Re: Help installing debian "Other" packages

1996-11-18 Thread Wayne Richardson
Hi all, I have found out that I am having a problem downloading the file from the ftp site (sunsite.unc.edu/pub/linux/distributions/debian/buzz/msdos-i386), but I don't know how to fix it. If I click on the file (using Netscape Navigator), I get the binary garbage written out to my screen. If I

Re: Help installing debian "Other" packages

1996-11-17 Thread Paul Christenson
On Fri, 15 Nov 1996, Wayne Richardson wrote: > I can download these packages from the internet from my windows '95 > machine and then transfer them to the Linux system using a diskette. > When I try to run dpkg on these files I get errors. Are you *certain* that you are transferring them in BI

Help installing debian "Other" packages

1996-11-15 Thread Wayne Richardson
Hi all, I have installed the Debian linux system on my system but am now having problems installing "other" packages. I can download these packages from the internet from my windows '95 machine and then transfer them to the Linux system using a diskette. When I try to run dpkg on these files I