Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages

2016-12-19 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2016-12-19 18:58:43 +, Joe wrote: > On Mon, 19 Dec 2016 12:38:51 +0100 > Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > But that's not automatic (aptitude can also do that, and one can > > undo a choice if it yields removals). > > Difficult to see how it could be automated, as sometimes it's a value > judgeme

Re: best practices for fighting spam with Debian?

2016-12-19 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2016-12-19 17:31:19 +, Joe wrote: > On Mon, 19 Dec 2016 13:09:22 +0100 > Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > On 2016-12-16 17:58:26 +, Joe wrote: > > > This check used to be pretty much a guarantee of a business IP > > > address, but unfortunately many home ISP accounts now have > > > complem

Re: Why I can not install software on debian easily?

2016-12-19 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 19/12/16 22:45, Nemeth Gyorgy wrote: 2016-12-19 02:54 keltezéssel, john cusey írta: Time to go back to Windows. Just do it. It will be better for everyone. Oh, have a heart. :-) Ubuntu is a great choice for unsophisticated users, ranging from computer scientists to grandmothers [1], who

Re: Help! -- Not enough space to store temporary files

2016-12-19 Thread Dennis Wicks
Dennis Wicks wrote on 12/17/2016 07:36 PM: I am trying to install Qt on Debian Thanks for all the help! All that was required was to set TMPDIR to point to a different tmp directory in a partition with more room!

Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages

2016-12-19 Thread Joe
On Mon, 19 Dec 2016 12:38:51 +0100 Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2016-12-16 18:06:26 +, Joe wrote: > > Do you have X running? > > Not always. > > > I use Synaptic in these situations, where it is easy to try packages > > to see what can be upgraded without removals I'm not willing to > > ac

Re: Installing/running non-Debian executables

2016-12-19 Thread Dejan Jocic
Richard Owlett writes: > I'm running Jessie with Mate DE. > > I need to run the *IDENTICAL* versions of SeaMonkey (2.40) on both my > Windows and Debian machines. Downloading the appropriate file, > unpacking it, placing results in my Home folder, and marking seamonkey > as executable goes well.

Re: Installing/running non-Debian executables

2016-12-19 Thread Michael Lange
On Mon, 19 Dec 2016 08:23:15 -0600 Richard Owlett wrote: > I'm running Jessie with Mate DE. > > I need to run the *IDENTICAL* versions of SeaMonkey (2.40) on > both my Windows and Debian machines. Downloading the appropriate > file, unpacking it, placing results in my Home folder, and > marki

Re: best practices for fighting spam with Debian?

2016-12-19 Thread Joe
On Mon, 19 Dec 2016 13:09:22 +0100 Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2016-12-16 17:58:26 +, Joe wrote: > > It is therefore an important matter that the email admin ensures > > that the PTR record *always* resolves to a hostname which resolves > > back, which can if necessary be achieved by creating

Re: Jessie gdm3 configuration for multiseat

2016-12-19 Thread Floris
Op Mon, 19 Dec 2016 16:29:45 +0100 schreef Joshua Brickel : I have been having problems finding documentation on how to set up gdm3 for a multiseat environment in debian version >Jessie. I've looked on the gdm website: https://help.gnome.org/admin/gdm/stable/ but to no-avail. In genera

Jessie gdm3 configuration for multiseat

2016-12-19 Thread Joshua Brickel
I have been having problems finding documentation on how to set up gdm3 for a multiseat environment in debian version Jessie. I've looked on the gdm website: https://help.gnome.org/admin/gdm/stable/ but to no-avail. In general I've found a lot of information on the previous version of gdm locat

Installing/running non-Debian executables

2016-12-19 Thread Richard Owlett
I'm running Jessie with Mate DE. I need to run the *IDENTICAL* versions of SeaMonkey (2.40) on both my Windows and Debian machines. Downloading the appropriate file, unpacking it, placing results in my Home folder, and marking seamonkey as executable goes well. Creating a launcher on desktop

Re: Why I can not install software on debian easily?

2016-12-19 Thread Floris
Op Mon, 19 Dec 2016 02:54:31 +0100 schreef john cusey : Why I can not download a .deb file, click it and it installs? first you have to install manually a program which make this happen, because not everybody wants this behavior. # apt-get install gdebi after a log-out and log-in you ar

Re: Apt problem

2016-12-19 Thread Floris
Op Mon, 19 Dec 2016 09:45:08 +0100 schreef Gmail : After upgrading my Libranet (Sarge-based) system, I now end up with the following messages after doing anything apt-get based (including Synaptic): W: No priority (or zero) specified for pin W: No priority (or zero) specified for pin Howe

Re: best practices for fighting spam with Debian?

2016-12-19 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2016-12-16 17:58:26 +, Joe wrote: > It is therefore an important matter that the email admin ensures that > the PTR record *always* resolves to a hostname which resolves back, > which can if necessary be achieved by creating a fictitious A record for > just this purpose. It is not necessary

Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages

2016-12-19 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2016-12-16 18:06:26 +, Joe wrote: > Do you have X running? Not always. > I use Synaptic in these situations, where it is easy to try packages > to see what can be upgraded without removals I'm not willing to > accept. But that's not automatic (aptitude can also do that, and one can undo a

Re: Why I can not install software on debian easily?

2016-12-19 Thread Steven Mainor
I realize it can sometimes be frustrating to learn new things. But I assure you Linux distributions usually handle installing software differently for a reason. Installing software can damage or compromise systems very easily. Thats why Debain, its derivatives and many other Linux based operating

Re: Why I can not install software on debian easily?

2016-12-19 Thread Nemeth Gyorgy
2016-12-19 02:54 keltezéssel, john cusey írta: Time to go back to Windows. Just do it. It will be better for everyone.

Re: Apt problem

2016-12-19 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 19 December 2016 08:45:08 Gmail wrote: > After upgrading my Libranet (Sarge-based) system, I now end up with the > following messages after doing anything apt-get based (including Synaptic): > > W: No priority (or zero) specified for pin > W: No priority (or zero) specified for pin > > Ho

Re: Apt problem

2016-12-19 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 19 December 2016 08:45:08 Gmail wrote: > After upgrading my Libranet (Sarge-based) system, I now end up with the > following messages after doing anything apt-get based (including Synaptic): > > W: No priority (or zero) specified for pin > W: No priority (or zero) specified for pin > > Ho

Apt problem

2016-12-19 Thread Gmail
After upgrading my Libranet (Sarge-based) system, I now end up with the following messages after doing anything apt-get based (including Synaptic): W: No priority (or zero) specified for pin W: No priority (or zero) specified for pin However the apt-get commands and apps work. How do I solve