Re: apt-get fails to install pylint3

2016-11-14 Thread janm
Hi Tony What if you tell APT specifically to use Backports via "-t jessie-backports"? Please see my simulation install below. Kind regards Jan sudo apt-get install -t jessie-backports pylint3 -s -V Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done

Re: apt-get fails to install pylint3

2016-11-14 Thread Tony van der Hoff
On 14/11/16 16:45, janm wrote: Hi Tony What if you tell APT specifically to use Backports via "-t jessie-backports"? Please see my simulation install below. Thank you, Jan; that seems to have worked. Best regards, Tony -- Tony van der Hoff| mailto:t...@vanderhoff.org

Re: apt-get fails to install pylint3

2016-11-14 Thread Henning Follmann
On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 04:14:33PM +, Tony van der Hoff wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to install pylint3 on my jessie system. > According to synaptic, pylint3 is available from backports, which I've > enabled in sources.list. However, it depends on python3-astroid, which it > refused to

Re: apt-get fails due to system message bus problem

2012-08-14 Thread Dom
On 14/08/12 14:25, Malte Forkel wrote: Hello! I have written a little script to download a package from a repository specified on the command line. E.g. the following will download the package debian-archive-keyring_2010.08.28_all.deb on an Ubuntu system: $ apt-getfrom -s deb

Re: apt-get fails due to system message bus problem

2012-08-14 Thread Malte Forkel
Am 14.08.2012 17:20, schrieb Dom: I suspect that fakeroot is interpreting the -s option. Can you try: $ fakeroot -- apt-getfrom -s deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian stable \ main download debian-archive-keyring The -- should make fakeroot pass the -s through to your apt-getfrom

Re: apt-get fails through broken proxy

2006-08-03 Thread Liam O'Toole
On Thu, 3 Aug 2006 11:24:35 -0700 (PDT) Ottavio Caruso [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I run a Debian derivative on a portable memory stick and I have to connect through an ISA proxy server (both http and ftp). The proxy is broken and misconfigured so it won't download any .gz files, hence I

Re: apt-get fails through broken proxy

2006-08-03 Thread Chris Howie
Ottavio Caruso wrote: I just wonder if anyone has a possible workaround on my end, before giving up. Maybe you can tunnel out with ssh? -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCS/IT d-(--) s:- a--? C++(+++)$ UL P$ L+++ E--- W++ N o++

Re: apt-get fails

1999-10-31 Thread Martin Fluch
On Sun, 31 Oct 1999, peter karlsson wrote: Today when I tried running apt-get dist-upgrade, it failed on me... Anyone have ideas? # apt-get dist-upgrade Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Calculating Upgrade... Done The following packages will be REMOVED:

Re: apt-get fails

1999-10-31 Thread Todd Suess
I also got this error, but corrected it by placing a zero length file called confmodule in the /usr/share/debconf directory, and then running apt-get -f install and it finished normally. -Todd Do you want to continue? [Y/n] 100% [Scanning packages] Configuring packages ... /tmp/fileK7MiKx:

Re: apt-get fails

1999-10-31 Thread peter karlsson
Martin Fluch: Install this package manualy with dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/debconf* and apt-get upgrade should do. That seems to cure the problem, but why did it appear in the first place? # dpkg --install /var/cache/apt/archives/debconf_0.2.1_all.deb (Reading database ... 51889 files

Re: apt-get fails

1999-10-31 Thread Joey Hess
peter karlsson wrote: That seems to cure the problem, but why did it appear in the first place? Because I goofed up. It is corrected in the archive now, and should be soon in whatever mirror you use. -- see shy jo

Re: apt-get fails

1999-10-31 Thread Brad
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Sun, 31 Oct 1999, peter karlsson wrote: Martin Fluch: [[[discussion of the situation described in bug#48806 snipped by]]] [[[previous poster]]] Install this package manualy with dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/debconf* and apt-get upgrade should do.

Re: apt-get fails

1999-10-31 Thread Joey Hess
Brad wrote: to use it, to avoid backward combatability? Thanks, but I seem to be able to avoid backward compatability quite well on my own. :-) (Seriously, I have a good backwards compatabile fix in place now.) -- see shy jo

Re: apt-get fails with large package

1999-03-28 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Sun, 28 Mar 1999, Mark Phillips wrote: I am trying to upgrade a machine to slink, it was going fine till it attempted to download the xbooks package. It waited for ages saying It may well be that your ISP has a 'transparent' web proxy that doesn't quite work, try using wget.. Jason