Re: [Fwd: Re: Installing Packages From Source]

2007-11-05 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 05:44:59PM -0800, Jeff Grossman wrote: > > > > That was my opinion and why I asked the original question. So, I should > let aptitude know that I installed those packages myself? Even though > they won't be in the same directories that aptitude thinks they should > b

Re: [Fwd: Re: Installing Packages From Source]

2007-11-05 Thread Jeff Grossman
s. keeling wrote: Daniel Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 05:19:49PM -0700, Jeff Grossman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: Manually installed packages have status "i " while automatically installed ones have "i A". They have a "c" next to them.

Re: [Fwd: Re: Installing Packages From Source]

2007-11-05 Thread s. keeling
Daniel Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 05:19:49PM -0700, Jeff Grossman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > was heard to say: > >> Manually installed packages have status "i " while automatically > >> installed ones have "i A". > > > > They have a "c" next to them. > >So what you di

Re: [Fwd: Re: Installing Packages From Source]

2007-11-02 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 05:19:49PM -0700, Jeff Grossman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: >> Manually installed packages have status "i " while automatically >> installed ones have "i A". > > They have a "c" next to them. So what you did is you removed the Debian package and then ran "make

[Fwd: Re: Installing Packages From Source]

2007-11-01 Thread Jeff Grossman
I accidentally replied to the sender and not the list. Jeff Original Message Subject:Re: Installing Packages From Source Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 15:43:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Grossman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[Fwd: Re: Installing Packages From Source]

2007-11-01 Thread Jeff Grossman
I accidentally replied to the sender and not the list. Jeff Original Message Subject:Re: Installing Packages From Source Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 15:40:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Grossman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On

Re: Installing Packages From Source

2007-11-01 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 08:23:29AM -0700, Jeff Grossman wrote: > There are a few packages that I install directly from source onto my > system. On Aptitude I noticed the markauto option. Should I let aptitude > know that I have installed those packages manually? > > The packages that I have inst

Re: Installing Packages From Source

2007-11-01 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 08:23:29 -0700, Jeff Grossman wrote: > There are a few packages that I install directly from source onto my > system. On Aptitude I noticed the markauto option. Should I let aptitude > know that I have installed those packages manually? That should not be necessary; aptit

Installing Packages From Source

2007-11-01 Thread Jeff Grossman
There are a few packages that I install directly from source onto my system. On Aptitude I noticed the markauto option. Should I let aptitude know that I have installed those packages manually? The packages that I have installed by source are: MIMEDefang Dovecot SpamAssassin Thanks, Jeff --

Re: Installing packages from source

2006-03-02 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
RAPPAZ Francois wrote: > Hi, I would like to install libgnomeprint-2.2-2.10. > On my sarge I got 2.8 and with Abiword, fill justified text using true type > font are ill printed. > > I've read that upgrading libgnomeprint would solve this. > > The next version of libgnomeprint-2.2 I've found

Re: Installing packages from source

2006-03-02 Thread Justin Guerin
On Thursday 02 March 2006 01:00, RAPPAZ Francois wrote: > Hi,  I would like to install libgnomeprint-2.2-2.10. > On my sarge I got 2.8 and with Abiword, fill justified text using true > type font are ill printed. > > I've read that upgrading libgnomeprint would solve this. > > The next version of l

Installing packages from source

2006-03-02 Thread RAPPAZ Francois
Hi, I would like to install libgnomeprint-2.2-2.10. On my sarge I got 2.8 and with Abiword, fill justified text using true type font are ill printed. I've read that upgrading libgnomeprint would solve this. The next version of libgnomeprint-2.2 I've found is 2.12 and trying to install as a

Re: Installing packages from source with apt

2003-11-10 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2003-11-11 06:55:36 +0800, csj wrote: > You might try creating your own apt archive. An apt archive is just a > directory (or subdirectories) full of debs. To make them visible > to apt you create an index file called Packages (or gzipped to > Packages.gz) using a command like "dpkg-scanpackag

Re: Installing packages from source with apt

2003-11-10 Thread csj
On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 12:42:02 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > What is the best way to compile and install packages from source with > apt? > > I don't want to use "dpkg -i" once the packages are built (as suggested > in the how-to) since dpkg doesn't check dependencies and may break the > system

Re: Installing packages from source with apt

2003-11-10 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2003-11-10 11:15:26 -0500, David Z Maze wrote: > dpkg does *check* dependencies, it just doesn't go out of its way to > *correct* them. That is, dpkg shouldn't let you install a package if > its dependencies aren't already installed. If you never use a --force > option and your packages work,

Re: Installing packages from source with apt

2003-11-10 Thread David Z Maze
Vincent Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What is the best way to compile and install packages from source with > apt? > > I don't want to use "dpkg -i" once the packages are built (as suggested > in the how-to) since dpkg doesn't check dependencies and may break the > system (it did in the pa

Installing packages from source with apt

2003-11-10 Thread Vincent Lefevre
What is the best way to compile and install packages from source with apt? I don't want to use "dpkg -i" once the packages are built (as suggested in the how-to) since dpkg doesn't check dependencies and may break the system (it did in the past...). -- Vincent Lefèvre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Web: