Re: apt-get and two cds
On Thu, May 20, 1999 at 10:51:50PM -0500, Stephen Pitts wrote: > You need to use dselect and set the installation method to dpkg-multicd (need > to get this package) or use the astill-in-beta apt-cdrom package. Well, I did some more snooping on my CDs. On the first binary CD, the Packages file is plain text (human readable), and I can even read the output of "less Packages.gz." However, on my second CD, the Packages file is binary data (i.e. not human readable); also I tried "less Packages.gz" and that also gives me raw data. Is the Packages on the second Official binary CD supposed to be binary, or is my CD corrupt? It seems fishy that both my Packages and Packages.gz files would *both* be corrupted. Anyone have their Official binary discs handy to check up on this? Thanks, Matt -- Matt Garman, [EMAIL PROTECTED] "And though the window in the wall Come streaming in on sunlight wings A million bright ambassadors of morning." --Pink Floyd, "Echoes"
Re: apt-get and two cds
You need to use dselect and set the installation method to dpkg-multicd (need to get this package) or use the astill-in-beta apt-cdrom package. -- Stephen Pitts [EMAIL PROTECTED] webmaster - http://www.mschess.org
apt-get and two cds
I downloaded and burned my own "official" Debian Slink 2.1 cds. There are two "binary" cds. I downloaded these while at school while I had an ultra-fast connection so that I can use apt-get on the cdrom, rather over the much slower (and costly) modem. My question -- I have been successful installing packages that reside on the first CD, but this does not work for packages on the second CD. For example, the package "cnews" is stored on the second CD, but if I try to do a "apt-get install cnews," I get the following error: E: Package cnews has no installation candidate This is with cd 2 in the drive and mounted. So I figured that maybe I have to run "apt-get update" with the second CD in the drive and mounted (previously, I had ran "apt-get update" only on the first CD). But when I run apt-get update on the second disc, I get this error: E: Line 2 in package file /var/state/apt/lists/cdrom_debian_dists_slink_main_binary-i386_Packages has no :. E: Package file /var/state/apt/lists/cdrom_debian_dists_slink_main_binary-i386_Packages line 2 does not start a package Any ideas? Thanks, MG -- Matt Garman, [EMAIL PROTECTED] "And though the window in the wall Come streaming in on sunlight wings A million bright ambassadors of morning." --Pink Floyd, "Echoes"
