Re: Problem using "dpkg -i"

On Sun 28 Jan 2018 at 14:18:02 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 01/28/2018 11:13 AM, Curt wrote: > > On 2018-01-28, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > > > > > > > > There is bluefish, but it only supports previews via an external > > > > > browser > > > > > (according to the

Re: Problem using "dpkg -i"

On 01/28/2018 11:13 AM, Curt wrote: On 2018-01-28, Richard Owlett wrote: There is bluefish, but it only supports previews via an external browser (according to the package description, I have not used it myself). Not for this project. But the manual hints it would

Re: Problem using "dpkg -i"

On Sun 28 Jan 2018 at 17:13:54 +, Curt wrote: > On 2018-01-28, Richard Owlett wrote: > >>> > >>> There is bluefish, but it only supports previews via an external browser > >>> (according to the package description, I have not used it myself). > >>> > >> > >> Not for

Re: Problem using "dpkg -i"

On 2018-01-28, Richard Owlett wrote: >>> >>> There is bluefish, but it only supports previews via an external browser >>> (according to the package description, I have not used it myself). >>> >> >> Not for this project. But the manual hints it would useful for other >>

Re: Problem using "dpkg -i"

On 01/15/2018 01:23 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: On 01/15/2018 11:38 AM, Sven Joachim wrote: On 2018-01-15 01:32 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: [snip] 2. Is there a recommended HTML editor in the repository that"     A. simple UI     B. can render the code so I can tell if my changes display   

Re: Problem using "dpkg -i"

On 01/22/2018 09:57 AM, Karol Augustin wrote: On 2018-01-15 9:17, Richard Owlett wrote: On 01/15/2018 02:25 AM, Bernd Gruber wrote: Richard Owlett wrote: Received error message: dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of amaya: amaya depends on libssl0.9.8 (>= 0.9.8m-1); however:

Re: Problem using "dpkg -i"

On 2018-01-15 9:17, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 01/15/2018 02:25 AM, Bernd Gruber wrote: >> Richard Owlett wrote: >>> >>> Received error message: >>> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of amaya: >>>amaya depends on libssl0.9.8 (>= 0.9.8m-1); however: >>> Package libssl0.9.8 is

Re: Problem using "dpkg -i"

On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 01:23:30PM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 01/15/2018 11:38 AM, Sven Joachim wrote: > > On 2018-01-15 01:32 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > [snip] > > > 2. Is there a recommended HTML editor in the repository that" > > > A. simple UI > > > B. can render the

Re: Problem using "dpkg -i"

On Wed, 17 Jan 2018 06:50:09 -0600 Richard Owlett wrote: (...) > *HOWEVER* your post leads to solving a more important problem. > It has been suggested several times "to build from source". I couldn't > find instructions suitable to my lack of background. The closest I've >

Re: Problem using "dpkg -i"

On 01/16/2018 03:51 PM, Michael Lange wrote: On Tue, 16 Jan 2018 15:29:57 -0600 Richard Owlett wrote: On 01/16/2018 04:17 AM, Michael Lange wrote: [snip] To the OP: a quick web search showed another alternative that (iirc) has not been mentioned before, see

Re: Problem using "dpkg -i"

On 2018-01-16, Michael Lange wrote: > On Tue, 16 Jan 2018 18:52:51 +0100 > deloptes wrote: > >> Curt wrote: >> > >> > I thought it was merely not recommended for upgrades. >> > >> >> might be we check to see what is official statement on that > >

Re: Problem using "dpkg -i"

On 2018-01-16, Michael Lange wrote: > On Tue, 16 Jan 2018 11:13:05 + (UTC) > Curt wrote: > >> On 2018-01-16, Michael Lange wrote: >> > >> > To the OP: >> > a quick web search showed another alternative that (iirc) has not been >> >

Re: Problem using "dpkg -i"

On Tue, 16 Jan 2018 15:29:57 -0600 Richard Owlett wrote: > On 01/16/2018 04:17 AM, Michael Lange wrote: > > [snip] > > > > To the OP: > > a quick web search showed another alternative that (iirc) has not been > > mentioned before, see http://bluegriffon.org/ . I don't know

Re: Problem using "dpkg -i"

On 01/16/2018 04:17 AM, Michael Lange wrote: [snip] To the OP: a quick web search showed another alternative that (iirc) has not been mentioned before, see http://bluegriffon.org/ . I don't know anything about this program, except that it appears to be commercial but open source and they have a

Re: Problem using "dpkg -i"

On Tue, 16 Jan 2018 18:52:51 +0100 deloptes wrote: > Curt wrote: > > > > I thought it was merely not recommended for upgrades. > > > > might be we check to see what is official statement on that Maybe Curt refers to the following from

Re: Problem using "dpkg -i"

On Tue, 16 Jan 2018 11:13:05 + (UTC) Curt wrote: > On 2018-01-16, Michael Lange wrote: > > > > To the OP: > > a quick web search showed another alternative that (iirc) has not been > > mentioned before, see http://bluegriffon.org/ . I don't know

Re: Problem using "dpkg -i"

On Tue 16 Jan 2018 at 18:52:51 +0100, deloptes wrote: > Curt wrote: > > > Obsolated: portmanteau of deprecated and obsolete? > > > > I thought it was merely not recommended for upgrades. > > > > might be we check to see what is official statement on that Section 4.4 of the Release Notes is

Re: Problem using "dpkg -i"

Curt wrote: > Obsolated: portmanteau of deprecated and obsolete? > > I thought it was merely not recommended for upgrades. > might be we check to see what is official statement on that > PS: Have you ever performed 'apt-get moo'? (You don't need to be root.) > Gives you a cow. > 'aptitude

Re: Problem using "dpkg -i"

On 01/15/2018 11:17 PM, deloptes wrote: Jimmy Johnson wrote: Instead of using apt, next time use aptitude -f install, reason is if aptitude can not fix the problem it will give you a clue as what you can do.  Also if you apt install and run 'upgrade-system' upgrade-system will tell what to do,

Re: Problem using "dpkg -i"

On 2018-01-16, Michael Lange wrote: > > To the OP: > a quick web search showed another alternative that (iirc) has not been > mentioned before, see http://bluegriffon.org/ . I don't know anything > about this program, except that it appears to be commercial but open >

Re: Problem using "dpkg -i"

On Tue, 16 Jan 2018 08:16:04 +0100 deloptes wrote: > Michael Lange wrote: > > > Oddly, so far as I have followed this thread, no one seems to > > consider the possibility to try and compile the application from the > > sources. I wonder if the debian developers should quit

Re: Problem using "dpkg -i"

On 2018-01-16, deloptes wrote: > Jimmy Johnson wrote: > >> Instead of using apt, next time use aptitude -f install, reason is if >> aptitude can not fix the problem it will give you a clue as what you can >> do.  Also if you apt install and run 'upgrade-system' upgrade-system

Re: Problem using "dpkg -i"

Jimmy Johnson wrote: > Instead of using apt, next time use aptitude -f install, reason is if > aptitude can not fix the problem it will give you a clue as what you can > do.  Also if you apt install and run 'upgrade-system' upgrade-system > will tell what to do, and clean your system too. I

Re: Problem using "dpkg -i"

Michael Lange wrote: > Oddly, so far as I have followed this thread, no one seems to consider the > possibility to try and compile the application from the sources. I > wonder if the debian developers should quit shipping the build system > when nobody wants to use it anyway ;-) well this was

Re: Problem using "dpkg -i"

On 01/15/2018 01:17 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: On 01/15/2018 02:25 AM, Bernd Gruber wrote: Richard Owlett wrote: Received error message: dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of amaya:    amaya depends on libssl0.9.8 (>= 0.9.8m-1); however:     Package libssl0.9.8 is not installed.

Re: Problem using "dpkg -i"

On Mon, 15 Jan 2018 20:36:59 +0100 deloptes wrote: > Richard Owlett wrote: > > > I repeated > > dpkg -i /home/richard/Downloads/amaya_11.4.7-1_i386.deb > > followed by > > apt-get -f install > > with the same result ; > > > If this app depends on ssl 0.98, it might have

Re: Problem using "dpkg -i"

Richard Owlett wrote: > I repeated > dpkg -i /home/richard/Downloads/amaya_11.4.7-1_i386.deb > followed by > apt-get -f install > with the same result ; If this app depends on ssl 0.98, it might have been working on jessy or wheezy - it is very likely that it will have some other missing

Re: Problem using "dpkg -i"

On 01/15/2018 11:38 AM, Sven Joachim wrote: On 2018-01-15 01:32 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: [snip] 2. Is there a recommended HTML editor in the repository that" A. simple UI B. can render the code so I can tell if my changes display as intended? There is bluefish, but it only

Re: Installing and running legacy software (was Re: Problem using "dpkg -i")

On 01/15/2018 11:26 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: On 01/15/2018 10:12 AM, bw wrote: On Mon, 15 Jan 2018, Richard Owlett wrote: *ROFL* I started with Netscape 4 and have ignored Firefox/Thunderbird. I currently have SeaMonkey 2.49.1

Re: Problem using "dpkg -i"

On 2018-01-15 01:32 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > A long time ago I had used Amaya, a HTML editor available at > . > I know, it's OLD. But I've used it ;/ > > I did: > dpkg -i /home/richard/Downloads/amaya_11.4.7-1_i386.deb > >

Re: Installing and running legacy software (was Re: Problem using "dpkg -i")

On 01/15/2018 10:12 AM, bw wrote: On Mon, 15 Jan 2018, Richard Owlett wrote: *ROFL* I started with Netscape 4 and have ignored Firefox/Thunderbird. I currently have SeaMonkey 2.49.1 . Composer choked on the file I was

Re: Installing and running legacy software (was Re: Problem using "dpkg -i")

On 01/15/2018 06:42 AM, Carl Fink wrote: On 01/15/2018 06:53 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: On 01/15/2018 03:57 AM, Jonathan Dowland wrote: [big snip] 2. Is there a recommended HTML editor in the repository that"   A. simple UI   B. can render the code so I can tell if my changes display as

Re: Installing and running legacy software (was Re: Problem using "dpkg -i")

On 01/15/2018 06:53 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: On 01/15/2018 03:57 AM, Jonathan Dowland wrote: [big snip] 2. Is there a recommended HTML editor in the repository that"   A. simple UI   B. can render the code so I can tell if my changes display as intended? I can't answer this question

Re: Installing and running legacy software (was Re: Problem using "dpkg -i")

On 01/15/2018 03:57 AM, Jonathan Dowland wrote: On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 01:32:07AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: A long time ago I had used Amaya, a HTML editor available at . I know, it's OLD. But I've used it ;/ I did: dpkg -i

Re: Problem using "dpkg -i"

On 15/01/18 20:32, Richard Owlett wrote: > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of amaya: >  amaya depends on libssl0.9.8 (>= 0.9.8m-1); however: >   Package libssl0.9.8 is not installed. > > However Synaptic indicates that libssl1.0.2 is installed. The different (libssl) package name

Installing and running legacy software (was Re: Problem using "dpkg -i")

On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 01:32:07AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: A long time ago I had used Amaya, a HTML editor available at . I know, it's OLD. But I've used it ;/ I did: dpkg -i /home/richard/Downloads/amaya_11.4.7-1_i386.deb

Re: Problem using "dpkg -i"

On 01/15/2018 02:25 AM, Bernd Gruber wrote: Richard Owlett wrote: Received error message: dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of amaya: amaya depends on libssl0.9.8 (>= 0.9.8m-1); however: Package libssl0.9.8 is not installed. try apt-get -f install Bernd I had already

Re: Problem using "dpkg -i"

Richard Owlett wrote: > > Received error message: > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of amaya: > amaya depends on libssl0.9.8 (>= 0.9.8m-1); however: >Package libssl0.9.8 is not installed. try apt-get -f install Bernd

Problem using "dpkg -i"

A long time ago I had used Amaya, a HTML editor available at . I know, it's OLD. But I've used it ;/ I did: dpkg -i /home/richard/Downloads/amaya_11.4.7-1_i386.deb Received error message: dpkg: dependency problems prevent