Re: Obtaining/compiling/installing python3.7

2019-04-26 Thread Kushal Kumaran
Richard Owlett writes: > I wish to try some beta software which assumes python3.7 is > installed. I have Debian 9.8 installed on a machine dedicated to this > exercise. I did a web search and got a half dozen on topic hits. There > were enough differences that I wasn't sure if I was missing

Re: Obtaining/compiling/installing python3.7

2019-04-26 Thread deloptes
was missing something important. The > last time I compiled something was on a PDP 11/45 in approximately 1975. > > Suggestions? > TIA Try the pip python repositories https://docs.python.org/3/installing/index.html#install-pip-in-versions-of-python-prior-to-python-3-4 I recall I used i

Re: Obtaining/compiling/installing python3.7

2019-04-26 Thread Cindy Sue Causey
On 4/26/19, Joe wrote: > On Fri, 26 Apr 2019 12:42:04 -0500 > Richard Owlett wrote: > >> I wish to try some beta software which assumes python3.7 is >> installed. I have Debian 9.8 installed on a machine dedicated to this >> exercise. I did a web search and got a half dozen on topic hits. >>

Re: Obtaining/compiling/installing python3.7

2019-04-26 Thread Darac Marjal
On 26/04/2019 18:42, Richard Owlett wrote: > I wish to try some beta software which assumes python3.7 is installed. > I have Debian 9.8 installed on a machine dedicated to this exercise. I > did a web search and got a half dozen on topic hits. There were enough > differences that I wasn't sure

Re: Obtaining/compiling/installing python3.7

2019-04-26 Thread Joe
On Fri, 26 Apr 2019 12:42:04 -0500 Richard Owlett wrote: > I wish to try some beta software which assumes python3.7 is > installed. I have Debian 9.8 installed on a machine dedicated to this > exercise. I did a web search and got a half dozen on topic hits. > There were enough differences that I

Re: Obtaining/compiling/installing python3.7

2019-04-26 Thread Brian
On Fri 26 Apr 2019 at 12:42:04 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > I wish to try some beta software Very informative. > which assumes python3.7 is installed. I > have Debian 9.8 installed on a machine dedicated to this exercise. I did a > web search For what? >

Obtaining/compiling/installing python3.7

2019-04-26 Thread Richard Owlett
I wish to try some beta software which assumes python3.7 is installed. I have Debian 9.8 installed on a machine dedicated to this exercise. I did a web search and got a half dozen on topic hits. There were enough differences that I wasn't sure if I was missing something important. The last

Re: Installing Debian root on ZFS mirror NetBoot

2019-04-01 Thread Reco
Hi. On Mon, Apr 01, 2019 at 01:21:36PM +0300, Mimiko wrote: > On 01.04.2019 09:40, Matthew Crews wrote: > > On 3/31/19 11:20 PM, Mimiko wrote: > > > On 01.04.2019 05:51, Matthew Crews wrote: > > > > Step-by-step instructions are found here: > > > > > > > >

Re: Installing Debian root on ZFS mirror NetBoot

2019-04-01 Thread Mimiko
On 01.04.2019 09:40, Matthew Crews wrote: On 3/31/19 11:20 PM, Mimiko wrote: On 01.04.2019 05:51, Matthew Crews wrote: Step-by-step instructions are found here: https://github.com/zfsonlinux/zfs/wiki/Debian-Stretch-Root-on-ZFS Hello. I read this guide, but this implies to have a separate MD

Re: Installing Debian root on ZFS mirror NetBoot

2019-04-01 Thread Matthew Crews
On 3/31/19 11:20 PM, Mimiko wrote: > On 01.04.2019 05:51, Matthew Crews wrote: >> Step-by-step instructions are found here: >> >> https://github.com/zfsonlinux/zfs/wiki/Debian-Stretch-Root-on-ZFS > > Hello. > > I read this guide, but this implies to have a separate MD raid on disk. > It is not

Re: Installing Debian root on ZFS mirror NetBoot

2019-04-01 Thread Mimiko
On 01.04.2019 05:51, Matthew Crews wrote: Step-by-step instructions are found here: https://github.com/zfsonlinux/zfs/wiki/Debian-Stretch-Root-on-ZFS Hello. I read this guide, but this implies to have a separate MD raid on disk. It is not fully /boot on ZFS.

Re: Installing Debian root on ZFS mirror NetBoot

2019-03-31 Thread Matthew Crews
On 3/31/19 3:12 PM, David Christensen wrote: > On 3/31/19 12:45 AM, Mimiko wrote: >> Hello. >> >> I know that ZFS is not well supported as MD raids. All I've found on >> internet on installing Debian on ZFS is using a live disk. >> >> My goal is to boot from

Re: Installing Debian root on ZFS mirror NetBoot

2019-03-31 Thread David Christensen
On 3/31/19 12:45 AM, Mimiko wrote: Hello. I know that ZFS is not well supported as MD raids. All I've found on internet on installing Debian on ZFS is using a live disk. My goal is to boot from network and install Debian root on ZFS raid mirror. I can do this using MD raid. I am searching

Installing Debian root on ZFS mirror NetBoot

2019-03-31 Thread Mimiko
Hello. I know that ZFS is not well supported as MD raids. All I've found on internet on installing Debian on ZFS is using a live disk. My goal is to boot from network and install Debian root on ZFS raid mirror. I can do this using MD raid. I am searching for suggestions of how to enable ZFS

(non-free issue) Re: Installing Debian on SSD

2019-03-12 Thread deb
I have installed Stretch on an SSD, with uefi, without any trouble. Me, as well (9.8). Here's one thing to watch out for. Unlike Ubuntu, MInt, etc, debian will not install non-free drivers by default. In the virtualbox scenario you had before, VB does an excellent of emulating the

Re: Installing Debian on SSD

2019-03-12 Thread Stephen P. Molnar
On 03/12/2019 05:44 AM, Joe wrote: On Tue, 12 Mar 2019 08:20:31 +0330 "Iman P." wrote: Dear Sir/Madam First thanks for your time. I have an Acer laptop (Aspire E1, x64, amd i7, ram 16, vga 2). My base tasks are using virtual machines. I use dual boot for Win10 & Debian 8.6 & the type of

Re: Installing Debian on SSD

2019-03-12 Thread Dan Ritter
Iman P. wrote: > I use dual boot for Win10 & Debian 8.6 & the type of Bios boot is “Legacy”. > > I gonna change my HDD to SSD & install just Debian 9.8 (so need at least > two primary partitions). > > My mainboard supports both legacy & uefi mode. > > I know uefi mode just run on GPT not MBR.

Re: Installing Debian on SSD

2019-03-12 Thread Joe
On Tue, 12 Mar 2019 08:20:31 +0330 "Iman P." wrote: > Dear Sir/Madam > > First thanks for your time. > > I have an Acer laptop (Aspire E1, x64, amd i7, ram 16, vga 2). > > My base tasks are using virtual machines. > > I use dual boot for Win10 & Debian 8.6 & the type of Bios boot is >

Installing Debian on SSD

2019-03-11 Thread Iman P.
Dear Sir/Madam First thanks for your time. I have an Acer laptop (Aspire E1, x64, amd i7, ram 16, vga 2). My base tasks are using virtual machines. I use dual boot for Win10 & Debian 8.6 & the type of Bios boot is “Legacy”. I gonna change my HDD to SSD & install just Debian 9.8 (so need at

[Solved] Re: Simplified -- Re: Quick pointer please? Installing Intel wireless, post OS installation

2019-02-23 Thread deb
On Fri, 22 Feb 2019 19:10:45 + Brian wrote: On Fri 22 Feb 2019 at 13:52:02 -0500, deb wrote: Simplified query: After installing Debian 9.7, without Networking, and without an Ethernet connection, how does one go about installing Intel Wireless (with the non-free bits available

Re: Simplified -- Re: Quick pointer please? Installing Intel wireless, post OS installation

2019-02-22 Thread Brian
t; > > On Fri 22 Feb 2019 at 13:52:02 -0500, deb wrote: > > > > > > > > > Simplified query: > > > > > > > > > > After installing Debian 9.7, without Networking, and without an > > > > > Ethernet > > > > &g

Re: Simplified -- Re: Quick pointer please? Installing Intel wireless, post OS installation

2019-02-22 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 22 Feb 2019 20:24:40 + Brian wrote: > On Fri 22 Feb 2019 at 14:50:29 -0500, Celejar wrote: > > > On Fri, 22 Feb 2019 19:10:45 + > > Brian wrote: > > > > > On Fri 22 Feb 2019 at 13:52:02 -0500, deb wrote: > > > > > > > Simp

Re: Simplified -- Re: Quick pointer please? Installing Intel wireless, post OS installation

2019-02-22 Thread Brian
On Fri 22 Feb 2019 at 14:50:29 -0500, Celejar wrote: > On Fri, 22 Feb 2019 19:10:45 + > Brian wrote: > > > On Fri 22 Feb 2019 at 13:52:02 -0500, deb wrote: > > > > > Simplified query: > > > > > > After installing Debian 9.7, without Netw

Re: Simplified -- Re: Quick pointer please? Installing Intel wireless, post OS installation

2019-02-22 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 22 Feb 2019 19:10:45 + Brian wrote: > On Fri 22 Feb 2019 at 13:52:02 -0500, deb wrote: > > > Simplified query: > > > > After installing Debian 9.7, without Networking, and without an Ethernet > > connection, > > > > how does one go abo

Re: Simplified -- Re: Quick pointer please? Installing Intel wireless, post OS installation

2019-02-22 Thread Dan Ritter
deb wrote: > Simplified query: > > After installing Debian 9.7, without Networking, and without an Ethernet > connection, > > how does one go about installing Intel Wireless (with the non-free bits > available on a USB drive)? > Assuming the USB disk is /dev/sdb

Re: Simplified -- Re: Quick pointer please? Installing Intel wireless, post OS installation

2019-02-22 Thread Brian
On Fri 22 Feb 2019 at 13:52:02 -0500, deb wrote: > Simplified query: > > After installing Debian 9.7, without Networking, and without an Ethernet > connection, > > how does one go about installing Intel Wireless (with the non-free bits > available on a USB drive)? Firmw

Simplified -- Re: Quick pointer please? Installing Intel wireless, post OS installation

2019-02-22 Thread deb
Simplified query: After installing Debian 9.7, without Networking, and without an Ethernet connection, how does one go about installing Intel Wireless (with the non-free bits available on a USB drive)? Thanks On 2/21/2019 7:21 PM, deb wrote: On 2/21/2019 7:12 PM, deb wrote: So, I

Re: Quick pointer please? Installing Intel wireless, post OS installation

2019-02-21 Thread deb
On 2/21/2019 7:12 PM, deb wrote: So, I punched on to install Debian 9.7 onto the Intel NUC (https://www.provantage.com/intel-boxnuc7i7bnh~7ITSP1CM.htm) bypassing the wireless part, as I was still stuck on it asking for iwlwifi-8265-26.ucode, iwlwifi-8265-25.ucode, iwlwifi-8265-24.ucode, 

Quick pointer please? Installing Intel wireless, post OS installation

2019-02-21 Thread deb
So, I punched on to install Debian 9.7 onto the Intel NUC (https://www.provantage.com/intel-boxnuc7i7bnh~7ITSP1CM.htm) bypassing the wireless part, as I was still stuck on it asking for iwlwifi-8265-26.ucode, iwlwifi-8265-25.ucode, iwlwifi-8265-24.ucode,  iwlwifi-8265-23.ucode in the

Re: Installing Java 8 on a Google Compute Debian (Jessie) instance

2018-12-18 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 11:12:00PM +0100, deloptes wrote: > James H. H. Lampert wrote: > > >> The following packages have unmet dependencies: > >> openjdk-8-jdk : Depends: openjdk-8-jre (= 8u171-b11-1~bpo8+1) but it is > >> not going to be installed Depends: openjdk-8-jdk-headless (= > >>

Re: Installing Java 8 on a Google Compute Debian (Jessie) instance

2018-12-18 Thread deloptes
James H. H. Lampert wrote: >> The following packages have unmet dependencies: >> openjdk-8-jdk : Depends: openjdk-8-jre (= 8u171-b11-1~bpo8+1) but it is >> not going to be installed Depends: openjdk-8-jdk-headless (= >> 8u171-b11-1~bpo8+1) but it is not going to be installed E: Unable to >>

Re: Installing Java 8 on a Google Compute Debian (Jessie) instance

2018-12-18 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 10:16:25AM -0800, James H. H. Lampert wrote: > I'm endeavoring to get Java 8 onto our development instance, so that the > Tomcat environment there matches that of our cluster nodes, and apg-get is > not cooperating. > > This particular instance is a Bitnami SVN/Trac

Installing Java 8 on a Google Compute Debian (Jessie) instance

2018-12-18 Thread James H. H. Lampert
I'm endeavoring to get Java 8 onto our development instance, so that the Tomcat environment there matches that of our cluster nodes, and apg-get is not cooperating. This particular instance is a Bitnami SVN/Trac server, with Tomcat 8 added to it, and running independently of the Apache server

Re: installing at needs 19 other packages

2018-12-12 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 11:38:39AM +, Bonno Bloksma wrote: > Hi, > > My upgraded Jessie machines still have the at command installed by default, > my new Stretch machines do not have it. > I just wanted to install at and noticed it has A LOT of required parts that I > do not understand. Why

installing at needs 19 other packages

2018-12-12 Thread Bonno Bloksma
Hi, My upgraded Jessie machines still have the at command installed by default, my new Stretch machines do not have it. I just wanted to install at and noticed it has A LOT of required parts that I do not understand. Why does it want to install 19 packages like exim4-base and mysql-common? Is

Re: Installing nvidia-driver removes xorg

2018-11-09 Thread Gregory Sharp
On Fri, 09 Nov 2018 13:10:38 +0100 floris wrote: > Gregory Sharp schreef op 2018-11-08 19:01: > > > > Questions: > > > > 1) Why should xorg be uninstalled when nvidia-driver is installed? > > > > 2) What might be a recommended upgrade path for me? > > From bug 903770 [1]: > > ... the

Re: Installing nvidia-driver removes xorg

2018-11-09 Thread floris
to CUDA 9 in backport, I learned that installing nvidia-driver (either version: 384.130 or 390.87) would uninstall xorg, gdm3, libreoffice, and many other seemingly useful packages. Questions: 1) Why should xorg be uninstalled when nvidia-driver is installed? 2) What might be a recommended

Re: Installing Debian with preseed file using qemu

2018-11-08 Thread john doe
On 11/7/2018 2:58 PM, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Wed, Nov 07, 2018 at 02:27:32PM +0100, john doe wrote: >> On 11/7/2018 7:26 AM, Reco wrote: >>> Hi. >>> >>> On Tue, Nov 06, 2018 at 08:44:08PM +0100, john doe wrote: On 11/6/2018 5:05 PM, john doe wrote: > On 11/6/2018 4:02 PM,

Re: Installing nvidia-driver removes xorg

2018-11-08 Thread Brad Rogers
On Thu, 8 Nov 2018 13:01:26 -0500 Gregory Sharp wrote: Hello Gregory, >1) Why should xorg be uninstalled when nvidia-driver is installed? Doesn't want to remove xorg here. As nvidia-driver is a metapackage, it's not entirely necessary to install it in any case. -- Regards _ / )

Installing nvidia-driver removes xorg

2018-11-08 Thread Gregory Sharp
that installing nvidia-driver (either version: 384.130 or 390.87) would uninstall xorg, gdm3, libreoffice, and many other seemingly useful packages. Questions: 1) Why should xorg be uninstalled when nvidia-driver is installed? 2) What might be a recommended upgrade path for me?

Re: Installing Debian with preseed file using qemu

2018-11-07 Thread Reco
Hi. On Wed, Nov 07, 2018 at 02:27:32PM +0100, john doe wrote: > On 11/7/2018 7:26 AM, Reco wrote: > > Hi. > > > > On Tue, Nov 06, 2018 at 08:44:08PM +0100, john doe wrote: > >> On 11/6/2018 5:05 PM, john doe wrote: > >>> On 11/6/2018 4:02 PM, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On

Re: Installing Debian with preseed file using qemu

2018-11-07 Thread john doe
On 11/7/2018 7:26 AM, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Tue, Nov 06, 2018 at 08:44:08PM +0100, john doe wrote: >> On 11/6/2018 5:05 PM, john doe wrote: >>> On 11/6/2018 4:02 PM, Reco wrote: Hi. On Tue, Nov 06, 2018 at 03:04:25PM +0100, john doe wrote: > Hi, > > I'm

Re: Installing Debian with preseed file using qemu

2018-11-06 Thread Reco
Hi. On Tue, Nov 06, 2018 at 08:44:08PM +0100, john doe wrote: > On 11/6/2018 5:05 PM, john doe wrote: > > On 11/6/2018 4:02 PM, Reco wrote: > >>Hi. > >> > >> On Tue, Nov 06, 2018 at 03:04:25PM +0100, john doe wrote: > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> I'm trying to install Debian Stretch using a

Re: Installing Debian with preseed file using qemu

2018-11-06 Thread john doe
On 11/6/2018 5:05 PM, john doe wrote: > On 11/6/2018 4:02 PM, Reco wrote: >> Hi. >> >> On Tue, Nov 06, 2018 at 03:04:25PM +0100, john doe wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm trying to install Debian Stretch using a preseeding file. >>> All of this is with Qemu and I'm not sure how to pass the path

Re: Installing Debian with preseed file using qemu

2018-11-06 Thread john doe
On 11/6/2018 4:02 PM, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Tue, Nov 06, 2018 at 03:04:25PM +0100, john doe wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm trying to install Debian Stretch using a preseeding file. >> All of this is with Qemu and I'm not sure how to pass the path of the >> preseed file: >> >>

Re: Installing Debian with preseed file using qemu

2018-11-06 Thread Reco
Hi. On Tue, Nov 06, 2018 at 03:04:25PM +0100, john doe wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to install Debian Stretch using a preseeding file. > All of this is with Qemu and I'm not sure how to pass the path of the > preseed file: > > qemu-system-x86_64 -drive file=debian.img,format=raw -cdrom

Installing Debian with preseed file using qemu

2018-11-06 Thread john doe
Hi, I'm trying to install Debian Stretch using a preseeding file. All of this is with Qemu and I'm not sure how to pass the path of the preseed file: qemu-system-x86_64 -drive file=debian.img,format=raw -cdrom debian-9.5.0-amd64-netinst.iso -boot d -nographic -kernel vmlinuz -append

Re: Installing backports packages

2018-10-30 Thread Michael Stone
On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 04:04:29PM +0200, Tommi Höynälänmaa wrote: I have got Debian stable and I'm trying to install new versions of debhelper and lintian from backports. However, apt-get claims that the packages are already the newest versions and installs nothing. Command "apt-get show"

Re: Installing backports packages

2018-10-30 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 04:04:29PM +0200, Tommi Höynälänmaa wrote: > How can I > install the new packages from backports? https://backports.debian.org/Instructions/

Installing backports packages

2018-10-30 Thread Tommi Höynälänmaa
Hi I have got Debian stable and I'm trying to install new versions of debhelper and lintian from backports. However, apt-get claims that the packages are already the newest versions and installs nothing. Command "apt-get show" shows the new versions (from backports) of the packages, too. How

Re: errors installing Samba 4 on Debian/Stretch

2018-10-17 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 06:29:27PM -0400, Gary Dale wrote: > I'm posting this here because the problem seems to be with the package > rather than with Samba. When I run apt install samba I get > (SNIP) > Job for smbd.service failed because the control process exited with error > code. > See

errors installing Samba 4 on Debian/Stretch

2018-10-17 Thread Gary Dale
I'm posting this here because the problem seems to be with the package rather than with Samba. When I run apt install samba I get root@TheLibrarian:~# apt install samba Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following additional packages

Re: Preseeding the Debian Install: how do you disable the CDROM-detect from running, I'm installing from loop/ISO - also shared/enter_device etc?

2018-10-14 Thread Brian
On Sun 14 Oct 2018 at 21:50:22 +0530, Veek M wrote: > How do you disable the 'Detect and Mount CD-ROM' when preseeding via > grub cmdline. > > I do: > loopback loop0 (hd0,3)/files/debian_9.5-amd64-DVD-1.iso > linux (loop0)/install.amd/vmlinuz locale=en_GB.UTF-8 etc... > initrd

Preseeding the Debian Install: how do you disable the CDROM-detect from running, I'm installing from loop/ISO - also shared/enter_device etc?

2018-10-14 Thread Veek M
How do you disable the 'Detect and Mount CD-ROM' when preseeding via grub cmdline. I do: loopback loop0 (hd0,3)/files/debian_9.5-amd64-DVD-1.iso linux (loop0)/install.amd/vmlinuz locale=en_GB.UTF-8 etc... initrd (loop0)/install.amd/initrd.gz after pressing 'c' in GRUB I get the very annoying

Re: having issue installing any package. i get 403 forbidden messsage.

2018-10-10 Thread Muhammad Yousuf Khan
ver* > > *Reading package lists... Done* > > *Building dependency tree * > > *Reading state information... Done* > > Here's what I get from similar command, why are you installing pkg with a > wildcard on the end? Are you using bash, or some other shell? > > #

Re: apt installing package 403 forbidden

2018-10-09 Thread Abdullah Ramazanoğlu
On Tue, 9 Oct 2018 21:18:32 +0500 Muhammad Yousuf Khan said: > Latest update is. > When i even wget on the same linux server i get forbidden message 403. > [image: image.png] > however on same network on windows platform i can easily open the same path > and download the file on windows. So you

Re: apt installing package 403 forbidden

2018-10-09 Thread Muhammad Yousuf Khan
Latest update is. When i even wget on the same linux server i get forbidden message 403. [image: image.png] however on same network on windows platform i can easily open the same path and download the file on windows. Thanks, On Tue, Oct 9, 2018 at 5:14 PM Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > Dear

apt installing package 403 forbidden

2018-10-09 Thread Muhammad Yousuf Khan
Dear All, I have been using debian for around 10 years i havent seen such issue in my entire life. i have placed my servers in two different countries. means both have different internet connection so it is not related to internet issue. My first datacenter (USA) is using verizon and second (south

Re: having issue installing any package. i get 403 forbidden messsage.

2018-10-06 Thread Andy Smith
mation... Done* > > Here's what I get from similar command, why are you installing pkg with a > wildcard on the end? It just looks like an artefact of their mailer's attempt to generate a text/plain version of their HTML email. Note the asterisks around every line. Cheers, Andy

Re: Installing Debian On A 2011 iMac

2018-10-05 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> probably do not support the hardware anymore). As new versions of Mac >> OS are no longer supported on this computer, would it be possible to >> install Debian Linux as the default OS on this machine Without a doubt. Have you tried and encountered problems? A trivial search for "install

Re: Installing Debian On A 2011 iMac

2018-10-05 Thread JulHer
El jue, 04-10-2018 a las 04:04 -0700, Keifer Bly escribió: > Hello, so I have a 2011 iMac that I am considering installing Debian > Linux on. I am considering doing this because I cannot update Mac OS > on this computer anymore (when I try to install Mojave I get an > error message s

Re: Installing Debian On A 2011 iMac

2018-10-04 Thread Dan Ritter
On Thu, Oct 04, 2018 at 04:52:17AM -0700, Keifer Bly wrote: > What would be the steps for doing this? Thank you. It's just an ordinary Debian install with an EFI bootloader. Pretend it's a similar year MacMini, if you want hand holding: https://wiki.debian.org/MacMiniIntel Use stretch (stable,

Re: Installing Debian On A 2011 iMac

2018-10-04 Thread Keifer Bly
What would be the steps for doing this? Thank you. On 10/4/18 4:47 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: On Thu, Oct 04, 2018 at 04:04:48AM -0700, Keifer Bly wrote: Hello, so I have a 2011 iMac that I am considering installing Debian Linux on. I am considering doing this because I cannot update Mac OS

Re: Installing Debian On A 2011 iMac

2018-10-04 Thread Dan Ritter
On Thu, Oct 04, 2018 at 04:04:48AM -0700, Keifer Bly wrote: > Hello, so I have a 2011 iMac that I am considering installing Debian Linux > on. I am considering doing this because I cannot update Mac OS on this > computer anymore (when I try to install Mojave I get an error message > s

Installing Debian On A 2011 iMac

2018-10-04 Thread Keifer Bly
Hello, so I have a 2011 iMac that I am considering installing Debian Linux on. I am considering doing this because I cannot update Mac OS on this computer anymore (when I try to install Mojave I get an error message saying "could not be installed on this computer, they probably do not su

Re: having issue installing any package. i get 403 forbidden messsage.

2018-10-03 Thread bw
r* > *Reading package lists... Done* > *Building dependency tree * > *Reading state information... Done* Here's what I get from similar command, why are you installing pkg with a wildcard on the end? Are you using bash, or some other shell? # apt -s install nfs-kernel-server* Reading

having issue installing any package. i get 403 forbidden messsage.

2018-10-03 Thread Muhammad Yousuf Khan
Dear All, When i try to install any package. in this case nfs-kernel-server i get this error. i am using Proxmox on top of Debian 9.x. kindly advice. *root@king:/zok/k-backup# apt install nfs-kernel-server* *Reading package lists... Done* *Building dependency tree * *Reading state

Re: No sound after installing debian

2018-10-03 Thread john doe
On 10/2/2018 11:27 PM, ilovecountrymusic...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> -Original Message- >> From: john doe >> Sent: Tuesday, October 2, 2018 4:10 AM >> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >> Subject: Re: No sound after installing debian >>

Re: No sound after installing debian

2018-10-02 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Oct 02, 2018 at 07:49:30AM +, Curt wrote: > [...] (in the case of Gnome where extirpation is > impossible without taking the kitchen sink, the bath water, and the baby > along with it). ...which is the path I ultimately took :-) Cheers -

Re: No sound after installing debian

2018-10-02 Thread john doe
rosses and the system installs with no >> problem. How ever after booting into the new system the speech is not >> there. I tried going to alsamixer with root access and razing the sound >> valume with no luck. This happens both with the alfa and stable installs. >> I tried with both

Re: No sound after installing debian

2018-10-02 Thread Curt
ng into the new system the speech is not > there. I tried going to alsamixer with root access and razing the sound > valume with no luck. This happens both with the alfa and stable installs. > I tried with both isos installing with a gnome install as well as a mate > install.

Re: No sound after installing debian

2018-10-02 Thread didier gaumet
Hella Matthew, There is a dedicated mailing list for Debian accessibility: https://lists.debian.org/debian-accessibility/ >From what you describe I would surmise that you do have sound after install but lack accessibility features like an audio screen reader. Sorry, I have never installed or

No sound after installing debian

2018-10-01 Thread ilovecountrymusic483
tried going to alsamixer with root access and razing the sound valume with no luck. This happens both with the alfa and stable installs. I tried with both isos installing with a gnome install as well as a mate install. I don't recall ever having this problems with this. I do not have any bare

Re: odvr for Olympus WN-960PC : problem installing multimedia repository on Stretch

2018-09-25 Thread deloptes
Bernard wrote: > True enough, the package odvr is not in any Debian repository. Reading > more carefully the same doc from Ray Woodcocks, I found a Google storage > place where said package could be downloaded > > https://code.google.com/archive/p/odvr/downloads > > But... trying to install >

Re: odvr for Olympus WN-960PC : problem installing multimedia repository on Stretch

2018-09-25 Thread Bernard
True enough, the package odvr is not in any Debian repository. Reading more carefully the same doc from Ray Woodcocks, I found a Google storage place where said package could be downloaded https://code.google.com/archive/p/odvr/downloads But... trying to install #dpkg -i

Re: odvr for Olympus WN-960PC : problem installing multimedia repository on Stretch

2018-09-24 Thread Matthew Crews
On 9/24/18 7:36 AM, Bernard wrote: > Hi to Everyone, > > I recently discovered that I could run that old voice recorder on > Debian. According to what I read on > > https://raywoodcockslatest.wordpress.com/2016/05/15/linux-vn960pc/ > > it works well once this : > > odvr_0.1.4.1_i386.deb > >

Re: odvr for Olympus WN-960PC : problem installing multimedia repository on Stretch

2018-09-24 Thread Matthew Crews
On 9/24/18 7:36 AM, Bernard wrote: > Hi to Everyone, > > I recently discovered that I could run that old voice recorder on > Debian. According to what I read on > > https://raywoodcockslatest.wordpress.com/2016/05/15/linux-vn960pc/ > > it works well once this : > > odvr_0.1.4.1_i386.deb > >

Re: odvr for Olympus WN-960PC : problem installing multimedia repository on Stretch

2018-09-24 Thread deloptes
Bernard wrote: > Hi to Everyone, > > I recently discovered that I could run that old voice recorder on > Debian. According to what I read on > > https://raywoodcockslatest.wordpress.com/2016/05/15/linux-vn960pc/ > > it works well once this : > > odvr_0.1.4.1_i386.deb > > is installed (or

odvr for Olympus WN-960PC : problem installing multimedia repository on Stretch

2018-09-24 Thread Bernard
Hi to Everyone, I recently discovered that I could run that old voice recorder on Debian. According to what I read on https://raywoodcockslatest.wordpress.com/2016/05/15/linux-vn960pc/ it works well once this : odvr_0.1.4.1_i386.deb is installed (or maybe something more recent...). Problem

Re: Installing from live

2018-09-21 Thread David Wright
On Wed 19 Sep 2018 at 19:16:29 (+0200), Thomas Schmitt wrote: > > What I was envisaging was a windows user closing down, booting up a > > USB stick's live Debian and corrupting their windows disk by using > > it to store ISO files. > > By what words could i warn MS-Windows users of this pitfall

Re: Installing from live

2018-09-19 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, > Sure, but a 32GB USB stick is now to be had for $10. Would that > be suitable? Well, it is an extra precondition. Maybe the USB stick is already planned to finally hold the boot-ready ISO image. Whatever, if an extra USB stick without valuable data is at hand, this seems to be a viable

Re: Installing from live

2018-09-19 Thread David Wright
On Tue 18 Sep 2018 at 18:25:53 (+0200), Thomas Schmitt wrote: > David Wright wrote: > > I mount all the "foreign" partitions readonly (both NTFS and FAT) > > That's a wise move in general, of course. > But if you are downloading a BD sized ISO of 20+ GiB, then RAM based > "disk" storage might be

Re: Installing from live

2018-09-18 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, David Wright wrote: > I mount all the "foreign" partitions readonly (both NTFS and FAT) That's a wise move in general, of course. But if you are downloading a BD sized ISO of 20+ GiB, then RAM based "disk" storage might be too small. As soon as the ISO is composed from template file and

Re: Installing from live

2018-09-18 Thread David Wright
On Tue 18 Sep 2018 at 13:21:31 (+0200), Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > Rick Thomas wrote: > > For example, if your home has limited Internet bandwidth, but you can drive > > to a library (or your place of work) where the bandwidth is better, it might > > be better to use the DVD or BD (blue-ray)

Re: Installing from live

2018-09-18 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Rick Thomas wrote: > For example, if your home has limited Internet bandwidth, but you can drive > to a library (or your place of work) where the bandwidth is better, it might > be better to use the DVD or BD (blue-ray) install image on a USB stick. Yeah. But will a public or workplace

Re: Installing from live

2018-09-18 Thread Rick Thomas
On Sep 17, 2018, at 10:36 AM, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > "netinst" is supposed to be used by more people for installing than > "live", and it is the much smaller download. Indeed, the fact that it is a smaller download is the main reason why netinst is preferred. It’

Re: Installing from live

2018-09-17 Thread David Wright
ere reported by users. By definition, my opinion is based on hearsay, and as I'm not motivated or organised enough to index my collection of posts, it's not worth my time to spend it searching around for references. As we were given a binary choice, mine was obviously for netinst. Others are welcome

Re: Installing from live

2018-09-17 Thread Thomas Schmitt
en you need to install some further packages, this will be done via the internet. So if Thakur's installation works fine so far, there is not much difference to expect with an installation from "netinst". "netinst" is supposed to be used by more people for installing than "live", and it is the much smaller download. Have a nice day :) Thomas

Re: Installing from live, was Re: booting

2018-09-17 Thread David Wright
On Mon 17 Sep 2018 at 18:01:29 (+0300), Thakur Mahashaya wrote: > Dear David, if you do not complicate, then tell me why the network is better? I follow this list, and keep an eye on others' reported problems; nothing too specific because they often involve things that will probably not concern

Re: Installing from live, was Re: booting

2018-09-17 Thread mick crane
On 2018-09-17 16:01, Thakur Mahashaya wrote: Dear David, if you do not complicate, then tell me why the network is better? https://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/ If unfamiliar perhaps you want to run live to see what software you want -- Key ID4BFEBB31

Re: Installing from live, was Re: booting

2018-09-17 Thread Thakur Mahashaya
Dear David, if you do not complicate, then tell me why the network is better? 17.09.2018, 16:18, "David Wright" : > On Mon 17 Sep 2018 at 14:22:32 (+0300), Thakur Mahashaya wrote: >>  Hi, everybody... >>  Now I have Debian 9 ..I installed it like this >>

Installing from live, was Re: booting

2018-09-17 Thread David Wright
On Mon 17 Sep 2018 at 14:22:32 (+0300), Thakur Mahashaya wrote: > Hi, everybody... > Now I have Debian 9 ..I installed it like this > https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current-live/amd64/iso-hybrid/debian-live-9.5.0-amd64-gnome.iso > but it is possible and through the network. >

Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository

2018-08-21 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 21 August 2018 11:06:31 David Wright wrote: > On Tue 21 Aug 2018 at 14:48:25 (+0200), to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 08:02:02AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > > Odd, maybe apt does not look in $PATH? > > > > There's no reason to assume that,

Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository

2018-08-21 Thread David Wright
thname to a .deb > file on an "apt install" command. Nobody was quite sure how it worked, > because it's undocumented. Yes, that's why I tried it (in stretch. Simulated. Installing it would be a bit of a stretch. Bothering to install buster first would be going for bust.) > Howe

Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository

2018-08-21 Thread Michael Stone
On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 11:23:59AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: Second, this whole thread has been about the undocumented feature of apt (but not apt-get) that allows you to specify a pathname to a .deb file on an "apt install" command. Nobody was quite sure how it worked, because it's

Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository

2018-08-21 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 10:06:31AM -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Tue 21 Aug 2018 at 14:48:25 (+0200), to...@tuxteam.de wrote: [...] > > To me, it would be a surprise. > > IMO it would be a grave bug in the Debian project's thinking. I was trying

Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository

2018-08-21 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 10:04:58AM -0500, David Wright wrote: > Why would you expect it to look for a «file» at all? If you write > # apt install gem.deb > then apt should try to install any «packages» it finds called > "gemadeb", "gembdeb", "gemcdeb", "gemddeb", etc, and will > consequently

Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository

2018-08-21 Thread David Wright
On Tue 21 Aug 2018 at 14:48:25 (+0200), to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 08:02:02AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > [...] > > > Odd, maybe apt does not look in $PATH? > > There's no reason to assume that, unless when looking for an executable > (i.e. those things which tend to

Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository

2018-08-21 Thread David Wright
On Tue 21 Aug 2018 at 08:02:02 (-0400), Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 21 August 2018 06:56:45 Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > On 2018-08-17 13:48:11 -0500, David Wright wrote: > > > On Fri 17 Aug 2018 at 07:31:34 (-0400), Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > On Friday 17 August 2018 05:29:07 Vincent

Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository

2018-08-21 Thread Michael Stone
On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 09:33:31AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: Y'know what, I'm getting sick of apt having this feature and not documenting it anywhere. So I decided to do an "apt-get source apt" and try to find it in the freakin' code. The relevant test is: if (I != nullptr && (I[0] ==

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