On Fri, Oct 12, 2001 at 07:14:16PM +0100, Stephen Day wrote: > > Hello all, I'm new on this list. > > I've been using RedHat and HP-UX for quite some time but am totally new to > debian. > > I was wondering if anyone can give me some pointers on getting dselect to > download hppa deb packages. It seems to be downloading x86 packages that > don't work on my little 712 workstation. > I mostly just say (as root):
apt-get install <name-of-package> for example: apt-get install lsof or, to try and get new packages of everything you've installed: apt-get update; apt-get upgrade > Is there a site I should point it at or do I have to download everything as > source and generally do it the hard way? > You could check /etc/apt/sources.list, mine looks like this: ================================================================= #deb file:/instmnt/debian sid main deb cdrom:[Debian HPPA ISO 0.9.2]/ unstable main deb http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non-free ================================================================= but as you can see, nothing specifies hppa-architecure there, so if you really get x86 packages, something else is wrong. Good luck, Jurriaan -- 19.19: What do ``Segmentation violation'' and ``Bus error'' mean? A: C programs are very territorial, and divide their code into segments. Violating these segments can trigger riots; similarly, pointers and integral constants are at the front of the bus, wheras arrays, strings, and other second-class data types are required to be at the rear of the bus. When they start forgetting their places, you can get a bus error. This is what the whole ``integral'' type thing is about - integrated bussing. Peter Seebach - C infrequently asked questions (c) 1995,1996,1997 GNU/Linux 2.4.10-ac12 SMP/ReiserFS 2x1402 bogomips load av: 0.01 0.04 0.00
