Re: .deb packages from outside debian/dists/ ?
On Sun, Feb 10, 2002 at 12:04:01AM -0500, Ben Collins wrote: On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 08:31:50PM -0800, Paul E Condon wrote: I want to install some software that I downloaded as a .deb file, but it did not come from a Debian mirror. Instead it came from a ftp download from a developer's web site. The only way I have ever used dselect, dpkg, or apt-get have been to get stuff from a Debian mirror and then unpack and install it. This happened all automatically. Now I have a file in my home directory. Where do I put it? What commands and options do I use? dpkg -i blah.deb [...] If you decided to uninstall 'blah.deb', wouldn't you run into trouble? One may create a 'Packages' file for some extra deb-package: localhost:~# cd /usr/local localhost:/usr/local# mkdir debs localhost:/usr/local# cd debs localhost:/usr/local/debs# mkdir package_name localhost:/usr/local/debs# cp path/to/debfile package_name localhost:/usr/local/debs# dpkg-scanpackages package_name\ some_empty_override_file\ debs/ Packages Additional entry in /etc/apt/sources.list: deb file:/usr/local debs/ This way installing or uninstalling may be more properly achieved. At least I have been doing it this way, and it has been working fine. Any comments? Kind regards, Andreas.
Re: .deb packages from outside debian/dists/ ?
begin Andreas Hetzmannseder quotation: dpkg -i blah.deb [...] If you decided to uninstall 'blah.deb', wouldn't you run into trouble? One may create a 'Packages' file for some extra deb-package: localhost:~# cd /usr/local localhost:/usr/local# mkdir debs localhost:/usr/local# cd debs localhost:/usr/local/debs# mkdir package_name localhost:/usr/local/debs# cp path/to/debfile package_name localhost:/usr/local/debs# dpkg-scanpackages package_name\ some_empty_override_file\ debs/ Packages Additional entry in /etc/apt/sources.list: deb file:/usr/local debs/ This way installing or uninstalling may be more properly achieved. At least I have been doing it this way, and it has been working fine. Any comments? Just one: it's completely unnecessary. dpkg can uninstall any currently-installed package. It has no need, and probably completely ignores, the original .deb file. Craig pgp2jDwLxi7fz.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: .deb packages from outside debian/dists/ ?
Andreas Hetzmannseder [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sun, Feb 10, 2002 at 12:04:01AM -0500, Ben Collins wrote: dpkg -i blah.deb [...] If you decided to uninstall 'blah.deb', wouldn't you run into trouble? Of what sort? dpkg doesn't need the package file to uninstall an installed package. One may create a 'Packages' file for some extra deb-package: ... Additional entry in /etc/apt/sources.list: The only thing this gains you is having your packages not be advertised as obsolete or locally installed in dselect or aptitude. It also might be a win if you're sharing custom packages between several machines using a local Web server or a shared filesystem. -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/ Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal. -- Abra Mitchell
Re: .deb packages from outside debian/dists/ ?
On Tue, Feb 12, 2002 at 09:32:38AM -0800, Craig Dickson wrote: begin Andreas Hetzmannseder quotation: dpkg -i blah.deb [...] If you decided to uninstall 'blah.deb', wouldn't you run into trouble? One may create a 'Packages' file for some extra deb-package: localhost:~# cd /usr/local localhost:/usr/local# mkdir debs localhost:/usr/local# cd debs localhost:/usr/local/debs# mkdir package_name localhost:/usr/local/debs# cp path/to/debfile package_name localhost:/usr/local/debs# dpkg-scanpackages package_name\ some_empty_override_file\ debs/ Packages Additional entry in /etc/apt/sources.list: deb file:/usr/local debs/ This way installing or uninstalling may be more properly achieved. At least I have been doing it this way, and it has been working fine. Any comments? Just one: it's completely unnecessary. dpkg can uninstall any currently-installed package. It has no need, and probably completely ignores, the original .deb file. [...] Thanks, Craig, I will try out dpkg -i right now... Andreas.
Re: .deb packages from outside debian/dists/ ?
On Tue, Feb 12, 2002 at 01:39:23PM -0500, David Z Maze wrote: Andreas Hetzmannseder [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sun, Feb 10, 2002 at 12:04:01AM -0500, Ben Collins wrote: dpkg -i blah.deb [...] If you decided to uninstall 'blah.deb', wouldn't you run into trouble? Of what sort? dpkg doesn't need the package file to uninstall an installed package. One may create a 'Packages' file for some extra deb-package: ... Additional entry in /etc/apt/sources.list: The only thing this gains you is having your packages not be advertised as obsolete or locally installed in dselect or aptitude. It also might be a win if you're sharing custom packages between several machines using a local Web server or a shared filesystem. [...] Thanks for your suggestions, Mr. Maze. I just tried out installing an extra deb-package called phoenix via dpkg -i ...much simpler anyway :) Interestingly I found no difference in dselect's hanling: It is listed under 'Up-to-date Extra packages in section alien' as it was before. I have no experience with aptitude yet. Removing/purging the package again was no problem at all. I tend to use dselect all the time. Kind regards, Andreas.
.deb packages from outside debian/dists/ ?
I want to install some software that I downloaded as a .deb file, but it did not come from a Debian mirror. Instead it came from a ftp download from a developer's web site. The only way I have ever used dselect, dpkg, or apt-get have been to get stuff from a Debian mirror and then unpack and install it. This happened all automatically. Now I have a file in my home directory. Where do I put it? What commands and options do I use? And most important - where are the answers to these questions in the documentation? Thanks. -- Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: .deb packages from outside debian/dists/ ?
begin Paul E Condon quotation: I want to install some software that I downloaded as a .deb file, but it did not come from a Debian mirror. Instead it came from a ftp download from a developer's web site. The only way I have ever used dselect, dpkg, or apt-get have been to get stuff from a Debian mirror and then unpack and install it. This happened all automatically. Now I have a file in my home directory. Where do I put it? What commands and options do I use? And most important - where are the answers to these questions in the documentation? man dpkg However, the answer to your other questions are that it doesn't matter where you put the .deb file. You just make yourself root and run dpkg -i file.deb substituting the name of the .deb for file.deb. Craig pgppUZ7wMOXBF.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: .deb packages from outside debian/dists/ ?
On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 08:31:50PM -0800, Paul E Condon wrote: I want to install some software that I downloaded as a .deb file, but it did not come from a Debian mirror. Instead it came from a ftp download from a developer's web site. The only way I have ever used dselect, dpkg, or apt-get have been to get stuff from a Debian mirror and then unpack and install it. This happened all automatically. Now I have a file in my home directory. Where do I put it? What commands and options do I use? dpkg -i blah.deb And most important - where are the answers to these questions in the documentation? dpkg --help man dpkg man deb Ben -- .--===-=-==-=---==-=-. / Ben Collins--Debian GNU/Linux--WatchGuard.com \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=--===-=-=-=-===-==---=--=---'
