Re: Virtual Package list

2016-07-07 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2016-07-07 15:42 -0500, David Wright wrote: > When aptitude is run in interactive mode, it shows a list of > Virtual Packages > virtual, which is 8267 lines long on my > jessie laptop. Where does aptitude get this list from? > Does it laboriously construct it from Provides:, Replaces:, > and

Virtual Package list

2016-07-07 Thread David Wright
When aptitude is run in interactive mode, it shows a list of Virtual Packages > virtual, which is 8267 lines long on my jessie laptop. Where does aptitude get this list from? Does it laboriously construct it from Provides:, Replaces:, and Conflicts: lines in the Packages files and then cache it to

Re: pick invalid ones from package list

2010-07-26 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Lu, 26 iul 10, 01:20:10, T o n g wrote: Hi, I'm wondering what's the best way to pick invalid package names from a package list. I am keeping a package list of my installed packages, but over the time, package can be retired, obsoleted, or simple increase in version in its name. I

Re: dpkg package list

2009-09-08 Thread Hinko Kocevar
On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 10:44 PM, Wayne Topalinux...@gmail.com wrote: Hinko Kocevar wrote: Hi, Is it possible to remove packages with 'pn' and 'rn' from the 'dpkg -l' listing? # dpkg -l libera* Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold |

Re: dpkg package list

2009-09-08 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 8 Sep 2009 08:12:25 +0200 Hinko Kocevar hinkoce...@gmail.com wrote: ... I managed to get rid of the second line by issuing: # dpkg --forget-old-unavail But the first one changed status to (don't know for sure when): un libera-gbethnone

dpkg package list

2009-09-07 Thread Hinko Kocevar
Hi, Is it possible to remove packages with 'pn' and 'rn' from the 'dpkg -l' listing? # dpkg -l libera* Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err:

Re: dpkg package list

2009-09-07 Thread Wayne Topa
Hinko Kocevar wrote: Hi, Is it possible to remove packages with 'pn' and 'rn' from the 'dpkg -l' listing? # dpkg -l libera* Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems

ia32-apt-get doesn't create ia32 package list

2009-07-06 Thread Micha Feigin
it seems that ia32-libs is replaced with ia32-apt-get (which conflicts with it at the moment), but it doesn't seem to create the ia32 library list. I'm trying to get acroread working again and as a start it is complaining that libxml2 is missing but with the current state of ia32-apt-get it

Re: ia32-apt-get doesn't create ia32 package list

2009-07-06 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon,06.Jul.09, 18:55:25, Micha Feigin wrote: it seems that ia32-libs is replaced with ia32-apt-get (which conflicts with it at the moment), but it doesn't seem to create the ia32 library list. I'm trying to get acroread working again and as a start it is complaining that libxml2 is

Re: ia32-apt-get doesn't create ia32 package list

2009-07-06 Thread Micha Feigin
On Mon, 6 Jul 2009 19:04:47 +0300 Andrei Popescu andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon,06.Jul.09, 18:55:25, Micha Feigin wrote: it seems that ia32-libs is replaced with ia32-apt-get (which conflicts with it at the moment), but it doesn't seem to create the ia32 library list. I'm

Re: ia32-apt-get doesn't create ia32 package list

2009-07-06 Thread Miles Bader
Andrei Popescu andreimpope...@gmail.com writes: ia32-libs is going through a lot of changes at the moment, there is a huge thread about it on debian-devel. You *might* be able to fix stuff if you downgrade relevant packages to testing/squeeze. I downgraded some packages to testing

Re: ia32-apt-get doesn't create ia32 package list

2009-07-06 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:56:38 +0900 Miles Bader mi...@gnu.org wrote: Andrei Popescu andreimpope...@gmail.com writes: ia32-libs is going through a lot of changes at the moment, there is a huge thread about it on debian-devel. You *might* be able to fix stuff if you downgrade relevant

Re: package list for CLI-only admin/service install

2008-01-18 Thread SpamHog
Interesting stuff all this! Joseph: your metapackage is a great starting point. I'll see if I understand it enough to hack it up for needs. Thanks to all. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: package list for CLI-only admin/service install

2008-01-18 Thread joseph lockhart
Interesting stuff all this! Joseph: your metapackage is a great starting point. I'll see if I understand it enough to hack it up for needs. Thanks to all. no problem, i made it for a personal need, then put it on cli-apps so that it would not just get lost jwlockhart Registered

package list for CLI-only admin/service install

2008-01-17 Thread SpamHog
On my boxes I install a small Debian stable on its own partition for service and rescue purposes, an alternative to the many live-CD distros. I've been looking for a Custom Debian Distributions or package list or metapackage which would pull in plenty of CLI-only admin - rescue - network

Re: package list for CLI-only admin/service install

2008-01-17 Thread Martin Marcher
SpamHog wrote: Does anybody keep such a pure Debian CLI tools metapackage or package list or CDD with such a selction of apps? I guess it really depends on your environment, we have this on every host: # more or less standard packages # this is the tasksel standard selection ~pstandard

Re: package list for CLI-only admin/service install

2008-01-17 Thread SpamHog
On Jan 17, 12:50 pm, Martin Marcher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i'm also open to suggestions Hmmm, I'll readup on metapackages. Never maintained anything, but how hard would it be to prepare ONE dummy .deb that pulls all the CLI admin/rescue tools I want?. After a standard net-install one would

Re: package list for CLI-only admin/service install

2008-01-17 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 02:45:11AM -0800, SpamHog wrote: I've been looking for a Custom Debian Distributions or package list or metapackage which would pull in plenty of CLI-only admin - rescue - network - security tools, a few key servers (file, ssh,, and little more), basic clients

Re: package list for CLI-only admin/service install

2008-01-17 Thread joseph lockhart
i'm also open to suggestions Hmmm, I'll readup on metapackages. Never maintained anything, but how hard would it be to prepare ONE dummy .deb that pulls all the CLI admin/rescue tools I want?. After a standard net-install one would just do a wget and a dpkg. As an alternative,

Re: Package list problem

2007-09-14 Thread Daniel Santos
Andrei : I ran that command on terminal.app and on the resulting packages onward and every one is not installed. It reverse depends on gnustep (virtual package), which reverse depends on gnustep-games and gnustep-devel, that don't rdepend on nothing. Mumia : I used aptitude instead of

Re: Package list problem

2007-09-14 Thread Mumia W..
On 09/14/2007 07:02 AM, Daniel Santos wrote: Andrei : I ran that command on terminal.app and on the resulting packages onward and every one is not installed. It reverse depends on gnustep (virtual package), which reverse depends on gnustep-games and gnustep-devel, that don't rdepend on

Re: Package list problem

2007-09-13 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Wed, Sep 12, 2007 at 12:46:42PM +0100, Daniel Santos wrote: Hello, I am running dpkg version 1.14.4. I've had several repositories configured, and kept changing them for some time because I had internet access problems. Anyway, the package list shows a lot of uninstalled packages

Re: Package list problem

2007-09-13 Thread Daniel Santos
Yes. In my last message I don't know if it was clear but I meant that the package which was to be installed (terminal.app) is on the package list because I have some other packages that depend on it. Since the repository that had that package is no longer in my list, it remains there because

Re: Package list problem

2007-09-13 Thread Mumia W..
On 09/12/2007 06:46 AM, Daniel Santos wrote: Hello, I am running dpkg version 1.14.4. I've had several repositories configured, and kept changing them for some time because I had internet access problems. Anyway, the package list shows a lot of uninstalled packages with no description

Re: Package list problem

2007-09-13 Thread Andrei Popescu
Daniel Santos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes. In my last message I don't know if it was clear but I meant that the package which was to be installed (terminal.app) is on the package list because I have some other packages that depend on it. Since the repository that had that package

Package list problem

2007-09-12 Thread Daniel Santos
Hello, I am running dpkg version 1.14.4. I've had several repositories configured, and kept changing them for some time because I had internet access problems. Anyway, the package list shows a lot of uninstalled packages with no description information (don't know if dpkg-query -l behaves

Transfering installed package list to another computer

2006-09-20 Thread Micha Feigin
I want to setup another computer (and later reinstall the current one) with the same package list currently installed. Is this possible to do with aptitude (I know that it is possible to some extent with dpkg but that looses the automatically installed flag). Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Transfering installed package list to another computer

2006-09-20 Thread Owen Heisler
On Tue, 2006-09-19 at 22:10 +0300, Micha Feigin wrote: I want to setup another computer (and later reinstall the current one) with the same package list currently installed. Is this possible to do with aptitude (I know that it is possible to some extent with dpkg but that looses

Re: Transfering installed package list to another computer

2006-09-20 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Sep 19, 2006 at 10:10:46PM +0300, Micha Feigin wrote: I want to setup another computer (and later reinstall the current one) with the same package list currently installed. Is this possible to do with aptitude (I know that it is possible to some extent with dpkg but that looses

Re: Transfering installed package list to another computer

2006-09-20 Thread Jason Stelzer
On Sep 20, 2006, at 1:36 PM, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: On Tue, Sep 19, 2006 at 10:10:46PM +0300, Micha Feigin wrote: I want to setup another computer (and later reinstall the current one) with the same package list currently installed. Is this possible to do with aptitude (I know

how to get package list

2006-08-12 Thread Jabka Atu
H0wdy... i need to create a backup of my system but i don't want to copy all the progs (i need only the package list). all the configuration (/etc) i have allready copied. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: how to get package list

2006-08-12 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Sat, Aug 12, 2006 at 06:34:36PM +0300, Jabka Atu wrote: i need to create a backup of my system but i don't want to copy all the progs (i need only the package list). Debian makes it nice and easy to get a list of all installed packages: # dpkg --get-selections aalib1

Re: how to get package list

2006-08-12 Thread Brad Sims
On Saturday 12 August 2006 10:34 am, Jabka Atu wrote: H0wdy... i need to create a backup of my system but i don't want to copy all the progs (i need only the package list). dpkg -l | awk '{print $2}' /path/to/output/dpkg-filelist Sample output looks like : Status=Not/Installed/Config

Re: debian package list

2005-06-15 Thread Mart Frauenlob
Hello Simon, Simon wrote: Is there an easy place to get a list of installed packages... To make sure that i dont miss any in the new install? dpkg --get-selections should bring up all you need. Mart -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble?

Re: debian package list

2005-06-15 Thread Aurélien Campéas
Le mercredi 15 juin 2005 à 08:01 +0200, Mart Frauenlob a écrit : Hello Simon, Simon wrote: Is there an easy place to get a list of installed packages... To make sure that i dont miss any in the new install? dpkg --get-selections should bring up all you need. ... to be piped into

debian package list

2005-06-14 Thread Simon
Hi There, Im installing a new server to replace one of our old ones. Its a LAMP(PHP) server, so i am installing a nice fresh version of sarge. The old server was running sarge as well... Is there an easy place to get a list of installed packages... To make sure that i dont miss any in the

Re: debian package list (dont worry - got it)

2005-06-14 Thread Simon
Simon wrote: Hi There, Im installing a new server to replace one of our old ones. Its a LAMP(PHP) server, so i am installing a nice fresh version of sarge. The old server was running sarge as well... Is there an easy place to get a list of installed packages... To make sure that i dont

Piped package list

2004-08-11 Thread Aaron Peters
I seem to recall seeing once that one of the package tools (dpkg, apt, or another, I don't remember) could save a package list that could later be piped as input to return a system to an identical list of packages with one command. Am I crazy, and if not, how is this done? TIA, Aaron

Re: Piped package list

2004-08-11 Thread Thomas Adam
On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 09:17:01AM -0700, Aaron Peters wrote: I seem to recall seeing once that one of the package tools (dpkg, apt, or another, I don't remember) could save a package list that could later be piped as input to return a system to an identical list of packages with one command

Re: Piped package list

2004-08-11 Thread Jacob S.
On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 09:17:01 -0700 (PDT) Aaron Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I seem to recall seeing once that one of the package tools (dpkg, apt, or another, I don't remember) could save a package list that could later be piped as input to return a system to an identical list of packages

Re: Piped package list

2004-08-11 Thread Thomas Adam
On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 11:50:07AM -0500, Jacob S. wrote: Please see my reply to this. dpkg --get-selections /file/to/output.txt There is no need to shunt stderr as well, since if anything is written to it (unlikely), it will taint the file. cat /file/to/output.txt | dpkg --set-selections

Re: Piped package list

2004-08-11 Thread Jacob S.
On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 17:58:36 +0100 Thomas Adam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 11:50:07AM -0500, Jacob S. wrote: Please see my reply to this. dpkg --get-selections /file/to/output.txt There is no need to shunt stderr as well, since if anything is written to it

Re: Piped package list

2004-08-11 Thread Tong
On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 17:42:10 +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: I seem to recall seeing once that one of the package tools (dpkg, apt, or another, I don't remember) could save a package list that could later be piped as input to return a system to an identical list of packages with one command. Am I

Re: Moving Package List

2004-05-29 Thread Greg Folkert
/Linux testing/unstable with a package list i am very happy with. i would like to move this configuration to another machine which i am performing a fresh install on. how can i get a list of all the packages on this system and how can i read that info into the new one? also... can i keep

Moving Package List

2004-05-28 Thread Sam Halliday
hello, i know this is probably somthing which is discussed often on the list... but i was unable to find anything in the archives, the apt FAQ or several google searches... so i'm posting to the list. i have a machine running Debian GNU/Linux testing/unstable with a package list i am very happy

Re: Moving Package List

2004-05-28 Thread Alex Malinovich
On Fri, 2004-05-28 at 14:57, Sam Halliday wrote: i have a machine running Debian GNU/Linux testing/unstable with a package list i am very happy with. i would like to move this configuration to another machine which i am performing a fresh install on. how can i get a list of all the packages

Re: Moving Package List

2004-05-28 Thread Shaun Jackman
testing/unstable with a package list i am very happy with. i would like to move this configuration to another machine which i am performing a fresh install on. how can i get a list of all the packages on this system and how can i read that info into the new one? also... can i keep the aptitude

Re: Explanation of package list at www.debian.org. (solved)

2003-09-30 Thread Jimmy Johansson
On Sun, 28 Sep 2003, Colin Watson wrote: On Sun, Sep 28, 2003 at 10:12:34PM +0200, Jimmy Johansson wrote: Hi, I have a quick question about the package list (stable) at www.debian.org. Some packages have a red label, security, behind them. Does this mean that this package is security

Explanation of package list at www.debian.org.

2003-09-28 Thread Jimmy Johansson
Hi, I have a quick question about the package list (stable) at www.debian.org. Some packages have a red label, security, behind them. Does this mean that this package is security enhanced or that it is a security risk? This might be a silly question, but I am confused because I can't find a key

Re: Explanation of package list at www.debian.org.

2003-09-28 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Sep 28, 2003 at 10:12:34PM +0200, Jimmy Johansson wrote: Hi, I have a quick question about the package list (stable) at www.debian.org. Some packages have a red label, security, behind them. Does this mean that this package is security enhanced or that it is a security risk

Re: apt-get and gzipped Package list files

2003-09-20 Thread Jacob Anawalt
Antti Peltonen wrote: Hi, Our companys proxy server is pain in the ass.. all web access _must_ go thru it and on some really mind boglingly stupid reason it decompresses Gzipped files as default. And suprise suprise the maintaince crew is unwilling to change this behaviour. Because of this

apt-get and gzipped Package list files

2003-09-19 Thread Antti Peltonen
Hi, Our companys proxy server is pain in the ass.. all web access _must_ go thru it and on some really mind boglingly stupid reason it decompresses Gzipped files as default. And suprise suprise the maintaince crew is unwilling to change this behaviour. Because of this behaviour apt-get cant

Re: Review of Non-US package list?

2003-07-17 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Jul 17, 2003 at 01:04:06AM -0400, Frederick (Rick) A Niles wrote: Does the list of packages listed as non-US get reviewed from time to time? Looking over the list, it seems like all the SSL stuff is considered non-US. I understand why this was the case 5 years ago, but between RSA

Review of Non-US package list?

2003-07-16 Thread Frederick (Rick) A Niles
Does the list of packages listed as non-US get reviewed from time to time? Looking over the list, it seems like all the SSL stuff is considered non-US. I understand why this was the case 5 years ago, but between RSA patent expiration and the export laws made less draconian in the past few

Re: HOW DO I: Copy the package list from one machine, and install it on another machine?

2003-02-23 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sun, Feb 23, 2003 at 09:50:05AM +1100, Russell Shaw wrote: There's a --set-selections, but it says that does nothing to actually do installing. Right, cause that's the first half. Finish up with dpkg --pending --install -- .''`. Baloo [EMAIL PROTECTED] : :' :proud Debian admin

HOW DO I: Copy the package list from one machine, and install it onanother machine?

2003-02-22 Thread Andrew Pritchard
I've got one debian box, and I want to duplicate the package list onto another machine - how do I go about doing this? I've done a dpkg -l to get a list of files from the first machine. It's got a whole load of extra information (package version no. etc) which I've filtered out. How can I get apt

Re: HOW DO I: Copy the package list from one machine, and installit on another machine?

2003-02-22 Thread Russell Shaw
Mark Janssen wrote: On Sat, 2003-02-22 at 11:35, Andrew Pritchard wrote: I've got one debian box, and I want to duplicate the package list onto another machine - how do I go about doing this? I've done a dpkg -l to get a list of files from the first machine. It's got a whole load of extra

RE: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?

2002-11-27 Thread Wathen, Metherion
like over a meg or two. mw -Original Message- From: Stefan Janecek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 4:44 PM To: Debian-User (E-mail) Subject: Re: How do I add CD's to dselect package list? On Sat, 2002-11-23 at 07:21, Michelle Konzack wrote: Hi, Am 09:17

RE: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?

2002-11-27 Thread Wathen, Metherion
installed, that is one cool proggy! mw -Original Message- From: Levi Waldron [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 4:38 PM To: Wathen, Metherion Cc: Debian-User (E-mail) Subject: Re: How do I add CD's to dselect package list? Just curious, why did you make up a CD of .debs

Re: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?

2002-11-27 Thread Levi Waldron
On November 27, 2002 09:02 am, Wathen, Metherion wrote: Hi, well, i have real fast internet connection from work, so its easier to download there than at home. what i really need to do is get a laptop and install debian on it and then tie into the connection at work and ... (maybe one day)

RE: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?

2002-11-27 Thread Wathen, Metherion
, November 27, 2002 9:25 AM To: Wathen, Metherion Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: How do I add CD's to dselect package list? On November 27, 2002 09:02 am, Wathen, Metherion wrote: Hi, well, i have real fast internet connection from work, so its easier to download there than at home. what i

RE: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?

2002-11-27 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello, Am 14:53 2002-11-26 -0500 hat Wathen, Metherion geschrieben: Thanks, What kind of info goes into a Packages.gz file (hate to be such a newbie but I'm transferring from the windows world). I looked at 'man apt-cdrom' and got really confused so any help you can offer is appreciated. You

RE: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?

2002-11-27 Thread Wathen, Metherion
holidays everyone, mw. -Original Message- From: Levi Waldron [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 3:17 PM To: Wathen, Metherion Subject: Re: How do I add CD's to dselect package list? On November 27, 2002 09:32 am, Wathen, Metherion wrote: hey thanks that's a good

Re: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?

2002-11-27 Thread Levi Waldron
On November 27, 2002 09:32 am, Wathen, Metherion wrote: hey thanks that's a good idea, im planning on upgrading soon anyway, other than the install discs (7 for woody), you say that the other software is available as a downloadable iso or something? No jigdo iso, just download the program

Re: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?

2002-11-27 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Wathen, Metherion said: i did some digging around the debian site and found what youre talking about - jidgo. i'll give it a shot after the holiday, however i'd like to know what is a .raw file and what do you do with it after downloading it? --how do you make it

Re: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?

2002-11-26 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hi, Am 09:17 2002-11-20 -0500 hat Wathen, Metherion geschrieben: Hi all, I need to know how to add CD's with programs and dependencies I downloaded from Debian.org to the list searched by dselect. What about deselect - Access method - CDROM Thanks in advance, mw. Michelle -- To

RE: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?

2002-11-26 Thread Wathen, Metherion
:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2002 1:25 AM To: Wathen, Metherion Cc: Debian-User (E-mail) Subject: RE: How do I add CD's to dselect package list? Hi again, Am 10:11 2002-11-20 -0500 hat Wathen, Metherion geschrieben: Thanks, The CD's prolly are not in the correct directory

Re: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?

2002-11-26 Thread Stefan Janecek
On Sat, 2002-11-23 at 07:21, Michelle Konzack wrote: Hi, Am 09:17 2002-11-20 -0500 hat Wathen, Metherion geschrieben: Hi all, I need to know how to add CD's with programs and dependencies I downloaded from Debian.org to the list searched by dselect. What about deselect - Access

Re: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?

2002-11-21 Thread Rob Weir
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 10:11:42AM -0500, Wathen, Metherion wrote: Thanks, The CD's prolly are not in the correct directory structure - where do I go to find out about the correct structure? These are CD's I just burned myself with .debs, tarballs, and such. Ah. You can't just tell apt to

Re: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?

2002-11-21 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 08:55:02PM +1100, Rob Weir wrote: On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 10:11:42AM -0500, Wathen, Metherion wrote: Thanks, The CD's prolly are not in the correct directory structure - where do I go to find out about the correct structure? These are CD's I just burned myself with

RE: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?

2002-11-20 Thread Wathen, Metherion
Thanks, The CD's prolly are not in the correct directory structure - where do I go to find out about the correct structure? These are CD's I just burned myself with .debs, tarballs, and such. Thanks again, mw. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe.

[Fwd: Re: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?]

2002-11-20 Thread Stefan Janecek
uuups. forgot to CC the list ... -Forwarded Message- From: Stefan Janecek [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Wathen, Metherion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: How do I add CD's to dselect package list? Date: 20 Nov 2002 16:01:47 +0100 On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 15:17, Wathen, Metherion wrote: Hi all, I

Re: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?

2002-11-20 Thread Torsten Wolny
Hi, Am Mittwoch, 20. November 2002 15:17 schrieb Wathen, Metherion: Hi all, I need to know how to add CD's with programs and dependencies I downloaded from Debian.org to the list searched by dselect. man apt-cdrom Thanks in advance, mw. Torsten -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

RE: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?

2002-11-20 Thread Peter Heitman
I believe the instructions are here: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-basico.en.html#s-cdrom Peter Wathen, Metherion wrote: Hi all, I need to know how to add CD's with programs and dependencies I downloaded from Debian.org to the list searched by dselect. Thanks in advance,

Re: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?

2002-11-20 Thread Bob Nielsen
man apt-cdrom On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 09:17:37AM -0500, Wathen, Metherion wrote: Hi all, I need to know how to add CD's with programs and dependencies I downloaded from Debian.org to the list searched by dselect. Thanks in advance, mw. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

package list screen at installation

2002-11-18 Thread Liudmila Yafremava
Hi! When we instal debian, we have an option to go through the entire list of packages and install them using dpkg. Now, if my system is already installed, but I do not want to search for all packages I did not install for one reason or another, is it possible to display that list of packages in

Re: package list screen at installation

2002-11-18 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 04:51:09AM -0600, Liudmila Yafremava wrote: When we instal debian, we have an option to go through the entire list of packages and install them using dpkg. Now, if my system is already installed, but I do not want to search for all packages I did not install for one

Re: package list screen at installation

2002-11-18 Thread sean finney
hiya, dselect is the program you're probably thinking of. as a piece of advice, do any package browsing as a normal user, because it's real easy to hit a key you didn't mean to, and it can lead to all kinds of wacky situations with your system. if you're looking for packages that do specific

Re: package list screen at installation

2002-11-18 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach sean finney [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2002.11.18.1616 +0100]: dselect is the program you're probably thinking of. as a piece of advice, do any package browsing as a normal user, because it's real easy to hit a key you didn't mean to, and it can lead to all kinds of wacky situations with

Re: package list screen at installation

2002-11-18 Thread sean finney
On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 05:06:17PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: note that spaces between search terms means OR, i don't think so. from the manpage: Seperate arguments can be used to specified multiple search patterns that are and'd together. yeah, my bad. what i

Re: starting dselect with predefined package list

2001-11-21 Thread Jeff
mentioned on this list) Bloating system can be avoided by this, I think. The package list lists packages that have been removed but not purged, on hold, set for purge but not purged, attempted to install and stuck, as well as simply installed. You should probably change all holds to installs

starting dselect with predefined package list

2001-11-20 Thread Jeff
Is there some way to do this? It would be cool to take a capture of 'dpkg -l' and start dselect with an option to load that package list so all I'd have to do is quickly verify the list loaded properly and then let it start installing. That way, I could pre-build the package list(s) for systems

Re: starting dselect with predefined package list

2001-11-20 Thread Brian Nelson
Jeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is there some way to do this? It would be cool to take a capture of 'dpkg -l' and start dselect with an option to load that package list so all I'd have to do is quickly verify the list loaded properly and then let it start installing. That way, I could pre

RE: starting dselect with predefined package list

2001-11-20 Thread Kelley, Tim \(CBS-New Orleans\)
Subject: starting dselect with predefined package list Is there some way to do this? It would be cool to take a capture of 'dpkg -l' and start dselect with an option to load that package list so all I'd have to do is quickly verify the list loaded properly and then let it start installing

Re: starting dselect with predefined package list

2001-11-20 Thread Jeff
Brian Nelson, 2001-Nov-20 10:32 -0800: Jeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is there some way to do this? It would be cool to take a capture of 'dpkg -l' and start dselect with an option to load that package list so all I'd have to do is quickly verify the list loaded properly and then let

Re: starting dselect with predefined package list

2001-11-20 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 21-Nov-2001 Jeff wrote: Brian Nelson, 2001-Nov-20 10:32 -0800: Jeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is there some way to do this? It would be cool to take a capture of 'dpkg -l' and start dselect with an option to load that package list so all I'd have to do is quickly verify the list

Re: starting dselect with predefined package list

2001-11-20 Thread Osamu Aoki
-selections \* packages' Then you get all packages listed (non-installed packages as purge) Thus you will get the exact same setting. (someone mentioned on this list) Bloating system can be avoided by this, I think. The package list lists packages that have been removed but not purged, on hold

Re: dselect: Package list totally Wrong

2001-07-27 Thread Henry Lebowzki
Gerd Wilhelm wrote: Hi Debianiens, the third time i have got the following Problem: I tried to install a Package vie dselect, but found out that the Dependencies where not met. One or to wrong keystrokes and dselect wants to _deinstall_ 142 Packages. Does anyone know a way I can tell

apt-get package list problem

2001-07-17 Thread Frank Zimmermann
stat source package list 'http://security.debian.org potato/updates/non-US Packages' (/var/state/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_potato_updates_non-US_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these missing files E: Couldn't find

Re: apt-get package list problem

2001-07-17 Thread Sebastiaan
Hello, On Tue, 17 Jul 2001, Frank Zimmermann wrote: deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 r3 _Potato_ - Official i386 Binary-3 (20010427)] / unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 r3 _Potato_ - Official i386 Binary-2 (20010427)] / unstable contrib main

Re: apt-get package list problem

2001-07-17 Thread Frank Zimmermann
Sebastiaan wrote: Hello, It should be: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ stable/updates main contrib deb http://security.debian.org/debian-non-US/ stable/non-US main contrib (well, it works). Greetz, Sebastiaan I see. Bu tthat is not obvious from the instruction on this site

Re: apt-get package list problem

2001-07-17 Thread Joost Kooij
Thanks, Josip. - Forwarded message from Josip Rodin [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - Forwarded message from Frank Zimmermann [EMAIL PROTECTED] - From: Frank Zimmermann [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: apt-get package list problem Sebastiaan wrote

Re: apt-get/package list troubles

2001-07-12 Thread der.hans
Am 11. Jul, 2001 schwäzte Kurt Lieber so: I'm fairly new to Debian, so I apologize if this is really obvious. That said, I'm trying to install SSH2, which is available here: ftp://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US/dists/testing/non-US/non-free/binary-i 386/ssh2_2.0.13-5.1.deb So, I have

apt-get/package list troubles

2001-07-11 Thread Kurt Lieber
I'm fairly new to Debian, so I apologize if this is really obvious. That said, I'm trying to install SSH2, which is available here: ftp://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US/dists/testing/non-US/non-free/binary-i 386/ssh2_2.0.13-5.1.deb So, I have the following line in my sources.list file: (among

automated install/re-install from status file or package list

2001-05-17 Thread Andreas Hatz
Does anybody know of a good way of using an old /var/lib/dpkg/status file to quickly reinstall debian. I would like to be able to do this to reduce the amount of time it takes me to re-build a machine after an attack or for installing all the same packages as another web server instead of choosing

Re: automated install/re-install from status file or package list

2001-05-17 Thread Colin Watson
Andreas Hatz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anybody know of a good way of using an old /var/lib/dpkg/status file to quickly reinstall debian. I would like to be able to do this to reduce the amount of time it takes me to re-build a machine after an attack or for installing all the same packages as

Resetting installed package list?

2001-02-14 Thread Colin Cashman
don't go through the process of actually removing that package. That caused me some consternation one evening when I somehow accidentally marked a dozen or so packages for uninstall that I really wanted to leave alone. Is it possible to rebuild the installed package list so that it reflects

apt-get problem (package list corrupted !)

2001-01-23 Thread Knud Sørensen
When i run apt-get update i get a Segmentation fault. The last thing i see is Reading Package lists ... 0% I think my package list is corrupted. How does i reconstruct it ?? Knud

dump package list to file?

2000-11-25 Thread Brian Lavender
I want to dump a list of the packages I have installed on a current potatoe installto a file, so I can later build a machine with the same packages? How do I do this? brian -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/

Re: dump package list to file?

2000-11-25 Thread Leen Besselink
I want to dump a list of the packages I have installed on a current potatoe installto a file, so I can later build a machine with the same packages? How do I do this? dpkg --get-selections file

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