Re: dconfig for GNUbies
Resent-Date: 9 Nov 1998 18:34:40 - Resent-Cc: recipient list not shown: ; X-Envelope-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 13:33:28 -0500 (EST) From: Daniel R. Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Daniel R. Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Resent-Message-ID: Kudt1D.A._RF._WzR2@murphy Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org X-Mailing-List: debian-user@lists.debian.org archive/latest/24790 X-Loop: debian-user@lists.debian.org Precedence: list Resent-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi there, This is my first debian install. I am installing from the official debian CD set, version 1.3.1 (necessary for compatibility reasons). I have read the dselect man page, /usr/doc/debian/FAQ, the online debian installation guide (including the dselect first-time user's guide), the help pages inside dselect, and the list archives via the web. None of these have answered my questions regarding the following. Can somebody with a clue help me out? 1) I chose 'access method CD-ROM' and it properly found the 'main' and 'contrib' packages and binaries. Where do I find the 'local' packages? It says, this directory is named 'local/binary' on the distribution site. It does not seem to be available on the CD-ROM, and I couldn't find it traversing ftp.debian.org. Am I missing packages without it, and what is a standard place to find it? 2) I've installed the distribution; everything seems to work. Now I've tried updating my system from libc5 to libc6 in order to install mSQL. So far, dselect has required that I un-install libc5 in order to install libc6. Which it won't let happen because it would break a number of packages. Now what should I do? Can I install both? How? 3) I found an updated version of gpm, and tried downloading it from a debian distribution site. I like how lynx automatically started up dselect (or dpkg?) when it recognized the package. That was neat. But when I told it to try and install the package, it also wanted libc6. Leaving a broken copy of gpm. So I uninstalled gpm. Now I have NO gpm and no clear way to re-install the old version. In dselect, can I 'downgrade' to the old version on the CD? Thanks for your help. -Daniel -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null Well if you have debian working I suggest you mount all of the debian CD-disks. mount -r -t iso9660 /dev/hdc /mnt (hdc or wherevere your cd-rom is at) then cd /mnt then find . -name .* /name-of-the-debian-cd-rom.list (this will write out all the files (with their paths) out to the filename you called it in the root) Do this with all the debian cd-roms -- you should wind up with a number of debian.list files in your root. Then cd / then find / -name the-thing-you-are-looking-for -print | less you should be able to locate anything on your cd-roms easily that way. Works for me. also study dpkg --help carefully :it can help you locate what .deb package has the file you are looking for. joeh
Re: dconfig for GNUbies
Hello Daniel: Joseph Hartmann wrote: 1) I chose 'access method CD-ROM' and it properly found the 'main' and 'contrib' packages and binaries. Where do I find the 'local' packages? It says, this directory is named 'local/binary' on the distribution site. It does not seem to be available on the CD-ROM, and I couldn't find it traversing ftp.debian.org. Am I missing packages without it, and what is a standard place to find it? The local directory is used for those who wish to create their own packages. You simply have to answer none. When you start packaging you own software you can use the local directory to place you packages into. 2) I've installed the distribution; everything seems to work. Now I've tried updating my system from libc5 to libc6 in order to install mSQL. So far, dselect has required that I un-install libc5 in order to install libc6. Which it won't let happen because it would break a number of packages. Now what should I do? Can I install both? How? You have to run the autoup program or apt. These programs automatically remove the libc5s and installs the libc6 components. You can get it from the Debian site. Read the documentation and follow the instructions exactly. 3) I found an updated version of gpm, and tried downloading it from a debian distribution site. I like how lynx automatically started up dselect (or dpkg?) when it recognized the package. That was neat. But when I told it to try and install the package, it also wanted libc6. Leaving a broken copy of gpm. So I uninstalled gpm. Now I have NO gpm and no clear way to re-install the old version. In dselect, can I 'downgrade' to the old version on the CD? Try going to libc6. The problem should go away. Peter begin:vcard n:Iannarelli;Peter tel;fax:1+416-929-1056 tel;work:1+416-929-1885 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:http://www.genxl.com org:GenX Internte Labs;Operations adr:;;20 Madison Ave.;Toronto;ON;M5R 2S1;CA version:2.1 email;internet:Peter.Iannarelli title:Engineer x-mozilla-cpt:;0 fn:Peter Iannarelli end:vcard
dconfig for GNUbies
Hi there, This is my first debian install. I am installing from the official debian CD set, version 1.3.1 (necessary for compatibility reasons). I have read the dselect man page, /usr/doc/debian/FAQ, the online debian installation guide (including the dselect first-time user's guide), the help pages inside dselect, and the list archives via the web. None of these have answered my questions regarding the following. Can somebody with a clue help me out? 1) I chose 'access method CD-ROM' and it properly found the 'main' and 'contrib' packages and binaries. Where do I find the 'local' packages? It says, this directory is named 'local/binary' on the distribution site. It does not seem to be available on the CD-ROM, and I couldn't find it traversing ftp.debian.org. Am I missing packages without it, and what is a standard place to find it? 2) I've installed the distribution; everything seems to work. Now I've tried updating my system from libc5 to libc6 in order to install mSQL. So far, dselect has required that I un-install libc5 in order to install libc6. Which it won't let happen because it would break a number of packages. Now what should I do? Can I install both? How? 3) I found an updated version of gpm, and tried downloading it from a debian distribution site. I like how lynx automatically started up dselect (or dpkg?) when it recognized the package. That was neat. But when I told it to try and install the package, it also wanted libc6. Leaving a broken copy of gpm. So I uninstalled gpm. Now I have NO gpm and no clear way to re-install the old version. In dselect, can I 'downgrade' to the old version on the CD? Thanks for your help. -Daniel
