Re: Installing old Debian releases

Hi, keller.st...@gmx.de wrote: > For comparison, some research and portability tests I'd like > to install old releases of Debian, i.e. versions 8, 9, 10. > Are there archives and old repositories to install from? Old installation and Live ISOs are at https://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/a

Re: Installing old Debian releases

пн, 31 мар. 2025 г. в 16:27, : > > For comparison, some research and portability tests I'd like > to install old releases of Debian, i.e. versions 8, 9, 10. > Are there archives and old repositories to install from? https://archive.debian.org and https://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/

Installing old Debian releases

For comparison, some research and portability tests I'd like to install old releases of Debian, i.e. versions 8, 9, 10. Are there archives and old repositories to install from? Steve

Re: Installing old Debian releases

Info can also be used for upgrading (much) older releases (notably older ones beyond both main and LTS support) On Mon, Mar 31, 2025 at 12:51 AM wrote: > For comparison, some research and portability tests I'd like > to install old releases of Debian, i.e. versions 8, 9, 10. > Are there archives

Re: Installing old Debian releases

On Mon, 31 Mar 2025, keller.st...@gmx.de wrote: For comparison, some research and portability tests I'd like to install old releases of Debian, i.e. versions 8, 9, 10. Are there archives and old repositories to install from? Steve archive.debian.org for packages before bullseye. Buster is t

Debian Trixie: monitor via HDMI not used after installing bumblebee

Hello, I have a laptop with integrated Intel i915 and nouveau, where the external monitor is connected via HDMI. Setup works and I have arranged the screens side-by-side. Xorg is using modesetting driver (no xorg.conf). I want to try GPU offloading and installed bumblebee and primus package

Re: MariaDB not installing looks like previous error (unresolved bug?)

grep maria # systemctl stop mariadb Failed to stop mariadb.service: Unit mariadb.service not loaded. ** REBOOTED MACHINE ** # apt install mariadb-server (It worked) Michael From: john doe Sent: Monday, February 17, 2025 4:28 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.o

Re: MariaDB not installing looks like previous error (unresolved bug?)

Michael Bonert wrote: > invoke-rc.d: initscript mariadb, action "stop" failed. > Failed to stop mysql.service: Unit mysql.service not loaded. > invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "stop" failed. > Attempt to stop MariaDB/MySQL server returned exitcode 5 > There is a MariaDB/MySQL server running,

Re: MariaDB not installing looks like previous error (unresolved bug?)

On 2/16/25 20:24, Michael Bonert wrote: I get the following when trying to install mariadb: # apt install mariadb-server-core Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done mariadb-server-core is already the newest version (1:10.11.6-0+deb12u1).

MariaDB not installing looks like previous error (unresolved bug?)

a thread from two years ago - https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2023/03/msg00774.html https://linux.debian.user.narkive.com/S2sXMrNK/mariadb-server-is-not-installing-on-debian-12 ~~ I am on Debian 12: # lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Debian Description:Debian GN

Re: Root, sudo and installing packages [WAS Re: user is not in the suder's file]

pe su. > so I wouldn't have to constantly be reminded that as a regular > user, I can't do something, and I had been told that installing things as > root will cause problems. > This is wrong, you need root privileges to install packages on Debian. > I was told that i

Re: Root, sudo and installing packages [WAS Re: user is not in the suder's file]

't do something, and I had been told that installing things as > root will cause problems. I do 'sudo -i' to become root for a long series of things that require root. It changes the prompt so I am reminded that I am root. I have also put 'export TMOUT=900' in root&#x

Re: Root, sudo and installing packages [WAS Re: user is not in the suder's file]

(debian-accessibil...@lists.debian.org is dropped from Cc:) On 06/02/2025 06:29, Jeffrey Walton wrote: With respect to other operating systems, like Solaris, root is a role, not a user. Jeffrey, it is interesting topic to discuss, but I am afraid, this stuff and SELinux may confuse K0LNY even

Re: Root, sudo and installing packages [WAS Re: user is not in the suder's file]

On Wed, Feb 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > [Follow-up suggested to the mailing list at debian-user@lists.debian.org] > > On Wed, Feb 05, 2025 at 11:50:44AM -0600, K0LNY ?? wrote: > > How is Debian different with regard to apparently there not being a problem >

Re: Root, sudo and installing packages [WAS Re: user is not in the suder's file]

eminded that as a regular > user, I can't do something, and I had been told that installing things as > root will cause problems. Hi Glenn, sudo su is an anti-pattern, but it's one that's seen a great deal in advice on the 'Net. If you want to run several commands wi

Re: Root, sudo and installing packages [WAS Re: user is not in the suder's file]

ething, and I had been told that installing things as > root will cause problems. > I was told that if I install things as root, that another package may not > have permissions to use something I installed as root. Being root means having root privileges active; that can happen

Re: Root, sudo and installing packages [WAS Re: user is not in the suder's file]

told that installing things as root will cause problems. I was told that if I install things as root, that another package may not have permissions to use something I installed as root. Thanks. Glenn - Original Message - From: "Andrew M.A. Cater" To: Cc: Sent: Wednesday, Febr

Root, sudo and installing packages [WAS Re: user is not in the suder's file]

[Follow-up suggested to the mailing list at debian-user@lists.debian.org] On Wed, Feb 05, 2025 at 11:50:44AM -0600, K0LNY ?? wrote: > Hi Andrew, > How is Debian different with regard to apparently there not being a problem > installing things as root? > I know that there are is

Re: Installing a debian file

ad of "amd64" as the arch. > > > > At this point, it would be a really good idea to *confirm* the name of > > the package. "dpkg -l ente\*" or similar should suffice. > > > > Once you know the name of the package, then you can decide how to >

Re: Installing a debian file

gt; seriously messed around with expectations. Granted, we already saw > that with the "x86_64" instead of "amd64" as the arch. > > At this point, it would be a really good idea to *confirm* the name of > the package. "dpkg -l ente\*" or similar shoul

Re: Installing a debian file

On Thu, Jan 30, 2025 at 04:42:02PM +, Michael wrote: > The deb names may be unconventional but the executables worked (at least > v4.2.8 worked). They are IMHO wrong, since they quite probably will end up as *different packages* instead of as *different versions of a package*. If you just ins

Re: Installing a debian file

uot;amd64" as the arch. At this point, it would be a really good idea to *confirm* the name of the package. "dpkg -l ente\*" or similar should suffice. Once you know the name of the package, then you can decide how to proceed. * If the package name really is "enteauth&q

Re: Installing a debian file

On Thu 30 Jan 2025 at 16:14:00 (+), Michael wrote: > I ran, as root :- > > dpkg -i ente-auth-v4.2.8-x86_64.deb Running apt install path-to/ente-auth-v4.2.8-x86_64.deb will check for dependencies etc. (You must include the path.) It will also log a record of what was installed or removed

Re: Ente Auth install problems [WAS Installing a debian file]

On Thu, Jan 30, 2025 at 04:14:00PM +, Michael wrote: > Thanks very much for your help and suggestions. > > I am running Debian 12 on a desktop. > > My aim is to set up and use a TOTP authenticator app called Ente Auth. > As far as I can see, this is a third party package from https://github

Re: Installing a debian file

The deb names may be unconventional but the executables worked (at least v4.2.8 worked). Can you please suggest suitable Debian package management commands to use to investigate the current status of the v4.2.8 and v4.3.1 data in the Debian system. On Thu, Jan 30, 2025, 4:26 PM wrote: > On Thu,

Re: Installing a debian file

On Thu, Jan 30, 2025 at 04:14:00PM +, Michael wrote: > Thanks very much for your help and suggestions. > > I am running Debian 12 on a desktop. > > My aim is to set up and use a TOTP authenticator app called Ente Auth. > > I ran, as root :- > > dpkg -i ente-auth-v4.2.8-x86_64.deb [...]

Installing a debian file

Thanks very much for your help and suggestions. I am running Debian 12 on a desktop. My aim is to set up and use a TOTP authenticator app called Ente Auth. I ran, as root :- dpkg -i ente-auth-v4.2.8-x86_64.deb to create an executable file enteauth, which runs the Ente Auth app. The app wor

Re: Installing a debian file

On Thu, Jan 30, 2025 at 02:22:44PM +, Michael wrote: > I installed a debian file (db1'say) using dpkg -i and an executable file > (ex1 say) was created. > Hi Michael, Can we have some specifics? Version of Debian, name of executables, whether one came from outside main Debian repository, ple

Re: Installing a debian file

On Thu, Jan 30, 2025 at 02:22:44PM +, Michael wrote: > I installed a debian file (db1'say) using dpkg -i and an executable file > (ex1 say) was created. > > Later another debian file (db2) was installed, overwriting the executable > ex1. This shouldn't happen in a correctly built Debian packa

Installing a debian file

I installed a debian file (db1'say) using dpkg -i and an executable file (ex1 say) was created. Later another debian file (db2) was installed, overwriting the executable ex1. I now wish to overwrite ex1 with the data in db1, so I tried to install db1 again, but nothing seemed to happen. Did noth

Re: About booting... and installing debian from your iso's

On Tue, Jan 21, 2025 at 5:12 PM John Hasler wrote: > > Do you understand what Sid is? If you want to run it install Stable and > upgrade. That's the way to "Get it fucking running by all means and > then when you can customize it further". > > CJE writes: > > so i wonder what the hell you're tes

Re: About booting... and installing debian from your iso's

Do you understand what Sid is? If you want to run it install Stable and upgrade. That's the way to "Get it fucking running by all means and then when you can customize it further". CJE writes: > so i wonder what the hell youre testing crew is doing. Testing "Testing", not "Unstable". -- John

Re: About booting... and installing debian from your iso's

On Tue, Jan 21, 2025 at 12:20:44PM +0100, CJE wrote: > Hi, > This mail is addressing some system level debian comments from recent > changes you've made in iso structure and in installation... > Hello Johan, > and Ive been running unix for almost 40 years... and Linux since it came... > OK -

Re: About booting... and installing debian from your iso's

On Tue, 21 Jan 2025 12:20:44 +0100 CJE wrote: > > My most recent experience trying to install sid was: YOur fucking > script did not work AT ALL... so I had to install LMDE6 FIRST to get > a running and boootable system... then youre intsallation scripts > FINALLY understood what was going on..

About booting... and installing debian from your iso's

Hi, This mail is addressing some system level debian comments from recent changes you've made in iso structure and in installation... Ok, right now I'm pretty angry... I will surely try to be sensible... Who: Im from Sweden so... my english is not the best... If I'm too blurry ask me... I can expl

Re: A more fundemental error? - was [Re: Issues installing Erling using apt (Ubuntu 20.04)]

On 11/29/24 10:58 AM, Roger Price wrote: On Fri, 29 Nov 2024, Richard Owlett wrote: As the OP's link explicitly referenced "debian" I used Synaptic's search function. There were no packages with "Erling" in package name, but several in description field. I'm guessing Erling is a typo for Erla

Re: A more fundemental error? - was [Re: Issues installing Erling using apt (Ubuntu 20.04)]

On Fri, 29 Nov 2024, Richard Owlett wrote: As the OP's link explicitly referenced "debian" I used Synaptic's search function. There were no packages with "Erling" in package name, but several in description field. I'm guessing Erling is a typo for Erlang, an excellent concurrent, real time, d

A more fundemental error? - was [Re: Issues installing Erling using apt (Ubuntu 20.04)]

On 11/29/24 3:14 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Fri, Nov 29, 2024 at 09:36:35AM +0100, Matilda Sjöblom wrote: Hi! We've had issues for the last couple of days regarding installing Erling via apt. I can run apt update with all of our other repos, but when I add the file /etc/apt/sources.l

Re: Issues installing Erling using apt (Ubuntu 20.04)

On 2024-11-29 17:49, Michael Kjörling wrote: While Debian and Ubuntu are similar in some respects (for example by using the same package management tools, modulo exact versions), it's always better to ask people who are likely familiar with what you are running. I found debian 12 has much di

Re: Issues installing Erling using apt (Ubuntu 20.04)

On 29 Nov 2024 09:36 +0100, from matilda.sjob...@recordedfuture.com (Matilda Sjöblom): > I have triple checked ownership of files, tried to run apt-get clean, etc > etc, nothing works. The exact same setup (Ubuntu 20.04) worked on the 11th > of November. > > Has something on your side changed sin

Re: Issues installing Erling using apt (Ubuntu 20.04)

On Fri, Nov 29, 2024 at 09:36:35AM +0100, Matilda Sjöblom wrote: > Hi! > > We've had issues for the last couple of days regarding installing Erling > via apt. I can run apt update with all of our other repos, but when I add > the file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/erlang_solutions

Issues installing Erling using apt (Ubuntu 20.04)

Hi! We've had issues for the last couple of days regarding installing Erling via apt. I can run apt update with all of our other repos, but when I add the file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/erlang_solutions_repo.list , and the run sudo apt update, I get this error: Hit:6 https://packages.e

Re: Problems with Installing Debian 12 and GRUB

On Sun, 20 Oct 2024 23:09:40 +0200 paolo.dupu...@gmail.com wrote: > Hello, > > I am having difficulties installing Debian 12, specifically with the > GRUB bootloader. After installation, my system is unable to boot > properly, and I suspect there might be an issue with the GRUB

Problems with Installing Debian 12 and GRUB

Hello, I am having difficulties installing Debian 12, specifically with the GRUB bootloader. After installation, my system is unable to boot properly, and I suspect there might be an issue with the GRUB configuration. I have tried reinstalling GRUB, but the problem persists. Could someone

Re: Installing bookworm on an old HP laptop

On Mon, 9 Sep 2024 15:32:19 +0200 wrote: > On Mon, Sep 09, 2024 at 07:17:37AM -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > > I concur with the netinst suggestions. > > > > On Mon, 09 Sep 2024 21:10:15 +1000 > > George at Clug wrote: > > > > > Sometimes I download the DVD because, over time, I will install

Re: Installing bookworm on an old HP laptop

On Mon, Sep 09, 2024 at 07:17:37AM -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > I concur with the netinst suggestions. > > On Mon, 09 Sep 2024 21:10:15 +1000 > George at Clug wrote: > > > Sometimes I download the DVD because, over time, I will install a > > number of times [...] > To solve this problem, I us

Re: Installing bookworm on an old HP laptop

I concur with the netinst suggestions. On Mon, 09 Sep 2024 21:10:15 +1000 George at Clug wrote: > Sometimes I download the DVD because, over time, I will install a > number of times (for example, install a number of VMs to compare the > various GUIs), but I have found that by the time I get to u

Re: Installing bookworm on an old HP laptop

On 09.09.24 13:10, George at Clug wrote: Have I managed to confuse you with my own confusion? Sorry if I did, but my gut feel is that the netinstall CD makes the most sense if you have access to the Internet while doing the installation (unless your will be doing 20 or more installations on the

Re: Installing bookworm on an old HP laptop

On 9 Sep 2024 11:08 +0100, from recoverymail123...@gmail.com (Mick Ab): > I think I have enough RAM and hard drive to accommodate bookworm, but I am > not sure whether my laptop has the other hardware needed to run bookworm. I'm not familiar with your particular laptop, but if it runs Windows 7, i

Re: Installing bookworm on an old HP laptop

On Monday, 09-09-2024 at 20:08 Mick Ab wrote: > I am interested in installing bookworm alongside the current Windows 7 on > an old HP ProBook 6570b laptop. > > I am thinking of downloading the first two DVDs of bookworm from one of the > Debian mirror sites, then copying th

Re: Installing bookworm on an old HP laptop

On Mon, 9 Sep 2024 11:08:29 +0100 Mick Ab wrote: > I am interested in installing bookworm alongside the current Windows > 7 on an old HP ProBook 6570b laptop. > > I am thinking of downloading the first two DVDs of bookworm from one > of the Debian mirror sites, then copying th

Re: Installing bookworm on an old HP laptop

. > > Best regards > > > On 09.09.24 12:08, Mick Ab wrote: > > I am interested in installing bookworm alongside the current Windows 7 > > on an old HP ProBook 6570b laptop. > > > > I am thinking of downloading the first two DVDs of bookworm from one of > &

Re: Installing bookworm on an old HP laptop

Hello, i would use debian netinstall: https://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/ rather than download the whole DVD. Best regards On 09.09.24 12:08, Mick Ab wrote: I am interested in installing bookworm alongside the current Windows 7 on an old HP ProBook 6570b laptop. I am thinking of

Installing bookworm on an old HP laptop

I am interested in installing bookworm alongside the current Windows 7 on an old HP ProBook 6570b laptop. I am thinking of downloading the first two DVDs of bookworm from one of the Debian mirror sites, then copying that to two DVD-R discs and installing bookworm those two discs. I think I have

Re: Planned path - was [Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive]

On 8/2/24 09:11, DdB wrote: If all you have is swap space or outdated crap, then back it up and do whatever you like. GPT is no must, if the disk is below 2TB in size and UEFI no option. If you have >4 partitions, then except for booting and recalcitrant OS installers, GPT is easier to deal wi

Re: Planned path - was [Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive]

Am 02.08.2024 um 19:34 schrieb Łukasz Kalamłacki: > If you need to boot initrd without iso you an try this: Oops, i should read more carefully ... idk, why complicate matters. the boot files for i386 are located here: http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/bookworm/main/installer-i386/20230607+de

Re: Planned path - was [Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive]

Am 02.08.2024 um 19:34 schrieb Łukasz Kalamłacki: > If you need to boot initrd without iso you an try this: Oops, i should read more carefully ... idk, why complicate matters. the boot files for i386 are located here: http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/bookworm/main/installer-i386/20230607+de

Re: Planned path - was [Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive]

If you need to boot initrd without iso you an try this: https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/bookworm/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/debian-installer/i386/initrd.gz https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/bookworm/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/debian-installer/i386/linux On

Re: Planned path - was [Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive]

Am 02.08.2024 um 18:48 schrieb Anssi Saari: > Richard Owlett writes: > >> I was hoping I could somehow tell grub to run an installer's ISO image. >> I think the posted links will lead me adequately. > > I have actually tried that. The ISO image needs a little special support > so that after the

Re: Planned path - was [Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive]

Richard Owlett writes: > I was hoping I could somehow tell grub to run an installer's ISO image. > I think the posted links will lead me adequately. I have actually tried that. The ISO image needs a little special support so that after the kernel has booted and initrd loaded, it needs to be able

Re: OPERATOR ERROR ---- Re: Planned path - was [Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive]

Hi, Could you give as more information about these systems on which you wish to install Bookworm? Newer distribution of Linux has a lot bigger resources consumption that old one. I would like to get: RAM size, CPU type, HDD size. Bookworm requirements are available here: https://wiki.de

Re: Planned path - was [Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive]

Am 02.08.2024 um 14:34 schrieb Richard Owlett: > During initial installation of Debian Squeeze (or later) would I have > been explicitly asked to choose between MBR and GPT? I can't say, at that time, i was a stranger to debian. But ... i saw the installer deciding on its own, if not explicitly put

Re: Planned path - was [Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive]

On 08/01/2024 02:33 PM, DdB wrote: Am 01.08.2024 um 21:11 schrieb Richard Owlett: I've never had occasion to use Grub's command line. Good time to learn. The existing install is so old it has Grub 1.??? rather than 2.??? . Should that make any practical difference to manual install? Not sure ab

OPERATOR ERROR ---- Re: Planned path - was [Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive]

On 08/01/2024 02:11 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: On 08/01/2024 01:56 PM, DdB wrote: Am 01.08.2024 um 17:33 schrieb Richard Owlett: [SNIP] I've never had occasion to use Grub's command line. Good time to learn. The existing install is so old it has Grub 1.??? rather than 2.??? . Should that make a

Re: Planned path - was [Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive]

On 08/01/2024 02:33 PM, DdB wrote: Am 01.08.2024 um 21:11 schrieb Richard Owlett: I've never had occasion to use Grub's command line. Good time to learn. The existing install is so old it has Grub 1.??? rather than 2.??? . Should that make any practical difference to manual install? Not sure ab

Re: Planned path - was [Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive]

Am 01.08.2024 um 21:11 schrieb Richard Owlett: > I've never had occasion to use Grub's command line. Good time to learn. > The existing install is so old it has Grub 1.??? rather than 2.??? . > Should that make any practical difference to manual install? > > Not sure about gpt vs mbr. I have whate

Re: Planned path - was [Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive]

On 08/01/2024 01:56 PM, DdB wrote: Am 01.08.2024 um 17:33 schrieb Richard Owlett: In the phrase "to boot the installer using grub stanza (or manually)", just what does "(or manually)" refer to? I am using all of the options listed below depending on circumstances. If you are clear about using

Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive

Hi, This can be helpful : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEkb-GXz3sY Best, Łukasz On 1.08.2024 14:41, Richard Owlett wrote: I have an elderly Sony laptop and a more ancient desktop with unknown motherboard happily running i386 Debian 9.0. As far as I can tell the BIOS of neither machine

Re: Planned path - was [Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive]

Am 01.08.2024 um 17:33 schrieb Richard Owlett: > In the phrase "to boot the installer using grub stanza (or manually)", > just what does "(or manually)" refer to? I am using all of the options listed below depending on circumstances. If you are clear about using your hd to store an installer iso,

Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive

Hi, on tftp server you need to unpack this: https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/bookworm/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/netboot.tar.gz to install i386 bookworm via PXEBoot. Best regards, Łukasz On 1.08.2024 14:41, Richard Owlett wrote: I have an elderly Sony laptop and a more a

Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive

Hi, 15 years ago I had a laptop with broken CD drive but with integrated working ethernet NIC and bios supported PXE boot, so I configured isc-dhcp-server in my network which provides pxelinux.0 bootloader and address of tftp server. On tftp server I uploaded pxeboot images from Debian. All

Planned path - was [Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive]

On 08/01/2024 08:38 AM, Andy Smith wrote: Hi, On Thu, Aug 01, 2024 at 03:35:38PM +0200, DdB wrote: i recommend installing from netinstall iso image using the hd-media files to boot the installer using grub stanza (or manually). Description in the manual is a bit short, but you can ask me, if

Re: CLARIFICATIONS Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive

Hi, On Thu, Aug 01, 2024 at 10:22:13AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 08/01/2024 07:41 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: > > I have an elderly Sony laptop and a more ancient desktop with unknown > > motherboard happily running i386 Debian 9.0. As far as I can tell the > > BIOS of neither machine suppor

CLARIFICATIONS Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive

On 08/01/2024 07:41 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: I have an elderly Sony laptop and a more ancient desktop with unknown motherboard happily running i386 Debian 9.0. As far as I can tell the BIOS of neither machine supports booting from a flash drive. Neither has functional CD/DVD drive. Both hard d

Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive

Hi, On Thu, Aug 01, 2024 at 03:35:38PM +0200, DdB wrote: > i recommend installing from netinstall iso image using the > hd-media files to boot the installer using grub stanza (or > manually). Description in the manual is a bit short, but you can > ask me, if you need. Oh yes, great s

Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive

Richard Owlett writes: > I have an elderly Sony laptop and a more ancient desktop with unknown > motherboard happily running i386 Debian 9.0. As far as I can tell the > BIOS of neither machine supports booting from a flash drive. Neither > has functional CD/DVD drive. Both hard drives have copio

Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive

described in > first paragraph? > > TIA i fail to understand, what you want to do with the machine, that has no space. Conserning the other one: i recommend installing from netinstall iso image using the hd-media files to boot the installer using grub stanza (or manually). Description in the

Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive

Richard, Are both of your computers (laptop and desktop) 64 bit capable?  Not that this matters too much to my below suggestion. This might help you if you can remove the drives from the laptop and/or desktop.  I often take a drive out of a computer, then put the drive into a computer that can

Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive

Hi, On Thu, Aug 01, 2024 at 07:41:53AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > I have an elderly Sony laptop and a more ancient desktop with unknown > motherboard happily running i386 Debian 9.0. As far as I can tell the BIOS > of neither machine supports booting from a flash drive. Neither has > functiona

Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive

I have an elderly Sony laptop and a more ancient desktop with unknown motherboard happily running i386 Debian 9.0. As far as I can tell the BIOS of neither machine supports booting from a flash drive. Neither has functional CD/DVD drive. Both hard drives have copious free space. Both machines

Re: Help installing gdb package using apt

Hello everyone, Thank you so much for your assistance on this matter. The solution was found. Updating the sources list to include: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main non-free-firmware deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main non-free-firmware deb http://security.debian.or

Re: Help installing gdb package using apt

Hi Demetrius. See the embedded observations below. On 7/15/24 05:42, Demetrius Stanton wrote: Hi! My name is Demetrius Stanton. It was suggested that I reach out for a problem I'm experiencing trying to install gdb on my system. I'm willing to submit whatever information is necessary to tr

Re: Help installing gdb package using apt

On Mon, Jul 15, 2024 at 11:07 AM Demetrius Stanton wrote: > > Hi! > > My name is Demetrius Stanton. It was suggested that I reach out for a problem > I'm experiencing trying to install gdb on my system. I'm willing to submit > whatever information is necessary to try and get this issue resolved.

Re: Help installing gdb package using apt

Hi Demetrius, On 15/07/24 17:12, Demetrius Stanton wrote: [...] I recently encountered a weird error, and I can't seem to find a fix online. When I run the command ` sudo apt update && sudo apt install gdb -y `, I receive an 404 error stating failed to fetch https://deb.debian.org/debian/pool

Re: Help installing gdb package using apt

correct for your situation that you use them.) Try adding deb https://debug.mirrors.debian.org/debian-debug/ bookworm-debug main contrib (and/or similar for any other official Debian repositories you want to get debug packages from), and repeating the suggested 'apt update' command

Help installing gdb package using apt

Hi! My name is Demetrius Stanton. It was suggested that I reach out for a problem I'm experiencing trying to install gdb on my system. I'm willing to submit whatever information is necessary to try and get this issue resolved. I recently encountered a weird error, and I can't seem to find a fix o

Re: Installing gitlab on sid

On 7/3/2024 9:23 AM, Lucio Crusca wrote: Il 03/07/24 13:48, Jeff Pang ha scritto: maybe you can use rbenv to install the required ruby toolkit? I'm afraid that's not the point. I assume that # apt-get install gitlab should just work out of the box, or there is a problem, either on my pa

Re: Installing gitlab on sid

Il 03/07/24 16:46, Henning Follmann ha scritto: The error message is very transparent about this: "...if you are using the unstable ..." You are absolutely right. But I never stopped by to read that message and it's the first time in years of sid (mixed with testing and stable) that this t

Re: Installing gitlab on sid

On Wed, 3 Jul 2024 12:24:16 +0200 Lucio Crusca wrote: Hello Lucio, >Am I doing anything wrong or should I file a bug report? Look at the package page, then developer page for gitlab and then for its dependencies. You'll find that ruby-sidekiq has yet to hit sid - it's still in experimental. N

Re: Installing gitlab on sid

On Wed, Jul 03, 2024 at 04:23:55PM +0200, Lucio Crusca wrote: > Il 03/07/24 13:48, Jeff Pang ha scritto: > > > > maybe you can use rbenv to install the required ruby toolkit? > > > > I'm afraid that's not the point. I assume that > > # apt-get install gitlab > > should just work out of the box

Re: Installing gitlab on sid

Lucio Crusca wrote: > Il 03/07/24 13:48, Jeff Pang ha scritto: > > > > maybe you can use rbenv to install the required ruby toolkit? > > > > I'm afraid that's not the point. I assume that > > # apt-get install gitlab > > should just work out of the box, or there is a problem, either on my par

Re: Installing gitlab on sid

Il 03/07/24 13:48, Jeff Pang ha scritto: maybe you can use rbenv to install the required ruby toolkit? I'm afraid that's not the point. I assume that # apt-get install gitlab should just work out of the box, or there is a problem, either on my part, or in the gitlab package itself. As of

Re: Installing gitlab on sid

maybe you can use rbenv to install the required ruby toolkit? I'm trying to install gitlab from sid, but it requires ruby-sidekiq>=7~, which is not available in sid (there's only 6.5.12 available). -- Jeff Pang j...@simplemail.co.in

Installing gitlab on sid

I'm trying to install gitlab from sid, but it requires ruby-sidekiq>=7~, which is not available in sid (there's only 6.5.12 available). Am I doing anything wrong or should I file a bug report?

Re: Installing a python package with pipx

If it where an issue with pip or pipx, yes. But as you pointed out yourself, it's also happening on OpenSuse, so the issue can't be pip or pipx, but rather either what you are trying to install or your understanding of it. Am So., 2. Juni 2024 um 14:20 Uhr schrieb Richmond : > I am not complaini

Re: Installing a python package with pipx

Richard writes: > python3 -m venv venv > source venv/bin/activate > pip install musicpy OK thanks. And apparently to get idle working I do: python -m idlelib.idle

Re: Installing a python package with pipx

Richard writes: > That's how its done. Also, complaining here about something that > doesn't even work on other distros and thus can't be a Debian > problem doesn't make that much sense. I am not complaining, I am trying to find out how to get it working. And as pip (and pipx) are debian packag

Re: Installing a python package with pipx

python3 -m venv venv source venv/bin/activate pip install musicpy That's how its done. Also, complaining here about something that doesn't even work on other distros and thus can't be a Debian problem doesn't make that much sense. Am So., 2. Juni 2024 um 13:50 Uhr schrieb Richmond : > OK Back on

Re: Installing a python package with pipx

OK Back on Debian, I removed the one package installed with pipx, which was musicpy, then tried to install it with pip, but got this message which actually tells me to use pipx. (There is no package python-musicpy). pip install musicpy error: externally-managed-environment × This environment is e

Re: Installing a python package with pipx

Richard wrote: > > > On Sat, Jun 1, 2024, 23:50 Richmond > wrote: > > Richard mailto:rrosn...@gmail.com>> writes: > > > A packages documentation is always your best > friend: https://pypi.org > > /project/idle/ > > > > Yes it makes it look easy ther

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