Thank you David Z.Maze for your advices but my problem is still unsolved. I followed trying dpkg-scanpackages but I ran into new problems, because I don' t know how to create an override file. So I read the manpage but it didn't help me. I am not sure but I believe that creating an override file is a task for a developper or maintainer.
Downloading the override file of a whole new Debian-Linux (found in the directory pub/debian/indices) seems not to be the solution. If I do so then every package of my distrubution would be marked as not up-to-date. I only want to update (or to install a deb-file downloaded from ftp or from cd-rom) one or two packages, and I want to use dselect. Furthermore I want to use my old distribution. how can I do this ? TIA Christian Eckert ----- Original Message ----- From: David Z. Maze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 7:02 PM Subject: Re: dselect or dpkg? packages.gz-file > Christian Eckert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > CE> I always used successfully "dselect" with the option multi-cd for > CE> to install some deb-packages of my distribution. Now I like to > CE> install a downloaded deb.package or one from another cd. I tried > CE> (with option mounted) and dselect wants to know some > CE> packages.gz-file, but I haven' t any. > CE> > CE> So I have some questions: > CE> > CE> Do I have to use dpkg -i > > Pretty much, yeah. (Or you could use dpkg-scanpackages to build your > own Packages file, but this is less practical if you'd be trying to > write it to an already-burned CD.) > > CE> is dselect only dedicated for the installation of the deb-pakages > CE> delivered with the distibutions cds? I can't believe it. > > No; I use it all the time for network updates. It's only really > useful for sources of packages that have Packages files, which > includes the official Debian package mirrors and the official CDs, > along with some other FTP/Web sites. > > CE> After having installed some deb-packages with dpkg -i (with > CE> respect to some dependencies etc) dselect tells me all these > CE> packages to be obsolete. Why? > > They're "obsolete/local", which in your case translates to "local". > These packages are "packages dselect can't find advertised in any > Packages file", which in the "obsolete" case would mean "used to be > on the Debian mirrors but aren't any more". > > CE> What do I have to consider, how can I install some packages with > CE> dselect? I just read in s.o. mail to aviod dselect, but why? > > Some people Just Don't Like dselect; I think it's fine. The one > caution I've heard is that running dselect for the first time can > cause all of the Required and Standard packages to be installed, even > if you don't actually want them. > > -- > David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mit.edu/~dmaze/ > "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." > -- Abra Mitchell >
