Laura Conrad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > So what's the dpkg/apt for "Tell me what package this file that seems > to be missing is in?" The solution I found was the package search on > the debian site.
Most convenient is grep Contents-<arch>.gz; however, if apt fails to install a dependency, a visit to bugs.debian.org is much appreciated. > I really think they aren't getting as much testing as the > redhat/Mandrake stuff gets. I think that's what I said: no much testing if any at all; except for a stable release. You may expect a flawless upgrade from one stable to the next. > But the so-called experimental stuff is quite old compared the the > Mandrake so-called stable stuff. Which is a problem for me, since > some of what I do wants to have fairly up-to-date kernels. Huh? Debian unstable is rather bleeding edge, in most cases. It has kernel-image-2.4.18, lilypond-1.4.10, pktrace-0.6.10. > Most of what I find with Debian packages also has RPMs. Yes, you're probably right; otherwise noone would stick to Red Hat (would they)? Anyway, I was having very hard times finding suitable [S]RPMs for powerpc; that made me try Debian again. > I was thinking of switching partly for the political reasons, Oh, yes; that too. But the horrors of dselect kept me away for years. > But Debian really seems hard to work with. And if Debian can't keep > X working, do they really do better with tetex and ghostscript? Well, they're the only one to have lilypond integrated with tetex, instead of having to rely on the ugly /etc/profile.d kludge. But what you say is one of the biggest problems of Debian, imo: the quality of a package is mostly dependent on the maintainer; which means that package quality may vary a lot. Jan. -- Jan Nieuwenhuizen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | GNU LilyPond - The music typesetter http://www.xs4all.nl/~jantien | http://www.lilypond.org _______________________________________________ Lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
