RE: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?
Hi and thanks for your help, The machine that i want to install the packages onto does not have an internet connection, my internet is 56k modem dialup through aol/compuserve -nothing against them, its free for a year!- but i prolly wouldnt want to d/l anything of any real size that way, you know like over a meg or two. mw -Original Message- From: Stefan Janecek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 4:44 PM To: Debian-User (E-mail) Subject: Re: How do I add CD's to dselect package list? On Sat, 2002-11-23 at 07:21, Michelle Konzack wrote: Hi, Am 09:17 2002-11-20 -0500 hat Wathen, Metherion geschrieben: Hi all, I need to know how to add CD's with programs and dependencies I downloaded from Debian.org to the list searched by dselect. What about deselect - Access method - CDROM No. Nowadays, you should really use APT. (and, as far as i can remember, dselect's cdrom method does not maintain a cache of what's on your CDs) mw: do you have internet connection on the machine you want to install the packages to? if yes: no need to download them to CD first - use 'apt-get install' instead. cheers, Stefan. Thanks in advance, mw. Michelle -- Did you know that if you play a Windows 2000 cd backwards, you will hear the voice of Satan? That's nothing! If you play it forward, it'll install Windows 2000. __ Stefan Janecek Institute of Semiconductor Solid State Physics Universtity of Linz/Austria -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?
Hi, well, i have real fast internet connection from work, so its easier to download there than at home. what i really need to do is get a laptop and install debian on it and then tie into the connection at work and ... (maybe one day) thanks for your help i going to make sure i have alien installed, that is one cool proggy! mw -Original Message- From: Levi Waldron [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 4:38 PM To: Wathen, Metherion Cc: Debian-User (E-mail) Subject: Re: How do I add CD's to dselect package list? Just curious, why did you make up a CD of .debs and other programs, as opposing to installing directly from a debian online source using apt (ie, apt-get install package-name? If you don't know what I'm talking about, fess up and we'll point you in the right direction. The easiest way to install debs directly from your cd would be: mount /cdrom dpkg -i /cdrom/packagename.deb For non-deb files, alien /cdrom/packagename.tar.gz will convert it to a deb to be installed as above. On November 26, 2002 02:53 pm, Wathen, Metherion wrote: Thanks, What kind of info goes into a Packages.gz file (hate to be such a newbie but I'm transferring from the windows world). I looked at 'man apt-cdrom' and got really confused so any help you can offer is appreciated. thanks, mw. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?
On November 27, 2002 09:02 am, Wathen, Metherion wrote: Hi, well, i have real fast internet connection from work, so its easier to download there than at home. what i really need to do is get a laptop and install debian on it and then tie into the connection at work and ... (maybe one day) thanks for your help i going to make sure i have alien installed, that is one cool proggy! mw You could download some Debian installation discs from work, then have all the packages and dependencies and be able to add each entire disc in one fell swoop with apt-cdrom add Check the jigdo program from debian.org for the downloading. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?
hey thanks that's a good idea, im planning on upgrading soon anyway, other than the install discs (7 for woody), you say that the other software is available as a downloadable iso or something? thanks, mw. -Original Message- From: Levi Waldron [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 9:25 AM To: Wathen, Metherion Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: How do I add CD's to dselect package list? On November 27, 2002 09:02 am, Wathen, Metherion wrote: Hi, well, i have real fast internet connection from work, so its easier to download there than at home. what i really need to do is get a laptop and install debian on it and then tie into the connection at work and ... (maybe one day) thanks for your help i going to make sure i have alien installed, that is one cool proggy! mw You could download some Debian installation discs from work, then have all the packages and dependencies and be able to add each entire disc in one fell swoop with apt-cdrom add Check the jigdo program from debian.org for the downloading. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?
Hello, Am 14:53 2002-11-26 -0500 hat Wathen, Metherion geschrieben: Thanks, What kind of info goes into a Packages.gz file (hate to be such a newbie but I'm transferring from the windows world). I looked at 'man apt-cdrom' and got really confused so any help you can offer is appreciated. You need dpkg-scanpackages (already installes with the Base). Please read the manpage for the exactly Syntax. thanks, mw. Michelle -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?
i did some digging around the debian site and found what youre talking about - jidgo. i'll give it a shot after the holiday, however i'd like to know what is a .raw file and what do you do with it after downloading it? --how do you make it into a cd, is my question? thanks in advance, Happy holidays everyone, mw. -Original Message- From: Levi Waldron [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 3:17 PM To: Wathen, Metherion Subject: Re: How do I add CD's to dselect package list? On November 27, 2002 09:32 am, Wathen, Metherion wrote: hey thanks that's a good idea, im planning on upgrading soon anyway, other than the install discs (7 for woody), you say that the other software is available as a downloadable iso or something? No jigdo iso, just download the program directly - it's small. It's ported to linux and windows. Check the download section of debian.org. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?
On November 27, 2002 09:32 am, Wathen, Metherion wrote: hey thanks that's a good idea, im planning on upgrading soon anyway, other than the install discs (7 for woody), you say that the other software is available as a downloadable iso or something? No jigdo iso, just download the program directly - it's small. It's ported to linux and windows. Check the download section of debian.org. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?
This one time, at band camp, Wathen, Metherion said: i did some digging around the debian site and found what youre talking about - jidgo. i'll give it a shot after the holiday, however i'd like to know what is a .raw file and what do you do with it after downloading it? --how do you make it into a cd, is my question? thanks in advance, Happy holidays everyone, mw. Rename it to .iso - they're the same thing. -- -- | Stephen Gran | Why does a hearse horse snicker,| | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | hauling a lawyer away? -- Carl| | http://www.lobefin.net/~steve | Sandburg| -- msg15772/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?
Hi, Am 09:17 2002-11-20 -0500 hat Wathen, Metherion geschrieben: Hi all, I need to know how to add CD's with programs and dependencies I downloaded from Debian.org to the list searched by dselect. What about deselect - Access method - CDROM Thanks in advance, mw. Michelle -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?
Thanks, What kind of info goes into a Packages.gz file (hate to be such a newbie but I'm transferring from the windows world). I looked at 'man apt-cdrom' and got really confused so any help you can offer is appreciated. thanks, mw. -Original Message- From: Michelle Konzack [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2002 1:25 AM To: Wathen, Metherion Cc: Debian-User (E-mail) Subject: RE: How do I add CD's to dselect package list? Hi again, Am 10:11 2002-11-20 -0500 hat Wathen, Metherion geschrieben: Thanks, The CD's prolly are not in the correct directory structure - where do I go to find out about the correct structure? These are CD's I just burned myself with .debs, tarballs, and such. 1) Make a Packages(.gz) file and put it onto the cdrom... 2) mount the CD-Rom 3) Run dselect 4) Access method - mounted ... Thanks again, mw. Michelle -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?
On Sat, 2002-11-23 at 07:21, Michelle Konzack wrote: Hi, Am 09:17 2002-11-20 -0500 hat Wathen, Metherion geschrieben: Hi all, I need to know how to add CD's with programs and dependencies I downloaded from Debian.org to the list searched by dselect. What about deselect - Access method - CDROM No. Nowadays, you should really use APT. (and, as far as i can remember, dselect's cdrom method does not maintain a cache of what's on your CDs) mw: do you have internet connection on the machine you want to install the packages to? if yes: no need to download them to CD first - use 'apt-get install' instead. cheers, Stefan. Thanks in advance, mw. Michelle -- Did you know that if you play a Windows 2000 cd backwards, you will hear the voice of Satan? That's nothing! If you play it forward, it'll install Windows 2000. __ Stefan Janecek Institute of Semiconductor Solid State Physics Universtity of Linz/Austria signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 10:11:42AM -0500, Wathen, Metherion wrote: Thanks, The CD's prolly are not in the correct directory structure - where do I go to find out about the correct structure? These are CD's I just burned myself with .debs, tarballs, and such. Ah. You can't just tell apt to use any old pile of debs, they need to be in a particular directory structure with certain special files. Copy the debs somewhere, then run apt-ftparchive on them to generate the Packages files that you need, or use debian-cd to build a bunch of Debian cds from a huge pile of .debs. -rob msg14369/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?
On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 08:55:02PM +1100, Rob Weir wrote: On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 10:11:42AM -0500, Wathen, Metherion wrote: Thanks, The CD's prolly are not in the correct directory structure - where do I go to find out about the correct structure? These are CD's I just burned myself with .debs, tarballs, and such. Ah. You can't just tell apt to use any old pile of debs, they need to be in a particular directory structure with certain special files. They don't really need to be in a particular directory structure; that's just convention. As long as you have the certain special files (i.e. Packages.gz, and Sources.gz if necessary), then the Filename: fields in those .debs will sort it out. -- Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?
Thanks, The CD's prolly are not in the correct directory structure - where do I go to find out about the correct structure? These are CD's I just burned myself with .debs, tarballs, and such. Thanks again, mw. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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uuups. forgot to CC the list ... -Forwarded Message- From: Stefan Janecek [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Wathen, Metherion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: How do I add CD's to dselect package list? Date: 20 Nov 2002 16:01:47 +0100 On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 15:17, Wathen, Metherion wrote: Hi all, I need to know how to add CD's with programs and dependencies I downloaded from Debian.org to the list searched by dselect. If your CD is a Debian archive (i.e. correct directory structure, Packages.gz files and the like) just do 'apt-cdrom add'. (I suppose you use the apt access method in dselect, which you really should use...) HTH, Stefan. Thanks in advance, mw. -- Did you know that if you play a Windows 2000 cd backwards, you will hear the voice of Satan? That's nothing! If you play it forward, it'll install Windows 2000. __ Stefan Janecek Institute of Semiconductor Solid State Physics Universtity of Linz/Austria signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?
Hi, Am Mittwoch, 20. November 2002 15:17 schrieb Wathen, Metherion: Hi all, I need to know how to add CD's with programs and dependencies I downloaded from Debian.org to the list searched by dselect. man apt-cdrom Thanks in advance, mw. Torsten -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?
I believe the instructions are here: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-basico.en.html#s-cdrom Peter Wathen, Metherion wrote: Hi all, I need to know how to add CD's with programs and dependencies I downloaded from Debian.org to the list searched by dselect. Thanks in advance, mw. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?
man apt-cdrom On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 09:17:37AM -0500, Wathen, Metherion wrote: Hi all, I need to know how to add CD's with programs and dependencies I downloaded from Debian.org to the list searched by dselect. Thanks in advance, mw. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
