Re: Installing a Lenny package to an Etch machine

2008-04-01 Thread andy
Chris Walters wrote: snip Just wondering if you've tried the Debian Backports site for the packages you need? If they are there, they should install with no problems. If not, my best suggestion would be to grab the source, and compile it yourself, then make a .deb out of it and use the

Re: Installing a Lenny package to an Etch machine

2008-04-01 Thread Brian Potkin
On Tue 01 Apr 2008 at 07:07:49 +0100, andy wrote: OK - I'll give the backports site a shot first, and then if no dice I'll compile from source. I'd suggest a look at pbuilder and this page: http://people.connexer.com/~roberto/howtos/debcustomize I've used it successfully to backport

Re: Installing a Lenny package to an Etch machine

2008-04-01 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:02:07 -0400 Paul Cartwright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon March 31 2008, Andrei Popescu wrote: First I would try to install it with 'dpkg -i'. Another option would be to set 'APT::Default-Release stable;' in /etc/apt/apt.conf, add a source for lenny and try to

Installing a Lenny package to an Etch machine

2008-03-31 Thread andy
Greetings I am wanting to install Homebank on an Etch machine. Trouble is, it looks like it is only available for testing/Lenny and Sid. http://homebank.free.fr/index.php?id=20 http://packages.qa.debian.org/h/homebank.html Is it best to simply give this a miss, or to download a tar ball and

Re: Installing a Lenny package to an Etch machine

2008-03-31 Thread Glenn Becker
I am wanting to install Homebank on an Etch machine. Trouble is, it looks like it is only available for testing/Lenny and Sid. I wish I had my copy next to me, but I know Martin Krafft's excellent book _The Debian System_ has some good material on how to safely mix and match like this. One

Re: Installing a Lenny package to an Etch machine

2008-03-31 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 08:15:51PM +0100, andy wrote: Greetings I am wanting to install Homebank on an Etch machine. Trouble is, it looks like it is only available for testing/Lenny and Sid. http://homebank.free.fr/index.php?id=20 http://packages.qa.debian.org/h/homebank.html Is it best

Re: Installing a Lenny package to an Etch machine

2008-03-31 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2008-03-31 21:15 +0200, andy wrote: I am wanting to install Homebank on an Etch machine. Trouble is, it looks like it is only available for testing/Lenny and Sid. http://homebank.free.fr/index.php?id=20 http://packages.qa.debian.org/h/homebank.html Is it best to simply give this a miss,

Re: Installing a Lenny package to an Etch machine

2008-03-31 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2008-03-31 23:28 +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: On 2008-03-31 21:15 +0200, andy wrote: I am wanting to install Homebank on an Etch machine. Trouble is, it looks like it is only available for testing/Lenny and Sid. http://homebank.free.fr/index.php?id=20

Re: Installing a Lenny package to an Etch machine

2008-03-31 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Glenn Becker [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008.03.31.2259 +0200]: I am wanting to install Homebank on an Etch machine. Trouble is, it looks like it is only available for testing/Lenny and Sid. I wish I had my copy next to me, but I know Martin Krafft's excellent book _The Debian System_

Re: Installing a Lenny package to an Etch machine

2008-03-31 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Mon March 31 2008, Andrei Popescu wrote: First I would try to install it with 'dpkg -i'. Another option would be to set 'APT::Default-Release stable;' in /etc/apt/apt.conf, add a source for lenny and try to install with 'aptitude install -t lenny homebank'. If this doesn't pull in too many

Re: Installing a Lenny package to an Etch machine

2008-03-31 Thread andy
Paul Cartwright wrote: On Mon March 31 2008, Andrei Popescu wrote: First I would try to install it with 'dpkg -i'. Another option would be to set 'APT::Default-Release stable;' in /etc/apt/apt.conf, add a source for lenny and try to install with 'aptitude install -t lenny homebank'. If this

Re: Installing a Lenny package to an Etch machine

2008-03-31 Thread Chris Walters
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 andy wrote: | Paul Cartwright wrote: | On Mon March 31 2008, Andrei Popescu wrote: snip | This sounded like a pretty straight forward response. | | Once I downloaded the packages and went to install, this is what I got: | | ~$ sudo dpkg -i