using netinst to conserve > bandwidth. The install as usual was successful. > I wish to install a package from the

Re: Problem using "apt-get update"

2018-02-24 Thread Brian
On Sat 24 Feb 2018 at 11:55:29 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 02/24/2018 11:08 AM, Reco wrote: > > Hi. > > > > On Sat, Feb 24, 2018 at 11:06:53AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > On 02/24/2018 10:56 AM, John Hasler wrote: > > > > Verbatim command > > > > > > apt-get update (as per > >

Re: Problem using "apt-get update"

2018-02-24 Thread Richard Owlett
On 02/24/2018 11:08 AM, Reco wrote: Hi. On Sat, Feb 24, 2018 at 11:06:53AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: On 02/24/2018 10:56 AM, John Hasler wrote: Verbatim command apt-get update (as per ) verbatim message The message

Re: Problem using "apt-get update"

2018-02-24 Thread John Hasler
The messages emitted by apt-get update are cryptic and undocumented, but see -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA

Re: Problem using "apt-get update"

2018-02-24 Thread Brian
On Sat 24 Feb 2018 at 17:31:21 +, Brian wrote: > On Sat 24 Feb 2018 at 11:06:53 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > On 02/24/2018 10:56 AM, John Hasler wrote: > > > Verbatim command > > > > apt-get update (as per > > ) > > > > >

Re: Problem using "apt-get update"

2018-02-24 Thread Brian
On Sat 24 Feb 2018 at 11:06:53 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 02/24/2018 10:56 AM, John Hasler wrote: > > Verbatim command > > apt-get update (as per > ) > > > verbatim message > > The message started a recognizable abbreviation of

Re: Problem using "apt-get update"

2018-02-24 Thread Abdullah Ramazanoglu
On Sat, 24 Feb 2018 11:06:53 -0600 Richard Owlett wrote: > On 02/24/2018 10:56 AM, John Hasler wrote: --8<-- >> verbatim message > > The message started a recognizable abbreviation of "ignored". > For a character perfect quote - where would it be logged? > >> and verbatim

Re: Problem using "apt-get update"

2018-02-24 Thread Reco
Hi. On Sat, Feb 24, 2018 at 11:06:53AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 02/24/2018 10:56 AM, John Hasler wrote: > > Verbatim command > > apt-get update (as per > ) > > > verbatim message > > The message started a recognizable

Re: Problem using "apt-get update"

2018-02-24 Thread Richard Owlett
On 02/24/2018 10:56 AM, John Hasler wrote: Verbatim command apt-get update (as per ) verbatim message The message started a recognizable abbreviation of "ignored". For a character perfect quote - where would it be logged? and

Re: Problem using "apt-get update"

2018-02-24 Thread John Hasler
Verbatim command, verbatim message and verbatim sources.list, please. -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA

Problem using "apt-get update"

2018-02-24 Thread Richard Owlett
I had just done a minimal (command line only) install of Stretch from the first DVD of the complete set rather than using netinst to conserve bandwidth. The install as usual was successful. I wish to install a package from the repository - it's not on DVD1. I added the line deb

Re: help using apt-build

2016-03-06 Thread Javi Barroso
chael Fothergill >> >> <michael.fotherg...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > On 23 February 2016 at 18:46, Javi Barroso ><javibarr...@gmail.com> >> >> > wrote: >> >> >> &

Re: help using apt-build

2016-03-06 Thread Michael Fothergill
avi Barroso <javibarr...@gmail.com> > >> > wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Hello, > >> >> > >> >> El 23 de febrero de 2016 18:08:32 CET, Michael Fothergill > >> >> <michael.fotherg...@googlemail.com> escribió: >

Re: help using apt-build

2016-03-06 Thread Javier Barroso
hergill >> <michael.fotherg...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> > >> > >> > On 23 February 2016 at 18:46, Javi Barroso <javibarr...@gmail.com> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> Hello, >> >> >> >> El 23 de febrero de

Re: help using apt-build

2016-03-06 Thread Michael Fothergill
vibarr...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >> Hello, > >> > >> El 23 de febrero de 2016 18:08:32 CET, Michael Fothergill > >> <michael.fotherg...@googlemail.com> escribió: > >> >Dear Folks, > >> > > >> >I tried using apt-

Re: help using apt-build

2016-03-05 Thread Javier Barroso
hergill >> <michael.fotherg...@googlemail.com> escribió: >> >Dear Folks, >> > >> >I tried using apt-build to install a source file: >> > >> >root@rhubarb:/home/michaelmikef/Downloads# ls -l adun* >> > >> >-rw-r--r-- 1 michaelmi

Re: help using apt-build

2016-03-05 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 23 February 2016 at 18:46, Javi Barroso <javibarr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > El 23 de febrero de 2016 18:08:32 CET, Michael Fothergill < > michael.fotherg...@googlemail.com> escribió: > >Dear Folks, > > > >I tried using apt-build to instal

Re: help using apt-build

2016-02-23 Thread Michael Fothergill
Sorry about that I replied to your personal account by mistake. MF

Re: help using apt-build

2016-02-23 Thread Javi Barroso
Hello, El 23 de febrero de 2016 18:08:32 CET, Michael Fothergill <michael.fotherg...@googlemail.com> escribió: >Dear Folks, > >I tried using apt-build to install a source file: > >root@rhubarb:/home/michaelmikef/Downloads# ls -l adun* > >-rw-r--r-- 1 michaelmikef mic

help using apt-build

2016-02-23 Thread Michael Fothergill
Dear Folks, I tried using apt-build to install a source file: root@rhubarb:/home/michaelmikef/Downloads# ls -l adun* -rw-r--r-- 1 michaelmikef michaelmikef 1395 Feb 23 16:36 adun.app_0.81-6.dsc root@rhubarb:/home/michaelmikef/Downloads# apt-build install adun.app_0.81-6.dsc W: Unable

Re: fopen when using apt-get

2011-06-10 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:39:36 +1000, Rob Hurle wrote: (...) Unpacking replacement [whatever the package is] ... Processing triggers for man-db ... fopen: Permission denied Setting up [whatever the package is] ([version information]) ... This happens with all updates. Anyone know what

fopen when using apt-get

2011-06-09 Thread Rob Hurle
I regularly use: apt-get update apt-get upgrade to keep my squeeze system up to date. Updates install quite satisfactorily, but invariably I get the following message as the manual pages are being updated: Unpacking replacement [whatever the package is] ... Processing triggers for man-db ...

Re: How to install using apt-get from local .deb files without Internet OR how to bypass sudo apt-get update

2011-05-10 Thread Alan Greenberger
On 2011-05-09, Narendra Sisodiya naren...@narendrasisodiya.com wrote: To install vim-gtk, I am first downloading all deb package (and not installing it.) mkdir -p vim-gtk mkdir -p vim-gtk/partial sudo apt-get -y -o dir::cache::archives=3D./vim-gtk install --download-only vim-gtk sudo rm

How to install using apt-get from local .deb files without Internet OR how to bypass sudo apt-get update

2011-05-09 Thread Narendra Sisodiya
I recently created a offline installer.. debbundle.. I got a bug in it.. Let me explain the process.. See code - http://code.google.com/p/debbundle/source/browse/trunk/OneClickInstall_Deb_Creator?spec=svn10r=10 To install vim-gtk, I am first downloading all deb package (and not installing it.)

Re: How to install using apt-get from local .deb files without Internet OR how to bypass sudo apt-get update

2011-05-09 Thread Bjørn Michelsen
On Mon, May 09, 2011 at 10:31:14PM +0530, Narendra Sisodiya wrote: Hey there, (...) To install vim-gtk, I am first downloading all deb package (and not installing it.) mkdir -p vim-gtk mkdir -p vim-gtk/partial sudo apt-get -y -o dir::cache::archives=./vim-gtk install --download-only

Re: Not able to update using apt

2011-01-02 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 02 Jan 2011 00:04:18 +0100, Daniel Andersson wrote: On 01/01/2011 09:09 PM, David Sastre wrote: Could not resolve 'ftp.sunet.se' I've only selected laptop and webserver with tasksel during installation. I'm able to ping ftp.sunet.se and the mirror is working on my other laptop.

Re: Not able to update using apt

2011-01-02 Thread David Sastre
On Sun, Jan 02, 2011 at 12:04:18AM +0100, Daniel Andersson wrote: On 01/01/2011 09:09 PM, David Sastre wrote: On Sat, Jan 01, 2011 at 08:14:08PM +0100, Daniel Andersson wrote: I just installed Debian Squeeze on a Eee PC. The installer downloaded all the packages during the install but when I

Re: Not able to update using apt

2011-01-02 Thread Daniel Andersson
On 01/02/2011 01:50 PM, David Sastre wrote: On Sun, Jan 02, 2011 at 12:04:18AM +0100, Daniel Andersson wrote: On 01/01/2011 09:09 PM, David Sastre wrote: On Sat, Jan 01, 2011 at 08:14:08PM +0100, Daniel Andersson wrote: I just installed Debian Squeeze on a Eee PC. The installer downloaded

Not able to update using apt

2011-01-01 Thread Daniel Andersson
Hi I just installed Debian Squeeze on a Eee PC. The installer downloaded all the packages during the install but when I want to install more packages at the prompt I only get: Could not resolve 'ftp.sunet.se' I've only selected laptop and webserver with tasksel during installation. I'm

Re: Not able to update using apt

2011-01-01 Thread David Sastre
On Sat, Jan 01, 2011 at 08:14:08PM +0100, Daniel Andersson wrote: Hi I just installed Debian Squeeze on a Eee PC. The installer downloaded all the packages during the install but when I want to install more packages at the prompt I only get: Could not resolve 'ftp.sunet.se' I've only

Re: Not able to update using apt

2011-01-01 Thread Daniel Andersson
On 01/01/2011 09:09 PM, David Sastre wrote: On Sat, Jan 01, 2011 at 08:14:08PM +0100, Daniel Andersson wrote: Hi I just installed Debian Squeeze on a Eee PC. The installer downloaded all the packages during the install but when I want to install more packages at the prompt I only get: Could

Re: Using apt-mirror, possible to start from DVD content?

2009-11-25 Thread Evgen
yes, you can use pool directories from DVD. I would like to have a local apt source on my network for Lenny i386. I've done some playing with apt-mirror and am ready to start. Obviously the initial setup requires a substantial download so I was wondering is it possible to use the content

Using apt-mirror, possible to start from DVD content?

2009-11-24 Thread Gav
I would like to have a local apt source on my network for Lenny i386. I've done some playing with apt-mirror and am ready to start. Obviously the initial setup requires a substantial download so I was wondering is it possible to use the content from the 5 DVD's (I already have them) and then

how to install package using apt-get in folder other than /usr

2008-09-29 Thread Kruti
Hi.. Can someone help me regarding how to install a package in any user defined folder other than /usr using apt-get? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/how-to-install-package-using-apt-get-in-folder-other-than--usr-tp19725727p19725727.html Sent from the Debian User mailing

Re: how to install package using apt-get in folder other than /usr

2008-09-29 Thread Mumia W..
On 09/29/2008 10:07 AM, Kruti wrote: Hi.. Can someone help me regarding how to install a package in any user defined folder other than /usr using apt-get? I don't think this is possible. You can however download the file using wget and install the .deb using dpkg-deb. Why do you want to do

Using apt-get on a non-default interface

2008-07-31 Thread Bill
Hi folks, I'm setting up an iptables firewall with multiple nics. With the fw not yet configured, I don't want to connect the default interface (eth0) to the net just yet. So I want to access the net temporarily through my lan interface (eth1). Problem is apt-get wants to use the default

Re: Installing nVidia drivers [WAS: Using apt to install only one package]

2008-07-20 Thread andy
andy wrote: Damon L. Chesser wrote: On Monday 14 July 2008 04:10:57 pm andy wrote: Stackpole, Chris wrote: snip Well I can't guarantee that it will all be smooth sailing when using Sid packages. It should work, but obviously mileage varies. You do not want to do an apt-get upgrade or

Re: Installing nVidia drivers [WAS: Using apt to install only one package]

2008-07-20 Thread Ólafur Jens Sigurðsson
On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 12:13:50PM +0100, andy wrote: On the GRUB menu, several kernels are now listed - the current one and then the 2.6.25-x kernel. Because the /boot/grub/menu.lst will automatically load after about 5 seconds, how would I go about *safely* removing the other kernel

Re: Installing nVidia drivers [WAS: Using apt to install only one package]

2008-07-20 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/20/08 06:13, andy wrote: [snip] OK I attempted to update my nVidia driver this weekend as I said I would earlier this last week. Good for you! First, I downloaded the latest nVidia installer for my card, which is a nVidia GeForce 8500

Re: Using apt to install only one package

2008-07-18 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 06:10:54PM -0500, Mumia W.. wrote: On 07/15/2008 02:55 PM, Ron Johnson wrote: The new Dr. Who is just all *wrong*. How so? If Tom Baker were dead, he'd be spinning in his grave. LOL (Followups should go to debian-curiosa[at]lists.debian.org) That would even

Re: Using apt to install only one package

2008-07-15 Thread andy
Mumia W.. wrote: On 07/14/2008 02:15 PM, andy wrote: Hi I am running Lenny/Testing and with the recent package updates a new set of kernel headers was installed which has completely screwed my nVidia driver settings. I had to reboot into 2-6-24 rather than the 2-6-25 in order to get GDM to

Re: Using apt to install only one package

2008-07-15 Thread andy
nVidia driver from the Sid repositories using apt, there were any number of packages that apt wanted to install as well, alongside the nVidia. Of course. Apt will always want to install the newest package, but according to priority, see below. What is the correct syntax to ensure

Re: Using apt to install only one package

2008-07-15 Thread andy
Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/14/08 14:32, andy wrote: [snip] I don't mind installing more packages than what I had thought I needed: I am quite happy to believe that apt knows more than I do about what is best for my machine!! I was just concerned

Re: Installing nVidia drivers [WAS: Using apt to install only one package]

2008-07-15 Thread andy
Damon L. Chesser wrote: On Monday 14 July 2008 04:10:57 pm andy wrote: Stackpole, Chris wrote: snip Well I can't guarantee that it will all be smooth sailing when using Sid packages. It should work, but obviously mileage varies. You do not want to do an apt-get upgrade or anything

Re: Using apt to install only one package

2008-07-15 Thread Wackojacko
andy wrote: BTW - your sig: you have New New York, so unless it is an updated version of NYC, I suspect it might be a typo? Andy OR a subtle admission that he is a Dr Who fan!! New New York is the name of New York in Parallel Earth I think! HTH Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

RE: Using apt to install only one package

2008-07-15 Thread Stackpole, Chris
andy wrote: BTW - your sig: you have New New York, so unless it is an updated version of NYC, I suspect it might be a typo? Andy OR a subtle admission that he is a Dr Who fan!! New New York is the name of New York in Parallel Earth I think! HTH Wackojacko Actually, the

Re: Using apt to install only one package

2008-07-15 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/15/08 14:33, Wackojacko wrote: andy wrote: BTW - your sig: you have New New York, so unless it is an updated version of NYC, I suspect it might be a typo? Andy OR a subtle admission that he is a Dr Who fan!! New New York is the

Re: Using apt to install only one package

2008-07-15 Thread Mumia W..
On 07/15/2008 02:55 PM, Ron Johnson wrote: The new Dr. Who is just all *wrong*. How so? If Tom Baker were dead, he'd be spinning in his grave. LOL (Followups should go to debian-curiosa[at]lists.debian.org) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Using apt to install only one package

2008-07-14 Thread andy
to enable me access the appropriate nVidia driver from the Sid repositories using apt, there were any number of packages that apt wanted to install as well, alongside the nVidia. What is the correct syntax to ensure that when I am wanting to install the nVidia driver from Sid I limit it to *only

RE: Using apt to install only one package

2008-07-14 Thread Stackpole, Chris
What is the correct syntax to ensure that when I am wanting to install the nVidia driver from Sid I limit it to *only* the package(s) I am seeking rather than everything else that apt wants me to install? I've spent the last 1/2 hour or Googling this and I can't find an answer. Perhaps my

Re: Using apt to install only one package

2008-07-14 Thread andy
Stackpole, Chris wrote: What is the correct syntax to ensure that when I am wanting to install the nVidia driver from Sid I limit it to *only* the package(s) I am seeking rather than everything else that apt wants me to install? I've spent the last 1/2 hour or Googling this and I can't find an

RE: Using apt to install only one package

2008-07-14 Thread Stackpole, Chris
I don't mind installing more packages than what I had thought I needed: I am quite happy to believe that apt knows more than I do about what is best for my machine!! I was just concerned that with my sources.list opened up to a Sid repository temporarily for the purposes of this operation - to

Installing nVidia drivers [WAS: Using apt to install only one package]

2008-07-14 Thread andy
Stackpole, Chris wrote: snip Well I can't guarantee that it will all be smooth sailing when using Sid packages. It should work, but obviously mileage varies. You do not want to do an apt-get upgrade or anything like that but just a simple 'apt-get install package' may work for you. I do not

Re: Installing nVidia drivers [WAS: Using apt to install only one package]

2008-07-14 Thread Damon L. Chesser
On Monday 14 July 2008 04:10:57 pm andy wrote: Stackpole, Chris wrote: snip Well I can't guarantee that it will all be smooth sailing when using Sid packages. It should work, but obviously mileage varies. You do not want to do an apt-get upgrade or anything like that but just a simple

Re: Using apt to install only one package

2008-07-14 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/14/08 14:32, andy wrote: [snip] I don't mind installing more packages than what I had thought I needed: I am quite happy to believe that apt knows more than I do about what is best for my machine!! I was just concerned that with my

Re: Using apt to install only one package

2008-07-14 Thread Andrei Popescu
repositories using apt, there were any number of packages that apt wanted to install as well, alongside the nVidia. Of course. Apt will always want to install the newest package, but according to priority, see below. What is the correct syntax to ensure that when I am wanting to install

Re: Using apt to install only one package

2008-07-14 Thread Mumia W..
On 07/14/2008 02:15 PM, andy wrote: Hi I am running Lenny/Testing and with the recent package updates a new set of kernel headers was installed which has completely screwed my nVidia driver settings. I had to reboot into 2-6-24 rather than the 2-6-25 in order to get GDM to work. [...]

Re: using apt-zip

2008-01-24 Thread Csányi Pál
Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:30:07 +0100 keltezéssel Paul Csanyi azt írta: Hello! I am using apt-zip to upgrade my old laptop from Etch testing (when I installed on tjis laptop Debian Etch, then Etch was in testing state) to Etch stable. I red the tutorial http://linuxbasics.org/tutorials/using

Re: using apt-zip

2008-01-24 Thread Csányi Pál
Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:46:02 + keltezéssel Csányi Pál azt írta: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:30:07 +0100 keltezéssel Paul Csanyi azt írta: Hello! I am using apt-zip to upgrade my old laptop from Etch testing (when I installed on tjis laptop Debian Etch, then Etch was in testing state) to Etch

Re: using apt-zip

2008-01-24 Thread Sven Joachim
Hello Paul, On 2008-01-23 23:30 +0100, Paul Csanyi wrote: I did the following steps: sudo aptitude update mount /media/usb0 apt-zip-list -m /media/usb0 -a dist-upgrade mount /media/usb0 try to run in the usb0/ ./fetch-script-wget-debian-asztal but get error message: bash:

Re: using apt-zip

2008-01-24 Thread Paul Csanyi
2008/1/24, Sven Joachim [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hello Paul, On 2008-01-23 23:30 +0100, Paul Csanyi wrote: I did the following steps: sudo aptitude update mount /media/usb0 apt-zip-list -m /media/usb0 -a dist-upgrade mount /media/usb0 try to run in the usb0/

Re: using apt-zip

2008-01-24 Thread Paul Csanyi
2008/1/24, Paul Csanyi [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 2008/1/24, Sven Joachim [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hello Paul, On 2008-01-23 23:30 +0100, Paul Csanyi wrote: I did the following steps: sudo aptitude update mount /media/usb0 apt-zip-list -m /media/usb0 -a dist-upgrade mount

using apt-zip

2008-01-23 Thread Paul Csanyi
Hello! I am using apt-zip to upgrade my old laptop from Etch testing (when I installed on tjis laptop Debian Etch, then Etch was in testing state) to Etch stable. I red the tutorial http://linuxbasics.org/tutorials/using/apt-zip and man apt-zip. I did the following steps: sudo aptitude update

Using apt-cacher with the Debian Installer

2008-01-08 Thread Carr, Chris
I've used apt-cacher for years, but I've never managed to get it working properly with the installation process. During install I select enter mirror information manually and I put in http://my.server:3142 as the server and ftp.uk.debian.org/debian as the directory. It doesn't work (for the

pkg download using apt-get - but the gcc didn't bring crt1.o

2007-09-03 Thread Chan Lee
Hi, After I did install Debian using DVD set from CheapBytes, I found that the gcc is not installed. Looking around what's the best way to install gcc, I found the 'apt' and did install the gcc using 'apt-get install gcc', which asked to mount the DVD1 and then the gcc installation

using apt to upgrade from etch r0 ro r1...

2007-08-18 Thread Michael Fothergill
Dear Debianists, My apt sources.list file is as follows: localhost:/home/mikef# more /etc/apt/sources.list # # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Etch_ - Official Snapshot amd64 Binary-1 (20061110)]/ etch contrib main deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 _Etch_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-3

Re: using apt to upgrade from etch r0 ro r1...

2007-08-18 Thread Krzysztof Lubański
On Sat, 2007-08-18 at 16:55 +, Michael Fothergill wrote: My apt sources.list file is as follows: [...] # Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify: # deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib # Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:

Re: using apt to upgrade from etch r0 ro r1...

2007-08-18 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sat, Aug 18, 2007 at 04:55:58PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: Dear Debianists, My apt sources.list file is as follows: localhost:/home/mikef# more /etc/apt/sources.list # [snip slew of CDs and DVDs] deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org etch main # Line commented out by

Using apt-zip -was Re: Upgrade on box not on Net

2007-07-07 Thread Felix Karpfen
On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 16:02:44 -0400, Celejar wrote: On Thu, 5 Jul 2007 20:25:09 +0100 John K Masters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it possible to upgrade a box not connected to the Internet? This is what the apt-zip package is for. 2 simple queries: 1. ZIP drives are a thing of the

Re: Using apt-zip -was Re: Upgrade on box not on Net

2007-07-07 Thread Celejar
? This is what the apt-zip package is for. 2 simple queries: 1. ZIP drives are a thing of the past. Presumably apt-zip works equally well with usb memory-sticks; and From the package description: Description: Update a non-networked computer using apt and removable media These scripts simplify

etch bugzilla installation error using apt

2007-05-30 Thread Siju George
Hi, I am getting the following error trying to install bugzilla on Etch. Could some one please help me trouble shoot this? Thankyou so much Kind Regards Siju == sambapdc:~# apt-get install bugzilla Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done

Re: How to Choose dependencies using apt-get/aptitude

2007-04-30 Thread Santanu Chatterjee
using apt-get, I tried to install mediawiki, and it got installed without installing apache at all. But the problem persisted on my original system. Later, I just removed (purged) lighttpd and reinstalled it. After that I could install mediawiki without apache getting installed in the process. I

Dis-upgrade using apt-get

2007-04-25 Thread ISHWAR RATTAN
I have a small debian-3.1r3 system. I want to upgrade it to debian-4.0r0. Is there a way to dist-upgrade for the installed software (including dependencies) only?, to keep the extra stuff out that #apt-get dist-upgrade wants to download and install. -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: Dis-upgrade using apt-get

2007-04-25 Thread Jeff D
On Wed, 25 Apr 2007, ISHWAR RATTAN wrote: I have a small debian-3.1r3 system. I want to upgrade it to debian-4.0r0. Is there a way to dist-upgrade for the installed software (including dependencies) only?, to keep the extra stuff out that #apt-get dist-upgrade wants to download and install.

Re: Dis-upgrade using apt-get

2007-04-25 Thread P Kapat
On 4/25/07, Jeff D [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 25 Apr 2007, ISHWAR RATTAN wrote: I have a small debian-3.1r3 system. I want to upgrade it to debian-4.0r0. Well, you are changing the distribution completely. So, it is always better to use a consistent way to do that, rather than end up

How to Choose dependencies using apt-get/aptitude

2007-04-20 Thread Santanu Chatterjee
Hi Everybody, I was trying to install mediawiki1.7 using aptitude. This package has 'apache | httpd' as one of its dependencies. I don't want to install apache. lighttpd seems to provide httpd. So I installed that. Now, when I tried to install mediawiki1.7, it still tries to install apache

Re: How to Choose dependencies using apt-get/aptitude

2007-04-20 Thread Olafur Jens Sigurdsson
Þann 2007-04-20, 19:40:40 (+0530) skrifaði Santanu Chatterjee: Hi Everybody, I was trying to install mediawiki1.7 using aptitude. This package has 'apache | httpd' as one of its dependencies. I don't want to install apache. lighttpd seems to provide httpd. So I installed that. Now, when

Re: How to Choose dependencies using apt-get/aptitude

2007-04-20 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 19:40:40 +0530, Santanu Chatterjee wrote: Hi Everybody, I was trying to install mediawiki1.7 using aptitude. This package has 'apache | httpd' as one of its dependencies. I don't want to install apache. lighttpd seems to provide httpd. So I installed that. Now, when

Re: How to Choose dependencies using apt-get/aptitude

2007-04-20 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 07:40:40PM +0530, Santanu Chatterjee wrote: Hi Everybody, I was trying to install mediawiki1.7 using aptitude. This package has 'apache | httpd' as one of its dependencies. I don't want to install apache. lighttpd seems to provide httpd. So I installed that. Now,

Re: still boots the old kernel after a kernel update using apt-get

2007-01-26 Thread Siju George
On 1/26/07, Andrei Popescu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 01:53:14 +0530 Siju George [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am able to install the new kernel with apt-get but it still boots the old kernel after reboot :-( Could some one please help trouble shoot this? Details below

Re: still boots the old kernel after a kernel update using apt-get

2007-01-25 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 01:53:14 +0530 Siju George [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am able to install the new kernel with apt-get but it still boots the old kernel after reboot :-( Could some one please help trouble shoot this? Details below andrewsrv2:~# uname -a Linux

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