"J. Hartzelbuck" wrote: > > Dear friends, > > I'm running Debian Slink (2.1) and trying to install Applix 5.0. Per > instructions in the readme, I did > > cd /cdrom > ./setup > > Things went smoothly till somewhere near the end, when the message appeared > that the installer wanted to update my system. The following four files > needed to be installed. I approved, and things proceeded, but I don't think > anything happened, because although the Applix stuff is on the KDE menu, > nothing happens when I click. > > libglib1.2_1.2.6-0.slink.0_i386.deb > libglib1.2dev_1.2.6-0.slink.0_i386.deb > libgtk1.2_1.2.6-0.slink.0_i386.deb > libgtk1.2-dev_1.2.6-0.slink.0_i386.deb > > Do I need to install these files myself? I am sorry to say I can't figure > how to do it. I have learned that they are not a "package" so I can't do > "apt-get install <package>." I would appreciate some pointers.
I have no idea what you are installing or if you should or should not be messing with these libraries but installing a .deb is simple -- dpkg -i <FileName.deb> See the manpage for more details. You can also go through 'dselect' 'apt' never tried it. hth, kent
