apt source compilation error

2009-09-20 Thread Peng Yu
Hi, I downloaded apt_0.6.46.4-0.1+etch1.tar.gz and decompress it. Then I run ./configure and make. But I get the following error. Could somebody let me know how to fix the problem? Regards, Peng Compiling contrib/mmap.cc to /home/pengy/download/linux/debian/etch/admin/apt-0.6.46.4/obj/apt-pkg/mm

Re: How to "make install" apt?

2009-09-01 Thread Peng Yu
On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 9:46 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > In <366c6f340909011922j6ee2f14craa88c89453211...@mail.gmail.com>, Peng Yu > wrote: >>I am only interested in the source packages but not the compiled >>packages. My understanding is that the source codes of

Re: How to "make install" apt?

2009-09-01 Thread Peng Yu
On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 8:27 PM, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 2009-09-01 10:53, Peng Yu wrote: >> >> Hi, > > You're the one running as a user on a RedHat system, right? > >> I downloaded >> http://security.debian.org/debian-security/pool/updates/main/a/apt/

How to "make install" apt?

2009-09-01 Thread Peng Yu
Hi, I downloaded http://security.debian.org/debian-security/pool/updates/main/a/apt/apt_0.6.46.4-0.1+etch1.tar.gz from the following webpage http://packages.debian.org/etch/apt I then run the following two commands. But I don't find the 'install' option in the Makefile. Can somebody let me know

Re: Is there a central depository so that I can download all the source packages?

2009-08-31 Thread Peng Yu
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 10:27 PM, Niu Kun wrote: > Peng Yu 写道: >> >> Hi, >> >> I need to install packages from source because I don't have a root >> account on my machine. So far I found the following websites, but they >> certainly do not h

Is there a central depository so that I can download all the source packages?

2009-08-31 Thread Peng Yu
Hi, I need to install packages from source because I don't have a root account on my machine. So far I found the following websites, but they certainly do not have all the source code packages. http://linux.softpedia.com/ http://www.icewalkers.com/Linux/Software/ Can somebody let me know where I

Is there an indexing tool in linux that can help quickly search the contents of all my files?

2009-08-29 Thread Peng Yu
Hi, On windows machines, there is "google desktop" which searchs the files contents. Mac has "spotlight" which also search the file contents in a mac machine. In linux, I know the command 'locate' which search all the filenames. But I am wondering if there is a tool that can search file contents.

How to install a debian package without root on a non-Debian system?

2009-08-25 Thread Peng Yu
Hi, My system is RedHat. But I don't have root permission. But I want to install a Debian package (for example, screen) in my home directory. Can somebody let me know how to install such a package in my home directory? Regards, Peng -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.