Andreas - Will give download and install a try. Since package is scripts will most likely just work.
Ian Ian Wallace 303-681-5732 > On Jun 25, 2014, at 11:28 PM, Andreas Tille <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Ian, > >> On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 10:21:13PM -0700, Ian Wallace wrote: >> Andreas - No valid reason to be using Ubuntu, just shear laziness that >> the laptop came with it installed. I find it easiest if I am trying >> to solve a problem quickly to just download a release and install in a >> virtual machine. With the newer laptops (usually about 8 gb of ram >> and 4 core processor) I really don't see much in terms of performance >> difference if running in parallel. > > That's perfectly fine. I was not aware that my way to just write down > what popped up into my mind would trigger something like an excuse - > there is no point for any excuses. :-) > >> Will test in Debian and let you know. Devscripts 2.14.2 not on the >> Ubuntu repos and I could rebuild from source but I am lazy right now >> (work and home life are taking up enough time). > > I could imagine that simply downloading the Debian *.deb and installing > it via `sudo dpkg -i ...` could work even on your Ubuntu system (but I > might be wrong for the said reason that I never worked on Ubuntu). This > would IMHO be the fastest method competing with a virtual machine even > on a fast hardware it takes time for maintenance. > > Kind regards > > Andreas. > > -- > http://fam-tille.de > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] > Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
