On Fri, Jul 04, 2025 at 07:04:32AM +0200, Federico Kircheis wrote:
[...]
> Isn't a recommended package a dependency?
That... depends :-)
In the strict Debian sense, there is "depends": your package won't
work if that dependency is not installed. "Recommends": your package
might be missing some
On 04/07/2025 5:56 am, David Wright wrote:
On Thu 03 Jul 2025 at 18:15:42 (+0200), Federico Kircheis wrote:
On 03/07/2025 5:28 pm, Dan Ritter wrote:
Federico Kircheis wrote:
And this also holds for metapackages like lxqt.
It still installs a lot of things, so down to lxqt-core.
It still instal
Thank you for your quick response. I have some responses, below:
> - no upstream ever existed
> - the upstream no longer exists
>
>From my experience, the package usually gets delisted when there is no
>upstream. If there's no upstream, where is the source coming from?
> - the upstream doesn't r
On Thu 03 Jul 2025 at 18:15:42 (+0200), Federico Kircheis wrote:
> On 03/07/2025 5:28 pm, Dan Ritter wrote:
> > Federico Kircheis wrote:
> > > And this also holds for metapackages like lxqt.
> > > It still installs a lot of things, so down to lxqt-core.
> > > It still installs some things I've noti
On 03/07/2025 21:35, Federico Kircheis wrote:
The only issue I have with tasksel, is that sometimes I wish a more
minimal environment.
[...]
And often I do not know which one I'm interested one, but I know those I
do not want.
Have you considered pinning with negative priority in apt preferen
On 7/3/25 09:40, масляков дмитрий wrote:
Hello.
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1107874
I accidentally attached the file [$$$ (application/octet-stream, attachment)].
How can I delete it?
I suspect that you cannot delete an attachment to a bug report once the
bug report has
On Thu, 3 Jul 2025, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> not to forget (most?) Pocketbook>
>> https://pocketbook.de/e-reader?gad_campaignid=22496675669
>>
>> devices! I myself chose InkPad 3 and am fine with it. But: I didn't find
>> out how to work with the running linux. I only use it reading books, pdf
>
> not to forget (most?) Pocketbook>
> https://pocketbook.de/e-reader?gad_campaignid=22496675669
>
> devices! I myself chose InkPad 3 and am fine with it. But: I didn't find
> out how to work with the running linux. I only use it reading books, pdf
> and so on.
I can't find very definitive answer
not to forget (most?) Pocketbook>
https://pocketbook.de/e-reader?gad_campaignid=22496675669
devices! I myself chose InkPad 3 and am fine with it. But: I didn't
find out how to work with the running linux. I only use it reading
books, pdf and so on.
didier gaumet:
Le 03/07/2025 à 13:25, fxk
On Thu, Jul 03, 2025 at 18:15:42 +0200, Federico Kircheis wrote:
> Oh; i was not aware of that, is it specific for apt?
> man apt does not seem to mention it.
> I'll try it out.
Mine says:
install, reinstall, remove, purge (apt-get(8))
Performs the requested action on one or mor
On Thu 03 Jul 2025 at 17:56:29 (+0100), Jonathan Dowland wrote:
> On Thu Jul 3, 2025 at 9:13 AM BST, Borden wrote:
> > Aside from the "If you want it so much, you implement it and
> > submit a PR," objections, what do people think of this?
>
> I'd suggest the next step would be refining the idea a
Hello.
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1107874
I accidentally attached the file [$$$ (application/octet-stream, attachment)].
How can I delete it?
On Thu Jul 3, 2025 at 9:13 AM BST, Borden wrote:
Aside from the "If you want it so much, you implement it and submit a
PR," objections, what do people think of this?
I'd suggest the next step would be refining the idea as a Debian
Enhancement Proposal (DEP): https://dep-team.pages.debian.net/
On 03/07/2025 5:28 pm, Dan Ritter wrote:
Federico Kircheis wrote:
On 30/06/2025 7:11 pm, Michael Paoli wrote:
And this also holds for metapackages like lxqt.
It still installs a lot of things, so down to lxqt-core.
It still installs some things I've noticed and to not want, so I need to
inspect
On 2025-07-03, Federico Kircheis wrote:
>
> I hoped it would have been possible to exlucde dependencies, for examle
> by prefixing them with "-"; for example:
>
> apt install lxqt -meteo-qt
>
I'm only aware of '--no-install-recommends' as far as apt goes.
In aptitude, you can press n or : and m
Federico Kircheis wrote:
> On 30/06/2025 7:11 pm, Michael Paoli wrote:
> And this also holds for metapackages like lxqt.
> It still installs a lot of things, so down to lxqt-core.
> It still installs some things I've noticed and to not want, so I need to
> inspect which packages are installed, tra
On Thu 03 Jul 2025 at 10:13:08 (+0200), Borden wrote:
> I think the usefulness of this feature is self-evident, especially
> when deciding which package from several options to install. [ … ]
> If two packages, superficially, do the same thing, I'll probably
> want the newer package. Alternatively,
On 30/06/2025 7:11 pm, Michael Paoli wrote:
The only issue I have with tasksel, is that sometimes I wish a more
minimal environment.
Then don't use tasksel to install package(s).
Yes, this is what I am doing, but then I need to manually track all
packages installed by tasksel, and list all t
On Thu, Jul 03, 2025 at 08:42:52AM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote:
> Borden wrote:
> > On a few projects, I've discovered how ancient some software is (like,
> > last commit more than 15 years ago ancient). Unless I missed something,
> > `apt-cache show` doesn't show the upstream release date.
Ignor
Borden wrote:
> On a few projects, I've discovered how ancient some software is (like, last
> commit more than 15 years ago ancient). Unless I missed something,
> `apt-cache show` doesn't show the upstream release date.
This runs into problems quickly. Relevant issues include:
- no upstream
Le 03/07/2025 à 14:04, didier gaumet a écrit :
[...]
If the specs are more brad
[...]
typo error, sorry: "broad"
Le 03/07/2025 à 13:25, fxkl4...@protonmail.com a écrit :
[...]
is there no dedicated reader device that can run a linux distro
Hello,
A minimal search on the web for "linux on " leads to:
- for Kindle devices:
https://github.com/schuhumi/alpine_kindle
- for Kobo devices
https://tuxphones.com/k
On Thu, 3 Jul 2025, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 03, 2025 at 12:08:27PM +0500, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>> I've re-read original poster's message and now I think we all
>> mis-interpreted their request.
>> I think they asked for a suggestion about hardware, like a tablet
On 3/7/25 17:10, Bret Busby wrote:
On 3/7/25 15:08, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote:
On 03.07.2025 09:35, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
On Thu, Jul 03, 2025 at 08:25:27AM +0500, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote:
On 03.07.2025 04:47,fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote:
i'm looking for a reader for pdf's and oth
On 3/7/25 15:08, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote:
On 03.07.2025 09:35, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
On Thu, Jul 03, 2025 at 08:25:27AM +0500, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote:
On 03.07.2025 04:47,fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote:
i'm looking for a reader for pdf's and other media
are there any running debia
On a few projects, I've discovered how ancient some software is (like, last
commit more than 15 years ago ancient). Unless I missed something, `apt-cache
show` doesn't show the upstream release date.
Naively, it seems feasible to add such a field, which front-ends like Synaptic
can also displ
On Thu, Jul 03, 2025 at 12:08:27PM +0500, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote:
[...]
> I've re-read original poster's message and now I think we all
> mis-interpreted their request.
> I think they asked for a suggestion about hardware, like a tablet computer,
> or a handheld book reader capable of viewi
On 03.07.2025 09:35, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
On Thu, Jul 03, 2025 at 08:25:27AM +0500, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote:
On 03.07.2025 04:47,fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote:
i'm looking for a reader for pdf's and other media
are there any running debian or other linux based distributions
"okular",
On Thu, Jul 03, 2025 at 01:47:18AM CEST, fxkl4...@protonmail.com said:
> i'm looking for a reader for pdf's and other media
> are there any running debian or other linux based distributions
>
By "reader" do you mean a software running on a standard debian computer, or a
hardware specialized for
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