Re: Apt-get question

On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 01:08:52PM -0300, Renaud OLGIATI wrote: > On Tue, 16 Feb 2016 14:21:04 +0100 > wrote: > > > If that's a genuine question, and if that interests others, I'd be glad to > > post my upgrade notes. There are many resources out there, of which I'd > >

Re: Apt-get question

On Tue, 16 Feb 2016 14:21:04 +0100 wrote: > If that's a genuine question, and if that interests others, I'd be glad to > post my upgrade notes. There are many resources out there, of which I'd > recommend (at least): > >

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On Tuesday 16 February 2016 14:20:19 to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 02:08:53PM +, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Tuesday 16 February 2016 13:21:04 to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > if that interests others, I'd be glad to > > > post

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-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 02:08:53PM +, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Tuesday 16 February 2016 13:21:04 to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > if that interests others, I'd be glad to > > post my upgrade notes > > Yes, please. OK. It might take me a couple of days,

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On Tuesday 16 February 2016 13:21:04 to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > if that interests others, I'd be glad to > post my upgrade notes Yes, please. Lisi

Re: Apt-get question

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 09:59:55AM -0300, Renaud OLGIATI wrote: > On Tue, 16 Feb 2016 11:53:41 + > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > > Want to stay with GNU-Linux, not ready to switch to Systemd-Linux. > > > > Jessie without

Re: Apt-get question

On Tue, 16 Feb 2016 11:53:41 + Lisi Reisz wrote: > > Want to stay with GNU-Linux, not ready to switch to Systemd-Linux. > > Jessie without systemd? How do you install that ? Cheers, Ron. -- Ninety percent of everything is crud.

Re: Apt-get question

On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 08:35:16AM -0300, Renaud OLGIATI wrote: On Tue, 16 Feb 2016 11:36:33 +0100 arian wrote: you might want to use aptitude (synaptics probably works too), as it makes figuring out why it does what much easier, among other things. For a start, it

Re: Apt-get question

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 11:53:41AM +, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Tuesday 16 February 2016 11:35:16 Renaud OLGIATI wrote: > > On Tue, 16 Feb 2016 11:36:33 +0100 > > > > arian wrote: > > > you might want to use aptitude

Re: Apt-get question

On Tuesday 16 February 2016 11:35:16 Renaud OLGIATI wrote: > On Tue, 16 Feb 2016 11:36:33 +0100 > > arian wrote: > > you might want to use aptitude (synaptics probably works too), as it > > makes figuring out why it does what much easier, among other things. For > > a

Re: Apt-get question

On Tue, 16 Feb 2016 11:36:33 +0100 arian wrote: > you might want to use aptitude (synaptics probably works too), as it makes > figuring out why it does what much easier, among other things. For a start, > it lists things one item per line by default. If you decide to do

Re: Apt-get question

> When I execute apt-get update && apt-get upgrade, [...] Let me quote `man apt-get`: upgrade upgrade is used to install the newest versions of all packages currently installed on the system from the sources enumerated in /etc/apt/sources.list. Packages

Apt-get question

New install of Wheezy; from the DVD. When I execute apt-get update && apt-get upgrade, I am given a list of 168 packages that have been kept back and not upgraded. Why are they not upgraded ? Cheers, Ron. -- If at first you dont succeed,

Re: RAR/ apt-get Question

On Wednesday 14 September 2011 07:03:54 pm Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: 2011/9/15 Greg Madden gomadtr...@gci.net It is in non-free. aptitude install unrar That said, a default install of Squeeze only has 'main' in the sources.list. You have to add 'non-free', and 'contrib' if you want

Re: RAR/ apt-get Question

2011/9/15 Greg Madden gomadtr...@gci.net On Wednesday 14 September 2011 07:03:54 pm Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: 2011/9/15 Greg Madden gomadtr...@gci.net It is in non-free. aptitude install unrar That said, a default install of Squeeze only has 'main' in the sources.list. You

Re: RAR/ apt-get Question

On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:58:39 -0600 Bob Proulx b...@proulx.com wrote: RiverWind wrote: Whilst trying to get and install the rar file compression utility, I encountered a bit of an interesting obstacle. It seems that this file is either obsolete and hence no longer supported by Linux, or

Re: RAR/ apt-get Question

From: RiverWind riverw...@shellworld.net Subject: RAR/ apt-get Question Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 22:00:53 -0400 (EDT) Hey There, Whilst trying to get and install the rar file compression utility, I encountered a bit of an interesting obstacle. It seems that this file is either obsolete

RAR/ apt-get Question

Hey There, Whilst trying to get and install the rar file compression utility, I encountered a bit of an interesting obstacle. It seems that this file is either obsolete and hence no longer supported by Linux, or something else of that nature has made this application unavailable via mainstream

Re: RAR/ apt-get Question

RiverWind wrote: Whilst trying to get and install the rar file compression utility, I encountered a bit of an interesting obstacle. It seems that this file is either obsolete and hence no longer supported by Linux, or something else of that nature has made this application unavailable via

Re: RAR/ apt-get Question

On Wednesday 14 September 2011 06:00:53 pm RiverWind wrote: Hey There, Whilst trying to get and install the rar file compression utility, I encountered a bit of an interesting obstacle. It seems that this file is either obsolete and hence no longer supported by Linux, or something else of

Re: RAR/ apt-get Question

2011/9/15 Greg Madden gomadtr...@gci.net It is in non-free. aptitude install unrar -- Regards, Umarzuki Mochlis http://debmal.my

Re: apt-get question..

On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 08:24:24PM -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote: On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 09:31:15PM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty [EMAIL PROTECTED] was heard to say: On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 11:03:59PM +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 02:40:45AM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: If

Re: apt-get question..

On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 04:10:38PM -0400, Ishwar Rattan wrote: On Mon, 12 May 2008, Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/12/08 13:48, ISHWAR RATTAN wrote: I have a debian system installed and want to dist upgrade it, BUT I want apt--get dist-upgrade to

Re: apt-get question..

On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 02:40:45AM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: If you want less stuff installed, then you can tell aptitude not to install 'recommends', If a package is listed as a recommends and you consider it should only be a suggests it is considered a bug. -- Chris. == One, with God,

Re: apt-get question..

On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 11:03:59PM +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 02:40:45AM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: If you want less stuff installed, then you can tell aptitude not to install 'recommends', If a package is listed as a recommends and you consider it should only be

Re: apt-get question..

On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 09:31:15PM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty [EMAIL PROTECTED] was heard to say: On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 11:03:59PM +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 02:40:45AM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: If you want less stuff installed, then you can tell aptitude not to

Re: apt-get question..

On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 02:48:29PM -0400, ISHWAR RATTAN wrote: I have a debian system installed and want to dist upgrade it, BUT I want apt--get dist-upgrade to upgrade only the installed debs and not to download everything under the sun! dist-upgrade will only upgrade those packages that

apt-get question..

I have a debian system installed and want to dist upgrade it, BUT I want apt--get dist-upgrade to upgrade only the installed debs and not to download everything under the sun! Is such a thing possible? -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe.

Re: apt-get question..

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/12/08 13:48, ISHWAR RATTAN wrote: I have a debian system installed and want to dist upgrade it, BUT I want apt--get dist-upgrade to upgrade only the installed debs and not to download everything under the sun! Is such a thing possible?

Re: apt-get question..

On Mon, 12 May 2008, Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/12/08 13:48, ISHWAR RATTAN wrote: I have a debian system installed and want to dist upgrade it, BUT I want apt--get dist-upgrade to upgrade only the installed debs and not to download everything

Re: apt-get question..

ISHWAR RATTAN wrote: I have a debian system installed and want to dist upgrade it, BUT I want apt--get dist-upgrade to upgrade only the installed debs and not to download everything under the sun! Is such a thing possible? You might be looking for apt-get update apt-get upgrade hth

Re: apt-get question..

ISHWAR RATTAN wrote: I have a debian system installed and want to dist upgrade it, BUT I want apt--get dist-upgrade to upgrade only the installed debs and not to download everything under the sun! 'apt-get dist-upgrade' does exactly that. It tries to update as many of the installed packages

[solved] Re: apt-get question

Rodolfo Medina [EMAIL PROTECTED] was heard to say: ; but then, when I tried to install libopensync-plugin-syncml with: # apt-get install libopensync-plugin-syncml , I got error: The following packages have unmet dependencies. libopensync-plugin-syncml: Depends: libsyncml0 but it is

apt-get question

In order to catch the newer version of opensync, I added to sources.list the following lines: #opensync deb http://opensync.gforge.punktart.de/repo/opensync-0.21/ etch main deb-src http://opensync.gforge.punktart.de/repo/opensync-0.21/ etch main and then did: `apt-get update'. Then I did:

Re: apt-get question

On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 06:34:59PM +0200, Rodolfo Medina wrote: In order to catch the newer version of opensync, I added to sources.list the following lines: #opensync deb http://opensync.gforge.punktart.de/repo/opensync-0.21/ etch main deb-src

Re: apt-get question

Rodolfo Medina [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In order to catch the newer version of opensync, I added to sources.list the following lines: #opensync deb http://opensync.gforge.punktart.de/repo/opensync-0.21/ etch main deb-src http://opensync.gforge.punktart.de/repo/opensync-0.21/ etch main

Re: apt-get question

On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 08:48:37PM +0200, Rodolfo Medina [EMAIL PROTECTED] was heard to say: Rodolfo Medina [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ; but then, when I tried to install libopensync-plugin-syncml with: # apt-get install libopensync-plugin-syncml , I got error: The following packages

apt-get question?

How does one install the upgrade that was downloaded as: apt-get upgrade -d -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: apt-get question?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 11:15:35AM -0400, Ishwar Rattan wrote: How does one install the upgrade that was downloaded as: apt-get upgrade -d -ishwar just run apt-get upgrade everything that is already downloaded won't be downloaded again,

Re: apt-get question?

On Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 05:27:57PM +0200, Albert Dengg wrote: and afterwards you should probably clear the cache using 'apt-get clean' Why? -- Marc Wilson | Remember, God could only create the world in 6 days [EMAIL PROTECTED] | because he didn't have an established user base.

Re: apt-get question?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 09:05:02AM -0700, Marc Wilson wrote: On Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 05:27:57PM +0200, Albert Dengg wrote: and afterwards you should probably clear the cache using 'apt-get clean' Why? unless you want to use them again for some

apt-get question?

How can one install a package downloaded as: apt-get install -d gcc-3.4 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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Ishwar Rattan wrote: How can one install a package downloaded as: apt-get install -d gcc-3.4 If you download it first, then a simple `apt-get install gcc-4.3` later will install it. This is because apt looks in the local package cache before going to the network. -Roberto --

Re: apt-get question?

On Sun, 02 Jul 2006 21:08:44 -0400 (EDT) Ishwar Rattan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How can one install a package downloaded as: apt-get install -d gcc-3.4 hopefully it is either in your present directory or in the archive directory - probably /var/cache/apt/archives ... do #dpkg -i

Re: apt-get question

George Borisov wrote: Eric Wong wrote: 3) dpkg -P apache2 And then I remove apache2 Try using apt-get remove --purge apache2 instead? Hope this helps, That will not help as apache2 is just a meta-package. There are other packages with file in /etc/apache2. -Roberto -- Roberto

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Eric Wong wrote: Hi, I am newbie to Debian, and have a question about apt-get. Conside the following steps: 1) apt-get install apache2 Now apache2 is installed and working fine 2) rm -rf /etc/apache2 I try to remove all configurations 3) dpkg -P apache2 And then I remove

Re: apt-get question

try 'dpkg-reconfigure apache2' Henrique [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: apt-get question

On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 09:16:42PM +0800, Eric Wong wrote: Hi, I am newbie to Debian, and have a question about apt-get. Conside the following steps: 1) apt-get install apache2 Now apache2 is installed and working fine great 2) rm -rf /etc/apache2 I try to remove all

Re: apt-get question

On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 09:16:42PM +0800, Eric Wong wrote: Hi, I am newbie to Debian, and have a question about apt-get. Conside the following steps: 1) apt-get install apache2 Now apache2 is installed and working fine 2) rm -rf /etc/apache2 I try to remove all configurations

Re: apt-get question

Hi Roberto, Really thanks a lot! I tried to search it in google, but couldn't find out the solution. Your information is extremely helpful !! Thanks a lot! :) KC Eric On 5/24/06, Roberto C. Sanchez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Eric Wong wrote: Hi, I am newbie to Debian, and have a question about

Re: apt-get question

Eric Wong wrote: 3) dpkg -P apache2 And then I remove apache2 Try using apt-get remove --purge apache2 instead? Hope this helps, -- George Borisov DXSolutions Ltd signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

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Andrew Sackville-West writes: apt probably doesn't realise that you previously removed apache2 and so doesn't know to reinstall the confs. just a guess there. 'apt-get remove apache2' removes the package but not the configuration files. Thus when he later did 'apt-get install apache2' apt

apt-get question

Hi, I am newbie to Debian, and have a question about apt-get. Conside the following steps: 1) apt-get install apache2 Now apache2 is installed and working fine 2) rm -rf /etc/apache2 I try to remove all configurations 3) dpkg -P apache2 And then I remove apache2 4) apt-get install apache2 I

Re: apt-get question

On Wed, 1 Feb 2006 17:47:27 -0500 (EST) Ishwar Rattan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have installed debian-archive-keyring and apt-get install still complains like: WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated! tex-common tetex-base libkpathsea4 libpoppler0c2 libt1-5 tetex-bin

apt-get question

I have installed debian-archive-keyring and apt-get install still complains like: WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated! tex-common tetex-base libkpathsea4 libpoppler0c2 libt1-5 tetex-bin What is the solution? -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: apt-get question

On Wed, May 11, 2005 at 12:11:51PM +0200, Dominik Epple wrote: Hi list, I have an empty /var/cache/apt/archives directory. For building a custom CD, I want to have all packages that are installed on the machine as a file on my computer, e.g. in the /var/cache/apt/archives directory. Can I

apt-get question

Hi list, I have an empty /var/cache/apt/archives directory. For building a custom CD, I want to have all packages that are installed on the machine as a file on my computer, e.g. in the /var/cache/apt/archives directory. Can I make apt-get download all the files for me? There must be some magic

Re: apt-get question

Hello Dominik Epple ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I have an empty /var/cache/apt/archives directory. For building a custom CD, I want to have all packages that are installed on the machine as a file on my computer, e.g. in the /var/cache/apt/archives directory. Can I make apt-get download all

Re: apt-get question

On Wed, May 11, 2005 at 12:39:22PM +0200, Andreas Janssen wrote: I have an empty /var/cache/apt/archives directory. For building a custom CD, I want to have all packages that are installed on the machine as a file on my computer, e.g. in the /var/cache/apt/archives directory. Can I make

Easy (hopefully) apt-get question

Greetings - When I do a apt-get upgrade (after doing an apt-get update), I see that the only libs/ files/ etc that are updated are some utils and libraries for mutt. Is there a default file/ conf file that I need to alter to update the rest of my packages on my system (pertaining to brownser,

Re: Easy (hopefully) apt-get question

On Thu, Aug 05, 2004 at 12:41:11PM -0400, Tony Uceda Velez wrote: Greetings - When I do a apt-get upgrade (after doing an apt-get update), I see that the only libs/ files/ etc that are updated are some utils and libraries for mutt. Is there a default file/ conf file that I need to alter to

RE: newbie apt-get question

of the packages (like Samba)? If so, is there a HOW-TO covering this? Thanks again, Mark -Original Message- From: Jason Rennie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jason Rennie Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 1:08 AM To: Debian-User (E-mail) Subject: Re: newbie apt-get question On Mon

Re: newbie apt-get question

Mark D. Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'd like to upgrade to version 3.0.5 of SAMBA. But, apt-get tells me that samba is already the newest version. When I try this: apt-get install samba=3.0.5 it tells me that Version 3.0.5 for samba is not found What am I doing wrong? Thanks,

Re: newbie apt-get question

On Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 08:26:26AM -0400, Mark D. Hansen wrote: Thanks. You are right - I'm using stable. But, I thought that I could override the version of Samba (or other packages) included in the distribution by using the syntax in my original post (i.e., samba=3.0.5-1). Am I mistaken?

Re: newbie apt-get question

On Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 03:11:02PM +0200, Allan Rasmussen wrote: Samba 3.0.5 is only available in unstable as far as I can see. Take a look at http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages and search for samba in all distributions. So if you aren't running unstable you can't install it (just use

Re: newbie apt-get question

On Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 08:26:26AM -0400, Mark D. Hansen wrote: Thanks. You are right - I'm using stable. But, I thought that I could override the version of Samba (or other packages) included in the distribution by using the syntax in my original post (i.e., samba=3.0.5-1). Am I mistaken?

newbie apt-get question

I'd like to upgrade to version 3.0.5 of SAMBA. But, apt-get tells me that samba is already the newest version. When I try this: apt-get install samba=3.0.5 it tells me that Version 3.0.5 for samba is not found What am I doing wrong? Thanks, Mark

Re: newbie apt-get question

* Mark D. Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] [040727 03:36]: apt-get install samba=3.0.5 it tells me that Version 3.0.5 for samba is not found You forget the Debian-Packet Version. Try it with apt-get install samba=3.0.5-1 and it sould work. Yours sincerely, Alexander -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: newbie apt-get question

Mark D. Hansen wrote: I'd like to upgrade to version 3.0.5 of SAMBA. But, apt-get tells me that samba is already the newest version. When I try this: apt-get install samba=3.0.5 it tells me that Version 3.0.5 for samba is not found which is the one you've been using ? stable, testing,

Re: newbie apt-get question

On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 09:36:47PM -0400, Mark D. Hansen wrote: I'd like to upgrade to version 3.0.5 of SAMBA. But, apt-get tells me that samba is already the newest version. When I try this: apt-get install samba=3.0.5 it tells me that Version 3.0.5 for samba is not found What am

apt-get question

I've encountered something that I don't know if it's a bug or what. Background: I had installed a local compile of XFree 4.3.0 some time ago. I'd installed it in /usr/local, but somehow, the /etc/X11 stuff got stored under /etc/ instead of /usr/local/etc. My system is testing, and I finally

Quick newbie apt-get question

If I, say, do katrina:/home/raub# apt-get install nis would it also check to see if any of the packages it depends on (per http://packages.debian.org/stable/net/nis ) are there, and download them as needed? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe.

Re: Quick newbie apt-get question

At 2004-01-17T15:28:38Z, Mauricio [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: katrina:/home/raub# apt-get install nis would it also check to see if any of the packages it depends on (per http://packages.debian.org/stable/net/nis ) are there, and download them as needed? Answer 1: Yep. Answer 2: What happened

Re: apt-get question

On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 01:40:02PM -0800, Joe Rhett said On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 06:26:15PM +1100, Rob Weir wrote: The general answer is downgrades are not supported. It is often possible to just install the previous versions of packages with dpkg (look in /var/cache/apt/archives/ for old

Re: apt-get question

On Wed, 05 Nov 2003 at 08:23 GMT, Rob Weir penned: On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 01:40:02PM -0800, Joe Rhett said With no way to go back? Right... Notice that I said general, by the way. It is often possible to trivially downgrade packages with dpkg, but sometimes it is extremely difficult.

Re: apt-get question

On Tuesday 04 November 2003 5:26 pm, JG wrote: Hi, Joe Rhett [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 06:26:15PM +1100, Rob Weir wrote: The general answer is downgrades are not supported. It is often possible to just install the previous versions of packages with dpkg (look

Re: apt-get question

On Wed, 05 Nov 2003 at 19:00 GMT, Alfredo Valles penned: On Tuesday 04 November 2003 5:26 pm, JG wrote: No. We base the stability of our system by using stable (and, possibly, backports: www.apt-get.org). But it would be a good idea to add to apt the capability of undo the most recent

Re: apt-get question

On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 08:14:51PM -0700, Robert Soricone said Is it possible to undo an upgrade performed by apt-get, i.e. revert to your previous state? The general answer is downgrades are not supported. It is often possible to just install the previous versions of packages with dpkg (look

Re: apt-get question

On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 06:26:15PM +1100, Rob Weir wrote: The general answer is downgrades are not supported. It is often possible to just install the previous versions of packages with dpkg (look in /var/cache/apt/archives/ for old .debs), but there are no guarantees. Installing

Re: apt-get question

On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 01:40:02PM -0800, Joe Rhett wrote: You've got to be kidding me. Hm, let's base the stability of our system on whether or not someone bothered to report a bug? With no way to go back? Right... You mean let's NOT, as potentially useful input, evaluate whether or not

apt-get question

Is it possible to undo an upgrade performed by apt-get, i.e. revert to your previous state? Thanks in advance... Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: apt-get question

On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 12:20:37AM -0700, James LeClair wrote: Hello all. Could someone suggest, or better yet provide an example, a way to edit a sources.list file so as to have the most up to date debian desktop system possible. Suppose I could just install Knoppix but that would be to

apt-get question

Hello all. Could someone suggest, or better yet provide an example, a way to edit a sources.list file so as to have the most up to date debian desktop system possible. Suppose I could just install Knoppix but that would be to easy. I have done some experimenting, but every time I appear to

Re: apt-get question

Hi, * James LeClair [EMAIL PROTECTED] [030710 12:53]: Hello all. Could someone suggest, or better yet provide an example, a way to edit a sources.list file so as to have the most up to date debian desktop system possible. Well it depends on whether you are running stable, testing or

Re: apt-get question

On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 12:20:37AM -0700, James LeClair wrote: would be to easy. I have done some experimenting, but every time I appear to have done the dist-upgrade successfully, KDE completely breaks down. James, see the new book in progress at

apt-get question

Hi all, Can I (permanently) overdrive the dependency settings of a package? I.e., I want to disable a 'conflicts' dependency which is not a conflict to me, anyway, I have installed the package in question with dpkg -i --force-conflicts, and works great. But, in this state apt-get do not work

Re: apt-get question

Ferenc Engard wrote: Hi all, Can I (permanently) overdrive the dependency settings of a package? I.e., I want to disable a 'conflicts' dependency which is not a conflict to me, anyway, I have installed the package in question with dpkg -i --force-conflicts, and works great. But, in this state

Re: apt-get question

on Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 07:33:21AM +0530, Jijo Jose A ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: hi all i am trying to download packages from http://pandora.debian.org/debian-non-US/, using apt-setup, it update the packages lists and after it don't work with apt-get , the error occured like apt-get -f

apt-get question

hi all i am trying to download packages from http://pandora.debian.org/debian-non-US/, using apt-setup, it update the packages lists and after it don't work with apt-get , the error occured like apt-get -f install deity Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Package deity

Re: sources.list and apt-get question

on Sat, Aug 25, 2001 at 05:14:24PM -0700, Rick Commo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: After reading Karsten Self's comments on galeon I thought I would give it a try since Netscape 4.75 is old and *not* impressive. Downloaded galeon-0.12.tar.gz and unzipped and untarred it. When I ran configure

sources.list and apt-get question

After reading Karsten Self's comments on galeon I thought I would give it a try since Netscape 4.75 is old and *not* impressive. Downloaded galeon-0.12.tar.gz and unzipped and untarred it. When I ran configure it came up with an error saying that I had glib 1.2.7 and needed glib 1.2.8. So I

apt-get question.

Hi, I am struggling to build deb package from source but failed. I am quite new to apt so, for example I would like to build kdebase from ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/latest/distribution/deb/dists/stable/main/source I have added the line deb-source

RE: apt-get question.

BTW Is there a way to build debian pakages manually, I mean I rather download the files (diff, dsc orig.tar.gz ...using any ftp client into local and build it. sure, how do you think we do it? dpkg-source -x foo.dsc cd foo-version dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -us -uc # make sure you

apt-get question

Does anyone know how I can specify a destination with apt-get? i.e. apt-get installs everything in /usr, but I want to get it to install in /usr/local/... Thanks in advance, v = -- vs __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from

Re: apt-get question

Why would you want to do this? The whole point of having /usr/local is to keep what you add to your system seperate from the main distribution. This is at least Debian's implementation of what /usr/local should represent. Is there a specific reason that you would want to prefer /usr/local over

Re: apt-get question

Vishal Soni wrote: Does anyone know how I can specify a destination with apt-get? i.e. apt-get installs everything in /usr, but I want to get it to install in /usr/local/... Thanks in advance, v Also, where files get installed to is determined by the package, not by apt-get. Tom

Re: A basic apt-get question...

On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 12:23:38PM +0200, Joost Kooij wrote: On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 09:55:23AM +0100, Russell wrote: or at least I assume it's about apt-get. I just want to know if a particular package is installed on my system, and I can't seem to find that kind of option in the man pages

A basic apt-get question...

or at least I assume it's about apt-get. I just want to know if a particular package is installed on my system, and I can't seem to find that kind of option in the man pages for apt-get, dpkg or dselect. Is there something like apt-get --is-it-installed packagename ? Thanks, Russell

Re: A basic apt-get question...

* Russell [EMAIL PROTECTED] (2001-07-10 10:00): or at least I assume it's about apt-get. I just want to know if a particular package is installed on my system, and I can't seem to find that kind of option in the man pages for apt-get, dpkg or dselect. Is there something like apt-get

Re: A basic apt-get question...

On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 09:55:23AM +0100, Russell wrote: or at least I assume it's about apt-get. I just want to know if a particular package is installed on my system, and I can't seem to find that kind of option in the man pages for apt-get, dpkg or dselect. Then you did not read the dpkg

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