Re: Looking for a way to cache .deb files downloaded by apt inside sbuild schroot

2021-10-27 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 05:32:21PM +0300, Uladzimir Bely wrote: > When sbuild is used to compile a package from sources, some packages (package > dependencies) are internally downloaded and installed in schroot. > > I'm looking for a way to cache the dependencies in form of .

Re: Looking for a way to cache .deb files downloaded by apt inside sbuild schroot

2021-10-27 Thread David Christensen
On 10/27/21 7:32 AM, Uladzimir Bely wrote: When sbuild is used to compile a package from sources, some packages (package dependencies) are internally downloaded and installed in schroot. I'm looking for a way to cache the dependencies in form of .deb files outside the schroot. So that I

Re: Looking for a way to cache .deb files downloaded by apt inside sbuild schroot

2021-10-27 Thread Charles Curley
On Wed, 27 Oct 2021 17:32:21 +0300 Uladzimir Bely wrote: > I'm looking for a way to cache the dependencies in form of .deb files > outside the schroot. So that I could later create a local partial > debian repo from these .deb files and run sbuild for a second time > using the

Looking for a way to cache .deb files downloaded by apt inside sbuild schroot

2021-10-27 Thread Uladzimir Bely
When sbuild is used to compile a package from sources, some packages (package dependencies) are internally downloaded and installed in schroot. I'm looking for a way to cache the dependencies in form of .deb files outside the schroot. So that I could later create a local partial debian

Re: viewing deb files in m-c

2011-05-20 Thread Brian
On Fri 20 May 2011 at 11:52:45 -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > I am still using 2:4.6.2~git20080311-4 and I get the same error I've never experienced any such problem on Lenny and only came across it yesterday on (I think) testing. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.o

Re: viewing deb files in m-c

2011-05-20 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Brian wrote: On Fri 20 May 2011 at 10:43:53 -0400, Frank McCormick wrote: I hope I am not the only one having trouble viewing deb files in m-c. The error messages all relate to parsing..I guess related to a python or perl update ??? You're not. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugrepor

Re: viewing deb files in m-c

2011-05-20 Thread Brian
On Fri 20 May 2011 at 10:43:53 -0400, Frank McCormick wrote: > > I hope I am not the only one having trouble viewing deb > files in m-c. The error messages all relate to parsing..I guess > related to a python or perl update ??? You're not. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/

viewing deb files in m-c

2011-05-20 Thread Frank McCormick
I hope I am not the only one having trouble viewing deb files in m-c. The error messages all relate to parsing..I guess related to a python or perl update ??? -- -- Frank -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe"

Re: How to install using apt-get from local .deb files without Internet OR how to bypass sudo apt-get update

2011-05-10 Thread Alan Greenberger
On 2011-05-09, Narendra Sisodiya wrote: > To install vim-gtk, I am first downloading all deb package (and not > installing it.) > > mkdir -p vim-gtk > mkdir -p vim-gtk/partial > sudo apt-get -y -o dir::cache::archives=3D./vim-gtk install --download-only > vim-gtk > sudo rm vim-gtk/lock > > Now I

Re: How to install using apt-get from local .deb files without Internet OR how to bypass sudo apt-get update

2011-05-09 Thread Bjørn Michelsen
On Mon, May 09, 2011 at 10:31:14PM +0530, Narendra Sisodiya wrote: Hey there, (...) > To install vim-gtk, I am first downloading all deb package (and not > installing it.) > > mkdir -p vim-gtk > mkdir -p vim-gtk/partial > sudo apt-get -y -o dir::cache::archives=./vim-gtk install --download-only

How to install using apt-get from local .deb files without Internet OR how to bypass sudo apt-get update

2011-05-09 Thread Narendra Sisodiya
I recently created a offline installer.. debbundle.. I got a bug in it.. Let me explain the process.. See code -> http://code.google.com/p/debbundle/source/browse/trunk/OneClickInstall_Deb_Creator?spec=svn10&r=10 To install vim-gtk, I am first downloading all deb package (and not installing it.)

Re: how to use wifi, retrieve .deb files of of a flash drive

2010-10-27 Thread godo
On 10/28/2010 01:13 AM, juan gonzalez wrote: I have a emac and I'm using the ppc text(no gui) version. can I use wifi to download with wget? and how can I install .deb files when they are on a flash drive? Best way is 'apt-get install package_name' If you have some problem

Re: how to use wifi, retrieve .deb files of of a flash drive

2010-10-27 Thread Alexander Batischev
nfo so we can help you. > and how can I install .deb files when they are on a flash drive? Use dpkg utility, it has '-i' parameter. But I should warn you that it's pretty bad way to install packages: dpkg can't handle dependencies (I mean, it can't fetch them from server

Re: how to use wifi, retrieve .deb files of of a flash drive

2010-10-27 Thread Wayne Topa
On 10/27/2010 07:13 PM, juan gonzalez wrote: I have a emac and I'm using the ppc text(no gui) version. can I use wifi to download with wget? and how can I install .deb files when they are on a flash drive? dpkg -i /location_of_Flash/debian_file_name.deb HTH Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

how to use wifi, retrieve .deb files of of a flash drive

2010-10-27 Thread juan gonzalez
I have a emac and I'm using the ppc text(no gui) version. can I use wifi to download with wget? and how can I install .deb files when they are on a flash drive? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Re: installing deb files from unstable or testing

2010-05-28 Thread Israel Garcia
On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 11:58 AM, Mirco Piccin wrote: > Hi > >> I meant "using testing and unstable packages in Lenny".. > > There are two way2 to do the job: > backports (as Camaleón suggests) Ready!, I backported rrdttool 1.4 to my server...:-) thanks a lot guys. regards Israel. > apt-pinning

Re: installing deb files from unstable or testing

2010-05-27 Thread Ingo Kasten
Andrei Popescu schrieb: On Thu,27.May.10, 21:47:16, Ingo Kasten wrote: Israel Garcia schrieb: Some times ago (I could not find on google), I could create a deb file for my lenny from unstable or testing debian (done remember now). I remember I follow some steps from a blog or something and I su

Re: installing deb files from unstable or testing

2010-05-27 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Thu,27.May.10, 21:47:16, Ingo Kasten wrote: > Israel Garcia schrieb: > >Some times ago (I could not find on google), I could create a deb file > >for my lenny from unstable or testing debian (done remember now). I > >remember I follow some steps from a blog or something and I > >successfully cre

Re: installing deb files from unstable or testing

2010-05-27 Thread Ingo Kasten
Israel Garcia schrieb: Some times ago (I could not find on google), I could create a deb file for my lenny from unstable or testing debian (done remember now). I remember I follow some steps from a blog or something and I successfully created a new version of a deb file. Can you help me to get th

Re: installing deb files from unstable or testing

2010-05-27 Thread Mirco Piccin
Hi > I meant "using testing and unstable packages in Lenny".. There are two way2 to do the job: backports (as Camaleón suggests) apt-pinning (as John suggests) Regards M

Re: installing deb files from unstable or testing

2010-05-27 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 27 May 2010 10:09:04 +0200, Israel Garcia wrote: > Some times ago (I could not find on google), I could create a deb file > for my lenny from unstable or testing debian (done remember now). I > remember I follow some steps from a blog or something and I successfully > created a new version

Re: installing deb files from unstable or testing

2010-05-27 Thread Wolodja Wentland
On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 10:09 +0200, Israel Garcia wrote: > Some times ago (I could not find on google), I could create a deb file > for my lenny from unstable or testing debian (done remember now). I > remember I follow some steps from a blog or something and I > successfully created a new version

Re: installing deb files from unstable or testing

2010-05-27 Thread Israel Garcia
On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 10:44 AM, John A. Sullivan III wrote: > On Thu, 2010-05-27 at 10:09 +0200, Israel Garcia wrote: >> Some times ago (I could not find on google), I could create a deb file >> for my lenny from unstable or testing debian (done remember now). I >> remember I follow some steps f

Re: installing deb files from unstable or testing

2010-05-27 Thread John A. Sullivan III
On Thu, 2010-05-27 at 10:09 +0200, Israel Garcia wrote: > Some times ago (I could not find on google), I could create a deb file > for my lenny from unstable or testing debian (done remember now). I > remember I follow some steps from a blog or something and I > successfully created a new version o

installing deb files from unstable or testing

2010-05-27 Thread Israel Garcia
Some times ago (I could not find on google), I could create a deb file for my lenny from unstable or testing debian (done remember now). I remember I follow some steps from a blog or something and I successfully created a new version of a deb file. Can you help me to get this steps? -- Regards; I

Re: Unable to install and .DEB files after installing Gdebi

2009-06-20 Thread Umarzuki Mochlis
2009/6/21 Jonathan D. Armendariz > Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: > > any success with "dpkg -i package.deb" command? >> > > Gave that a go and now it's working. Well, another one for the books for > me. > > Thank you! > no problem, read debian docs if you're keen on learning and don't forget the refc

Re: Unable to install and .DEB files after installing Gdebi

2009-06-20 Thread Jonathan D. Armendariz
Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: any success with "dpkg -i package.deb" command? Gave that a go and now it's working. Well, another one for the books for me. Thank you! -- It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short ter

Re: Unable to install and .DEB files after installing Gdebi

2009-06-20 Thread Umarzuki Mochlis
2009/6/21 Jonathan D. Armendariz > Good afternoon, > > Just installed Debian Squeeze with Xfce 4.6.1 and for the most part > everything's working quite well. However, there is one remaining problem. It > seems that with this version I had to install Gdebi to be able to install > any .DEB based fi

Unable to install and .DEB files after installing Gdebi

2009-06-20 Thread Jonathan D. Armendariz
Good afternoon, Just installed Debian Squeeze with Xfce 4.6.1 and for the most part everything's working quite well. However, there is one remaining problem. It seems that with this version I had to install Gdebi to be able to install any .DEB based files. Once this was done I then proceeded

Re: How to deploy deb files.

2008-10-18 Thread Felipe Portales
> I found a site called getdeb.net from which I can download a .deb file > containing the latest Gimp. But now what do I do? I don´t find a > command like e.g., rpm for decomposing and installing rpm files or > gunzip etc. for gzipped files. dpkg -i package-name -- Felipe Portales O. umatømø

Re: How to deploy deb files.

2008-10-18 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 11:55:33AM -0400, John Culleton wrote: > I just installed Debian specifically for the purpose of accessing the > latest Gimp 2.6.1 version. I changed the references in sources.list > from etch to lenny. I went through all the apt-get update etc. > exercises. But I st

Re: How to deploy deb files.

2008-10-18 Thread Paul Johnson
John Culleton wrote: > I just installed Debian specifically for the purpose of accessing the > latest Gimp 2.6.1 version. I changed the references in sources.list > from etch to lenny. I went through all the apt-get update etc. > exercises. But I still get Gimp 2.4.7. > > I found a site called g

Re: How to deploy deb files.

2008-10-18 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sat,18.Oct.08, 11:55:33, John Culleton wrote: > I just installed Debian specifically for the purpose of accessing the > latest Gimp 2.6.1 version. I changed the references in sources.list > from etch to lenny. I went through all the apt-get update etc. > exercises. But I still get Gimp 2.4.7.

Re: How to deploy deb files.

2008-10-18 Thread Bob Cox
On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 11:55:33 -0400, John Culleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I just installed Debian specifically for the purpose of accessing the > latest Gimp 2.6.1 version. I changed the references in sources.list > from etch to lenny. I went through all the apt-get update etc. > exe

How to deploy deb files.

2008-10-18 Thread John Culleton
I just installed Debian specifically for the purpose of accessing the latest Gimp 2.6.1 version. I changed the references in sources.list from etch to lenny. I went through all the apt-get update etc. exercises. But I still get Gimp 2.4.7. I found a site called getdeb.net from which I can downl

Re: how to install ,deb files?

2007-10-22 Thread Pantor
Thank you. Andrius Denny Schierz wrote: hi, Pantor schrieb: would you be able to advice, please, how to install .deb files. Say amaya_wx-9.55-2_i386.deb file that's lie of the Desktop now. Thank's a lot. dpkg -i ~/Desktop/amaya_wx-9.55-2_i386.deb as root. cu denny -- To U

Re: how to install ,deb files?

2007-10-22 Thread Denny Schierz
hi, Pantor schrieb: > would you be able to advice, please, how to install .deb files. Say > amaya_wx-9.55-2_i386.deb file that's lie of the Desktop now. > Thank's a lot. dpkg -i ~/Desktop/amaya_wx-9.55-2_i386.deb as root. cu denny -- Stoppt den Überwachungswahn - Stoppt d

how to install ,deb files?

2007-10-22 Thread Pantor
Lads, would you be able to advice, please, how to install .deb files. Say amaya_wx-9.55-2_i386.deb file that's lie of the Desktop now. Thank's a lot. Andrius -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: auto-download deb files that are already installed

2006-08-03 Thread Chuckk Hubbard
On 8/3/06, Wackojacko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The first is a hack I use. Copy the package files from /var/lib/apt/list and the contents files from /var/cache/apt/ from the desktop to the laptop and place the deb files in the /var/cache/apt/archives directory on the laptop and apt-get

Re: auto-download deb files that are already installed

2006-08-03 Thread Wackojacko
. Copy the package files from /var/lib/apt/list and the contents files from /var/cache/apt/ from the desktop to the laptop and place the deb files in the /var/cache/apt/archives directory on the laptop and apt-get should find them as normal. Also put the entries from the sources.list on the desktop onto

Re: auto-download deb files that are already installed

2006-08-03 Thread Chuckk Hubbard
om /var/lib/apt/list and the contents files from /var/cache/apt/ from the desktop to the laptop and place the deb files in the /var/cache/apt/archives directory on the laptop and apt-get should find them as normal. Also put the entries from the sources.list on the desktop onto the laptop and do 

Re: auto-download deb files that are already installed

2006-08-03 Thread Wackojacko
var/cache/apt/ from the desktop to the laptop and place the deb files in the /var/cache/apt/archives directory on the laptop and apt-get should find them as normal. Also put the entries from the sources.list on the desktop onto the laptop and do 'apt-get update' this will fail because

Re: auto-download deb files that are already installed

2006-08-03 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 08:10:48 -0400, Chuckk Hubbard wrote: > Hi. I'm still working on this un-networked laptop. It's looking > pretty good, now I'm ready to put the audio apps on it that I use. > I made a list from Synaptic of the packages I have on the desktop, and > now I'm hoping to downloa

auto-download deb files that are already installed

2006-08-03 Thread Chuckk Hubbard
Hi. I'm still working on this un-networked laptop. It's looking pretty good, now I'm ready to put the audio apps on it that I use. I made a list from Synaptic of the packages I have on the desktop, and now I'm hoping to download all the packages and put them on my flash drive. If I put "apt-get

Re: reusing deb files

2005-09-21 Thread Bruno Buys
Sounds to me like you need to set apt-proxy, or http replicator. Acts like a proxy for deb files. Look at http://gertjan.freezope.org/replicator/ Robert Storey wrote: I'm wondering if there is a way that I can "reuse" deb files on another machine. Let me explain more cle

Re: reusing deb files

2005-09-21 Thread Angelo Bertolli
Robert Storey wrote: I'm wondering if there is a way that I can "reuse" deb files on another machine. Let me explain more clearly: If, for example, I do "apt-get install mmv", the package mmv_1.01b-12.2_i386.deb will be downloaded into directory /var/cache/apt/arc

Re: reusing deb files

2005-09-21 Thread John Hasler
Robert Storey writes: > I'm wondering if there is a way that I can "reuse" deb files on another > machine. Package: apt-cacher Priority: optional Section: net Installed-Size: 272 Maintainer: Eduard Bloch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Architecture: all Version: 1.0.12 Depend

RE: reusing deb files

2005-09-21 Thread micobros
… that’s another problem ;)   Cheers,    Mico     From: L.V.Gandhi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: mercredi 21 septembre 2005 8:49 To: Robert Storey Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: reusing deb files     On 9/21/05, Robert Storey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote

Re: reusing deb files

2005-09-20 Thread L.V.Gandhi
On 9/21/05, Robert Storey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm wondering if there is a way that I can "reuse" deb files on anothermachine. Let me explain more clearly:If, for example, I do "apt-get install mmv", the packagemmv_1.01b-12.2_i386.deb will be downloaded intodi

reusing deb files

2005-09-20 Thread Robert Storey
I'm wondering if there is a way that I can "reuse" deb files on another machine. Let me explain more clearly: If, for example, I do "apt-get install mmv", the package mmv_1.01b-12.2_i386.deb will be downloaded into directory /var/cache/apt/archives/ and then installed.

Re: Is it safe to delete all .deb files under "/var/cache/apt"?

2005-08-08 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 10:14:32AM +0800, Lian Liming wrote: > Dear all, > > I find my space for "/" partition have little space left. So I want to > delete some un-useful files. > > It seems all my installed packages' deb files locate under "/var/cache/apt

Re: Is it safe to delete all .deb files under "/var/cache/apt"?

2005-08-08 Thread Steve Lamb
Lian Liming wrote: > So I wonder if it is safe to delete all .deb files under > "/var/cache/apt"? Yes. In fact you can do so with the following commands from apt-get: clean - Erase downloaded archive files autoclean - Erase old downloaded archive files Cl

Is it safe to delete all .deb files under "/var/cache/apt"?

2005-08-08 Thread Lian Liming
Dear all,   I find my space for "/" partition have little space left. So I want to delete some un-useful files. It seems all my installed packages' deb files locate under "/var/cache/apt". I *guess* those files should not be necessary to my current system. So

Re: Synaptic claims deb files not at debian

2005-07-26 Thread Bryan Donlan
On 7/26/05, Edward C. Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I use a PC with Debian unstable. synaptic has been giving me many > messages like: > > W: Failed to fetch > http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/x/xorg-x11/libice-dev_6.8.2.dfsg.1-4_i386.deb > 404 Not Found [IP: 216.37.55.114 80] >

Synaptic claims deb files not at debian

2005-07-26 Thread Edward C. Jones
I use a PC with Debian unstable. synaptic has been giving me many messages like: W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/x/xorg-x11/libice-dev_6.8.2.dfsg.1-4_i386.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 216.37.55.114 80] My browser showed the file and wget downloaded it. What is the probl

Re: .deb files arch independant?

2004-12-19 Thread Florian Ernst
Hello Eric, hello list! On Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 02:24:38PM -0600, Eric Scott wrote: > [...] So: Are .deb packages arch independant? [...] Some are (like perl scripts or documentation), some are not (like perl itself or binary programs), so even though deb packages are called binary packages (in

Re: .deb files arch independant?

2004-12-19 Thread William Ballard
On Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 02:24:38PM -0600, Eric Scott wrote: > What I want to know is if I can plug in the x86 disks and install > software from them, so I don't have to spend all day downloading stuff > for the Mac. So: Are .deb packages arch independant? I gather so, just Um, hell no. Sourc

.deb files arch independant?

2004-12-19 Thread Eric Scott
Heya! As I write I'm installeing Woody (Link to Sarge wasn't working... wasn't dead... just stalled, so I did woody for now) on my ol' PowerMac 7300 next to me. A while back I downloaded all 14 disks of Sarge for x86. With my one-disk Debian 3.0r3 PPC disk I'm installing the base system on m

Re: Dependencies in Dir w/ Many .deb Files

2004-07-25 Thread Lourens Steenkamp
o Copying all the newly installed debs on the office machine from > /var/cache/apt/archive to removable media > >o Bringing that media home and copying the deb files to my home >hard drive > >o Finally, I run "dpkg -i *.deb" on those newly transfe

Re: Dependencies in Dir w/ Many .deb Files

2004-07-19 Thread Kenneth Jacker
aj> You can: aj> aj> - Copy the files in /var/lib/apt/lists from the office machine as well aj> - Use apt-move on the office machine to move the downloaded files into a aj> hierarchy that you can add to your sources.list on your home computer, aj> e.g. using apt-cdrom aj> - Read t

Re: Dependencies in Dir w/ Many .deb Files

2004-07-18 Thread Andreas Janssen
nstalled debs on the office machine from > /var/cache/apt/archive to removable media > > o Bringing that media home and copying the deb files to my home > hard drive > > o Finally, I run "dpkg -i *.deb" on those newly transferred file > > > The prob

Dependencies in Dir w/ Many .deb Files

2004-07-17 Thread Kenneth Jacker
rent, I am doing the following: o Updating my office system (both are running pretty much the same configuration of 'sarge') o Copying all the newly installed debs on the office machine from /var/cache/apt/archive to removable media o Bringing that media home and copying

Re: deb files archive

2003-12-17 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 10:11:27PM +0100, GCS wrote: > I have seen an archive, where _all_ the deb files since Woody is stored. > So it contains broken packages as well, but where can I find this? http://snapshot.debian.net/ Cheers, -- Colin Watson

deb files archive

2003-12-17 Thread GCS
I have seen an archive, where _all_ the deb files since Woody is stored. So it contains broken packages as well, but where can I find this? Googling does not show up any interesting. Thanks, GCS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troubl

Re: Easy way to share deb files?

2003-09-26 Thread Paul E Condon
On Fri, Sep 26, 2003 at 11:07:27PM +0200, Raffaele Sandrini wrote: > Hi > > Im looking for an easy method to share debian files. Im running several sid > machines here. I used to upgrade them every week. Till now i did a > dist-upgrade on evey machine wich the downloads all the packages on its o

Re: Easy way to share deb files?

2003-09-26 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Raffaele Sandrini ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030926 14:28]: > Hi > > Im looking for an easy method to share debian files. Im running several sid > machines here. I used to upgrade them every week. Till now i did a > dist-upgrade on evey machine wich the downloads all the packages on its own. > All

Re: Easy way to share deb files?

2003-09-26 Thread Dave Carrigan
On Fri, Sep 26, 2003 at 11:07:27PM +0200, Raffaele Sandrini wrote: > Im looking for an easy method to share debian files. Im running several sid > machines here. I used to upgrade them every week. Till now i did a > dist-upgrade on evey machine wich the downloads all the packages on its own. >

Easy way to share deb files?

2003-09-26 Thread Raffaele Sandrini
Hi Im looking for an easy method to share debian files. Im running several sid machines here. I used to upgrade them every week. Till now i did a dist-upgrade on evey machine wich the downloads all the packages on its own. All these machines have many identical packages installed. Since APT sav

Getting .deb files & Using Apt

2003-03-25 Thread Lindsay Yardley
The debian tutorial has some omissions. i.e 16.3 Getting the files 16.4 Using Apt Help! I don't know how to use apt, so someone else has to write this. some URL's for these would be great tia Lindsay btw, yes I

Re: re-using cached .deb files on new installation

2002-02-18 Thread Osamu Aoki
hat's the "right" or fastest path to > Sid or not. Set up proxy on your net. I do this with squid. Or NFS mount/copy any deb already downloaded to /var/cache/apt/archives then it will not download. So I heard. > I'll be doing this again on another machine. Is there a w

Re: re-using cached .deb files on new installation

2002-02-17 Thread Alex Malinovich
t; > > Seems to work, but I'm not sure if that's the "right" or fastest path to > > Sid or not. > > > > I'll be doing this again on another machine. Is there a way to use the > > .deb files in /var/cache/apt/archives for a new ins

Re: re-using cached .deb files on new installation

2002-02-17 Thread Tom Cook
7;m not sure if that's the "right" or fastest path to > Sid or not. > > I'll be doing this again on another machine. Is there a way to use the > .deb files in /var/cache/apt/archives for a new install to save the network > time? > > I looked at using

re-using cached .deb files on new installation

2002-02-17 Thread Bill Moseley
d repeat for Woody, and then for Sid. Seems to work, but I'm not sure if that's the "right" or fastest path to Sid or not. I'll be doing this again on another machine. Is there a way to use the .deb files in /var/cache/apt/archives for a new install to save the netw

Re: changelogs for deb files.

2002-01-23 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
On Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 09:53:40PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello. > > What are the ways of viewing changlogs for deb files ? > I'm want to review them before getting new deb files. I don't think there is a way of getting to the changelog *before* downloa

Re: changelogs for deb files.

2002-01-22 Thread Jerome Acks Jr
On Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 09:53:40PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello. > > What are the ways of viewing changlogs for deb files ? > I'm want to review them before getting new deb files. 1) Download deb and unpack it. 2) If you have gnome installed, download deb and us

Re: changelogs for deb files.

2002-01-22 Thread Adam Majer
On Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 09:53:40PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello. > > What are the ways of viewing changlogs for deb files ? > I'm want to review them before getting new deb files. apt-get install apt-listchanges - Adam

changelogs for deb files.

2002-01-22 Thread list3
Hello. What are the ways of viewing changlogs for deb files ? I'm want to review them before getting new deb files.

Re: Sharing .deb files across network

2002-01-20 Thread Alan Chandler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 20 January 2002 9:06 pm, Ron Johnson wrote: > Hi, > > I have billions and billions of file in /var/cache/apt/archives. > take a look at apt-move - -- Alan - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-

Re: Sharing .deb files across network

2002-01-20 Thread mose
On Sun, 20 Jan 2002 15:06:16 -0600, Ron Johnson said: > Hi, > > I have billions and billions of file in /var/cache/apt/archives. > > Is there any way, without using NFS, to share them with the other > machines in my LAN, so that I only need to download them (using > "apt-get install|upg

Sharing .deb files across network

2002-01-20 Thread Ron Johnson
Hi, I have billions and billions of file in /var/cache/apt/archives. Is there any way, without using NFS, to share them with the other machines in my LAN, so that I only need to download them (using "apt-get install|upgrade" on my main machine) once from a debian mirror. Then, when I do "ap

Re: deb files maintenance - Dependency overview

2001-10-25 Thread Rich Rudnick
On Wed, 2001-10-24 at 14:58, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello all. > > My debian distribution grew kinda big 1.2G. I know I'm not using a lot of > what I have installed. Now, due to a number of interdependecies I would like > to look at dependency tree of all deb file

Re: deb files maintenance - Dependency overview

2001-10-24 Thread Shaul Karl
> Hello all. > > My debian distribution grew kinda big 1.2G. I know I'm not using a lot of > what I have installed. Now, due to a number of interdependecies I would like > to look at dependency tree of all deb files and pick out those branches that > I don't

deb files maintenance - Dependency overview

2001-10-24 Thread list1
Hello all. My debian distribution grew kinda big 1.2G. I know I'm not using a lot of what I have installed. Now, due to a number of interdependecies I would like to look at dependency tree of all deb files and pick out those branches that I don't use and uninstall. Any recomendatio

Re: Installing downloaded .deb files

2001-08-25 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sat, Aug 25, 2001 at 02:06:58PM -0700, David Frischknecht ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hello, > > I downloaded a .deb file, but I'm having trouble installing it using > apt-get. Could someone help me? Thanks. How to Report Bugs Effectively http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham

Re: Installing downloaded .deb files

2001-08-25 Thread Jordi S . Bunster
On Sat, Aug 25, 2001 at 02:06:58PM -0700, David Frischknecht wrote: > Hello, > > I downloaded a .deb file, but I'm having trouble > installing it using apt-get. Could someone help me? Thanks. You shouldn't use apt-get if you already have the file. You should use dpkg -i file.deb

Re: Installing downloaded .deb files

2001-08-25 Thread Shoegoo
On Sat, Aug 25, 2001 at 02:06:58PM -0700, David Frischknecht wrote: > Hello, > > I downloaded a .deb file, but I'm having trouble > installing it using apt-get. Could someone help me? Thanks. man dpkg > = > > David A. Frischknecht > http://www.fishnetonline.freeurl.com -- shoegoo "L'ord

Installing downloaded .deb files

2001-08-25 Thread David Frischknecht
Hello, I downloaded a .deb file, but I'm having trouble installing it using apt-get. Could someone help me? Thanks. = David A. Frischknecht http://www.fishnetonline.freeurl.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/m

Re: how to extract *.deb files, etc.

2001-07-09 Thread Stephen Jiang
Thanks Kent > > > As to your second question what video card are you using? > > > > I have used ASUS's CUSI-M with SiS 630E chipset (all in one mother board) > > on board VGA card with SiS 300 integrates a 2xAGP controller > > on board LAN card with SiS 7016/7014 (10/100Mb) ethernet controller > >

Re: how to extract *.deb files, etc.

2001-07-05 Thread ktb
On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 06:16:19PM +1000, Stephen Jiang wrote: > > As to your second question what video card are you using? > > I have used ASUS's CUSI-M with SiS 630E chipset (all in one mother board) > on board VGA card with SiS 300 integrates a 2xAGP controller > on board LAN card with SiS 7

Re: how to extract *.deb files, etc.

2001-07-05 Thread Stephen Jiang
Hi, Sebastiaan > > Thanks Frank > > > > > >>If you could set your mailer to wrap to 72 characters it would be > > much > > > >>appreciated. > > > >> > > > > > > > > How? At the moment, I have MS Outlook Express. > > > > > > > Have a look in the preferences or how ever MS is calling it. In know > >

Re: how to extract *.deb files, etc.

2001-07-05 Thread Stephen Jiang
Hi, Bruce > > I have found and set to 72 characters as wrap text although I have no > > idea why I am doing this. > > All is fine when I read a message with long lines; if I reply, the > long lines go off the edge of the screen (the text is *quoted*, that > means no reformatting) and I can't easil

Re: how to extract *.deb files, etc.

2001-07-05 Thread Sebastiaan
On Thu, 5 Jul 2001, Stephen Jiang wrote: > Thanks Frank > > > >>If you could set your mailer to wrap to 72 characters it would be > much > > >>appreciated. > > >> > > > > > > How? At the moment, I have MS Outlook Express. > > > > > Have a look in the preferences or how ever MS is calling it. In k

Re: how to extract *.deb files, etc.

2001-07-05 Thread Joost Kooij
On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 06:16:19PM +1000, Stephen Jiang wrote: > > If you could set your mailer to wrap to 72 characters it would be much > > appreciated. > > How? At the moment, I have MS Outlook Express. Well, won't the author accept a patch to fix that? Get your money back, then. ;-) You

Re: how to extract *.deb files, etc.

2001-07-05 Thread Stephen Jiang
Thanks Frank > >>If you could set your mailer to wrap to 72 characters it would be much > >>appreciated. > >> > > > > How? At the moment, I have MS Outlook Express. > > > Have a look in the preferences or how ever MS is calling it. In know it works because other people can do it. If you can't use

Re: how to extract *.deb files, etc.

2001-07-05 Thread Frank Zimmermann
Stephen Jiang wrote: If you could set your mailer to wrap to 72 characters it would be much appreciated. How? At the moment, I have MS Outlook Express. Have a look in the preferences or how ever MS is calling it. In know it works because other people can do it. If you can't use something

Re: how to extract *.deb files, etc.

2001-07-05 Thread Stephen Jiang
Thanks Kent > > I am new to Linux (especially Debian), please help me out. > > > > 1. Does anyone can tell me how to extract *.deb files? And where can I find > > Debian's special commands? > > > > 2. I have just installed Debian 2.2 r0 (potato), but XF86

Re: how to extract *.deb files, etc.

2001-07-04 Thread ktb
On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 10:26:56AM -0500, ktb wrote: > On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 05:35:25PM +1000, Stephen Jiang wrote: > > I am new to Linux (especially Debian), please help me out. > > > > 1. Does anyone can tell me how to extract *.deb files? And where can I find > >

Re: how to extract *.deb files, etc.

2001-07-04 Thread ktb
On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 05:35:25PM +1000, Stephen Jiang wrote: > I am new to Linux (especially Debian), please help me out. > > 1. Does anyone can tell me how to extract *.deb files? And where can I find > Debian's special commands? > > 2. I have just installed Debian 2.

Re: how to extract *.deb files, etc.

2001-07-04 Thread Joost Kooij
On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 09:40:18AM +0200, Sebastiaan wrote: > > On Wed, 4 Jul 2001, Jeremy Gaddis wrote: > > > As far as extracting Debian package files ("*.deb's") goes, > > I've found the easiest way is to use "alien" (apt-get install > > alien) and convert it to a tarball ("*.tar.gz"). > > >

Re: how to extract *.deb files, etc.

2001-07-04 Thread Joost Kooij
On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 05:35:25PM +1000, Stephen Jiang wrote: > I am new to Linux (especially Debian), please help me out. > > 1. Does anyone can tell me how to extract *.deb files? And where can I find > Debian's special commands? These will tell you a little about .deb:

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