Actual problem resolution - was [Re: [Probable resolutuio] Re: How to diagnose an "apt-get instal"l problem]

2016-09-11 Thread Richard Owlett
On 9/10/2016 9:50 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: [snip] Made multiple further tries installing various packages. Got inconsistent results. The pattern leads me to believe the drive is becoming flaky. I will create an ISO from the DVD for use on a flash drive. 50+ years of trouble shooting in diverse e

Re: [Probable resolutuio] How to diagnose an "apt-get instal"l problem

2016-09-10 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 10 September 2016 11:17:28 Felix Miata wrote: > Richard Owlett composed on 2016-09-10 09:50 (UTC-0500): > > Made multiple further tries installing various packages. Got > > inconsistent results. The pattern leads me to believe the drive > > is becoming flaky. I will create an ISO from

Re: [Probable resolutuio] How to diagnose an "apt-get instal"l problem

2016-09-10 Thread Richard Owlett
On 9/10/2016 10:17 AM, Felix Miata wrote: Richard Owlett composed on 2016-09-10 09:50 (UTC-0500): Made multiple further tries installing various packages. Got inconsistent results. The pattern leads me to believe the drive is becoming flaky. I will create an ISO from the DVD for use on a flash

Re: [Probable resolutuio] How to diagnose an "apt-get instal"l problem

2016-09-10 Thread Felix Miata
Richard Owlett composed on 2016-09-10 09:50 (UTC-0500): Made multiple further tries installing various packages. Got inconsistent results. The pattern leads me to believe the drive is becoming flaky. I will create an ISO from the DVD for use on a flash drive. 50+ years of trouble shooting in div

[Probable resolutuio] Re: How to diagnose an "apt-get instal"l problem

2016-09-10 Thread Richard Owlett
On 9/9/2016 10:18 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: I was experimenting with a custom minimal install. [ALL installs are from purchased DVDs as I have minimal connectivity.] I installed Jessie (8.0.0) using expert mode on a machine set aside for experiments. I explicitly chose no desktop environment. The

Re: How to diagnose an "apt-get instal"l problem

2016-09-09 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Sep 09, 2016 at 10:18:22AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > As root I attempted to do > apt-get install mate-desktop-environment-core > It began normally but terminated with a file not found message > before coming to the confirm installation step. And the error message said...? > To nar

How to diagnose an "apt-get instal"l problem

2016-09-09 Thread Richard Owlett
I was experimenting with a custom minimal install. [ALL installs are from purchased DVDs as I have minimal connectivity.] I installed Jessie (8.0.0) using expert mode on a machine set aside for experiments. I explicitly chose no desktop environment. The install proceeded normally. From the De