Re: Package installation from pendrive

2015-01-29 Thread Floris
Op Thu, 29 Jan 2015 11:30:51 +0100 schreef Rodolfo Medina : Hi all. I installed Debian from a pendrive, everything fine. Now I want to install some packages from there, but the system only accepts CDs for that. If I start the Debian Installer, it wants to format the partition, what I do

Package installation from pendrive

2015-01-29 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Hi all. I installed Debian from a pendrive, everything fine. Now I want to install some packages from there, but the system only accepts CDs for that. If I start the Debian Installer, it wants to format the partition, what I don't want. Thanks for any help, Rodolfo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Nvidia package installation problems

2013-12-27 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 25 Dec 2013 21:09:35 + (UTC) Jarth Berilcosm wrote: Hello Jarth, >Yeah, i lost focus due to frustrations and wrote down an incorrect >pathname. Should have had some tea much sooner ;-) Tea? How very British of you. :-D >What i've figured so far is nomodeset is mostly required b

Re: Nvidia package installation problems

2013-12-25 Thread Jarth Berilcosm
On Wed, 25 Dec 2013 08:46:21 +, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Wed, 25 Dec 2013 00:17:17 + (UTC) > Jarth Berilcosm wrote: > > Hello Jarth, > >>Honestly, i don't know what's going with Debian lately. Wheezy looked >>promising and has been quite a dissapointment when it comes to package >>qualit

Re: Nvidia package installation problems

2013-12-25 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 24 Dec 2013 10:02:42 -0500 Jon N wrote: Hello Jon, >it got left over. The nvidia driver offered to register with it for >automatic updates. So I still get the main reason for changing. Good to hear your system is working properly again. A good catch on the Xorg nouveau call. I'd hav

Re: Nvidia package installation problems

2013-12-25 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 25 Dec 2013 00:17:17 + (UTC) Jarth Berilcosm wrote: Hello Jarth, >Honestly, i don't know what's going with Debian lately. Wheezy looked >promising and has been quite a dissapointment when it comes to package >quality. It's strange, isn't it; I've not had any problems at all. Adm

Re: Nvidia package installation problems

2013-12-24 Thread Jarth Berilcosm
Hi, I've ran into the same issues on an old NVidia Quadro FX 360M. Honestly, i don't know what's going with Debian lately. Wheezy looked promising and has been quite a dissapointment when it comes to package quality. Golden hint include nomodeset in /etc/default/grub on the line GRUB_CMD_LINE

Re: Nvidia package installation problems

2013-12-24 Thread Jon N
On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 11:37 AM, Brad Rogers wrote: <---snip---> >>have any trouble doing that. But I don't want to have a package from >>repository still installed at the same time as the nvidia download. > > There are problems with that as you can imagine. Debian packages can > get confused

Re: Nvidia package installation problems

2013-12-23 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 23 Dec 2013 11:05:51 -0500 Jon N wrote: Hello Jon, >The card is a 8600 GT, which does use the latest drivers. in fact, I >uninstalled 319.76 that I had downloaded from nvida to install 319.76 Okay, now I know what GPU you've got. And yes, you're right of course, it uses the 319 drive

Re: Nvidia package installation problems

2013-12-23 Thread Jon N
On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 10:20 AM, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Mon, 23 Dec 2013 09:35:52 -0500 > Jon N wrote: > > Hello Jon, > >>I did check that, but it looks OK (correct version installed). >> >>Thanks, > > No problem. I've just re-read your original message, and picked up on > some stuff I missed

Re: Nvidia package installation problems

2013-12-23 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 23 Dec 2013 09:35:52 -0500 Jon N wrote: Hello Jon, >I did check that, but it looks OK (correct version installed). > >Thanks, No problem. I've just re-read your original message, and picked up on some stuff I missed previously. Specifically, stuff about version number mismatches (319

Re: Nvidia package installation problems

2013-12-23 Thread Jon N
On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 6:20 AM, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Sun, 22 Dec 2013 19:15:25 -0500 > Jon N wrote: > > Hello Jon, > >>I love the idea of not having to re-installed the downloaded Nvidia >>drivers every time the kernel updates (plus it seems to keep breaking) >>so I would like to get this to

Re: Nvidia package installation problems

2013-12-23 Thread Jon N
On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 4:21 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Du, 22 dec 13, 19:15:25, Jon N wrote: >> >> "NWRM: API mismatch: the client has the version 304.108, but this >> kernel module has the version 319.76. Please make sure that this >> kernel module and all NVIDIA driver components have the

Re: Nvidia package installation problems

2013-12-23 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 22 Dec 2013 19:15:25 -0500 Jon N wrote: Hello Jon, >I love the idea of not having to re-installed the downloaded Nvidia >drivers every time the kernel updates (plus it seems to keep breaking) >so I would like to get this to work. Any suggestions? As Andrei has said, make sure you have

Re: Nvidia package installation problems

2013-12-23 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 22 dec 13, 19:15:25, Jon N wrote: > > "NWRM: API mismatch: the client has the version 304.108, but this > kernel module has the version 319.76. Please make sure that this > kernel module and all NVIDIA driver components have the same version." > > That sounds simple enough, but I have sea

Re: Nvidia package installation problems

2013-12-22 Thread Jon N
On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 12:41 AM, Jon N wrote: > On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 7:15 PM, Jon N wrote: <---snip---> > It's getting late so I'm going to have to look at this again in the > morning. I think I should be able to make a new blacklist file for > nouveau (hopefully you can't have it blacklis

Re: Nvidia package installation problems

2013-12-22 Thread Jon N
On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 7:15 PM, Jon N wrote: > I have been getting pretty good with breaking my system lately. Today > I got it in mind to stop downloading the Nvidia binary driver and > installing it myself and switch to using the version available as a > Debian package. I first uninstalled th

Nvidia package installation problems

2013-12-22 Thread Jon N
I have been getting pretty good with breaking my system lately. Today I got it in mind to stop downloading the Nvidia binary driver and installing it myself and switch to using the version available as a Debian package. I first uninstalled the downloaded version and rebooted to the normal desktop

Re: Aptitude package installation order (Squeeze)

2010-11-03 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2010-11-04 05:27 +0100, Nick wrote: > A pretty simple question: Does the order packages to install are > listed on the aptitude command line matter? Yes it does: http://bugs.debian.org/401835. The same is true for apt-get, BTW: http://bugs.debian.org/122304 and siblings. Sven -- To UNSUBS

Aptitude package installation order (Squeeze)

2010-11-03 Thread Nick
Hello, A pretty simple question: Does the order packages to install are listed on the aptitude command line matter? This is on an updated but very bare-bones Squeeze installation (pretty much nothing installed but the base system). I've always thought it didn't and that dependency resolution wou

Re: Package Installation Problem

2009-03-01 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 18:04, Kolpur Srinivasa Chary wrote: > Hi, > I'm using Debian 5.0 and I recently changed my repositories to : > >        # Security >        deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib >        non-free >        deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/update

Re: Package Installation Problem

2009-03-01 Thread Chris
On Mon, 02 Mar 2009 07:34:00 +0530 Kolpur Srinivasa Chary wrote: > Hi, > I'm using Debian 5.0 and I recently changed my repositories to : > > # Security > deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib > non-free > deb-src http://security.debi

Package Installation Problem

2009-03-01 Thread Kolpur Srinivasa Chary
Hi, I'm using Debian 5.0 and I recently changed my repositories to : # Security deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free #Re

Re: Failure of a deb package installation

2009-01-24 Thread Salvatore Bonaccorso
On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 05:30:33PM +0200, Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote: > Francesco Pietra wrote: > > Hi: > > As no clues arrive from the package web site, may I ask if the > > following problems may derive from my bad management of the OS? > > > > Task: install octopus on a multisocket dual-opteron

Re: Failure of a deb package installation

2009-01-24 Thread Eugene V. Lyubimkin
Francesco Pietra wrote: > Hi: > As no clues arrive from the package web site, may I ask if the > following problems may derive from my bad management of the OS? > > Task: install octopus on a multisocket dual-opteron 875, OS = debian > amd64 lenny (octopus is a molecular computational program). >

Failure of a deb package installation

2009-01-24 Thread Francesco Pietra
Hi: As no clues arrive from the package web site, may I ask if the following problems may derive from my bad management of the OS? Task: install octopus on a multisocket dual-opteron 875, OS = debian amd64 lenny (octopus is a molecular computational program). 1) downloaded octopus-3.0.1-1.x86_6

Re: Regarding package Installation

2008-04-11 Thread Kevin Mark
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 06:50:29PM +0500, Zainab Rehman wrote: > While running commands(red coloured font) to install a source package i am > having problems (bolded text) > > > debianabc:/home/fast# cd debian > debianabc:/home/fast/debian# apt-get source bnfc > Reading package lists... Done > B

Regarding package Installation

2008-04-11 Thread Zainab Rehman
While running commands(red coloured font) to install a source package i am having problems (bolded text) debianabc:/home/fast# cd debian debianabc:/home/fast/debian# apt-get source bnfc Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done *E: You must put some 'source' URIs in your sourc

Re: Debian package installation

2008-04-02 Thread Kevin Mark
On Wed, Apr 02, 2008 at 11:09:24PM +1100, David Schulberg wrote: > Hi, > > > > I have a Debian package which starts a service set up by having > ‘dh_installinit’ in my rules file. > > I want the service to start every time my computer boots up. > > Does it have to fire up also straight after

Debian package installation

2008-04-02 Thread David Schulberg
Hi, I have a Debian package which starts a service set up by having 'dh_installinit' in my rules file. I want the service to start every time my computer boots up. Does it have to fire up also straight after I install the package? Regards, David Schulberg

Re: Howto use dvd iso-images for package installation

2007-09-16 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 08:58:55AM +0300, Tuomas Jouhten wrote: > > I'm running a basic workstation etch 4.0r1, X running, installed by > booting a netinst image (with installgui option) and then downloading > the basic stuff the installer downloads automatically. I have complete > etch 4.0r1 dvd

Re: Howto use dvd iso-images for package installation

2007-09-15 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 08:58:55AM +0300, Tuomas Jouhten wrote: > Hello, > > I'm running a basic workstation etch 4.0r1, X running, installed by booting a > netinst image (with installgui option) and then downloading the basic stuff > the > installer downloads automatically. I have complete etch

Howto use dvd iso-images for package installation

2007-09-15 Thread Tuomas Jouhten
Hello, I'm running a basic workstation etch 4.0r1, X running, installed by booting a netinst image (with installgui option) and then downloading the basic stuff the installer downloads automatically. I have complete etch 4.0r1 dvd iso-images (all three) on an another hard drive. The question is h

Re: A sane way to merge config file differences during package installation?

2007-09-05 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Tue, Sep 04, 2007 at 09:39:27AM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > Great idea! File a wishlist bug against debconf. > > There was a sub-thread about this back in March: > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2007/03/msg02895.html > > Andrei said that there was work in progress for a merge > option

Re: Please introduce a sane way to merge config file differences during package installation

2007-09-04 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 01:11:00PM +0200, Richard Hartmann wrote: > Package: debconf > Version: 1.5.14 > Severity: Wishlist > > Everyone will know a message like this: > > Configuration file `/etc/sysctl.conf' ... > > What I would want is something like > > M: merge files interactively > > w

Re: A sane way to merge config file differences during package installation?

2007-09-04 Thread Celejar
On Sun, 02 Sep 2007 23:01:46 -0500 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 09/02/07 04:55, Richard Hartmann wrote: > > Everyone will know a message like this: > > > > Configuration file `/etc/sysctl.conf' > > ==> Modified (by you or by a s

Please introduce a sane way to merge config file differences during package installation

2007-09-03 Thread Richard Hartmann
Package: debconf Version: 1.5.14 Severity: Wishlist Everyone will know a message like this: Configuration file `/etc/sysctl.conf' ==> Modified (by you or by a script) since installation. ==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version. What would you like to do about it ? Your options

Re: A sane way to merge config file differences during package installation?

2007-09-02 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 09/02/07 04:55, Richard Hartmann wrote: > Everyone will know a message like this: > > Configuration file `/etc/sysctl.conf' > ==> Modified (by you or by a script) since installation. > ==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version. >

Re: A sane way to merge config file differences during package installation?

2007-09-02 Thread Andy Smith
Hi, On Sun, Sep 02, 2007 at 11:55:05AM +0200, Richard Hartmann wrote: > Configuration file `/etc/sysctl.conf' > ==> Modified (by you or by a script) since installation. > ==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version. >What would you like to do about it ? Your options are: > Y

A sane way to merge config file differences during package installation?

2007-09-02 Thread Richard Hartmann
Everyone will know a message like this: Configuration file `/etc/sysctl.conf' ==> Modified (by you or by a script) since installation. ==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version. What would you like to do about it ? Your options are: Y or I : install the package maintainer's

Re: [debian-users] Re: Package installation history.

2006-11-14 Thread Bob Bosiljevac
snip for things I want to do at this session. I want to be selective because I tend to only want to do certain updates after hours, just in case. Yes, you should switch to aptitude. Thank you. That was perfect. It is basically a drop in replacement for how I was using 'apt-get' with th

Re: Package installation history.

2006-11-12 Thread Chris Bannister
On Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 12:33:21PM -0500, Bob Bosiljevac wrote: > I tend to do my upgrades like this: > > apt-get update -u > > look at the list, and then do > > apt-get install > > for things I want to do at this session. I want to be selective because I > tend to only want to do certain

Re: Package installation history.

2006-11-11 Thread Ken Irving
On Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 02:27:13PM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 07:44:04PM +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > > > I have this line in /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg: > > > > log /var/log/dpkg.log > > > > I did not put it there, so I guess it is the default nowadays (on Sid at > >

Re: Package installation history.

2006-11-11 Thread Raquel
On Sat, 11 Nov 2006 19:15:04 +0100 Thilo Six <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bob Bosiljevac wrote the following on 10.11.2006 18:12: > > Is there a way to tell when a particular package was installed > > or upgraded or a way to look at the install/upgrade history of a > > package on a particular mach

Re: Package installation history.

2006-11-11 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 07:44:04PM +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > I have this line in /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg: > > log /var/log/dpkg.log > > I did not put it there, so I guess it is the default nowadays (on Sid at > least). I don't know if the Sarge version of dpkg already supports this > feature.

Re: Package installation history.

2006-11-11 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 13:23:03 -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 07:15:04PM +0100, Thilo Six wrote: > > Bob Bosiljevac wrote the following on 10.11.2006 18:12: > > > Is there a way to tell when a particular package was installed or > > > upgraded or a way to look at the i

Re: Package installation history.

2006-11-11 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 07:15:04PM +0100, Thilo Six wrote: > Bob Bosiljevac wrote the following on 10.11.2006 18:12: > > Is there a way to tell when a particular package was installed or > > upgraded or a way to look at the install/upgrade history of a package on > > a particular machine? > > > >

Re: Package installation history.

2006-11-11 Thread Thilo Six
Bob Bosiljevac wrote the following on 10.11.2006 18:12: > Is there a way to tell when a particular package was installed or > upgraded or a way to look at the install/upgrade history of a package on > a particular machine? > > Bob. less /var/log/dpkg.log HTH Thilo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Package installation history.

2006-11-10 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 22:09:42 +, Dave Ewart wrote: > On Friday, 10.11.2006 at 12:40 -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > > On Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 12:33:21PM -0500, Bob Bosiljevac wrote: > > > >On Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 12:12:13PM -0500, Bob Bosiljevac wrote: > > > >>Is there a way to tell wh

Re: Package installation history.

2006-11-10 Thread Dave Ewart
On Friday, 10.11.2006 at 12:40 -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 12:33:21PM -0500, Bob Bosiljevac wrote: > > >On Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 12:12:13PM -0500, Bob Bosiljevac wrote: > > >>Is there a way to tell when a particular package was installed or upgraded > > >>or a way to

Re: Package installation history.

2006-11-10 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 12:33:21PM -0500, Bob Bosiljevac wrote: > >On Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 12:12:13PM -0500, Bob Bosiljevac wrote: > >>Is there a way to tell when a particular package was installed or upgraded > >>or a way to look at the install/upgrade history of a package on a > >>particular mach

Re: Package installation history.

2006-11-10 Thread Bob Bosiljevac
On Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 12:12:13PM -0500, Bob Bosiljevac wrote: Is there a way to tell when a particular package was installed or upgraded or a way to look at the install/upgrade history of a package on a particular machine? If you are using aptitude, then check /var/log/aptitude. No I do no

Re: Package installation history.

2006-11-10 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 12:12:13PM -0500, Bob Bosiljevac wrote: > Is there a way to tell when a particular package was installed or upgraded > or a way to look at the install/upgrade history of a package on a > particular machine? > If you are using aptitude, then check /var/log/aptitude. Rega

Package installation history.

2006-11-10 Thread Bob Bosiljevac
Is there a way to tell when a particular package was installed or upgraded or a way to look at the install/upgrade history of a package on a particular machine? Bob. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Package installation problems after `apt-get update'

2006-08-13 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> > In order to install the kmobiletools package, which is not present >> > in the stable repository, I added to my sources.list the following >> > lines: >> > >> > deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free >> > deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/d

Re: Package installation problems after `apt-get update' (was: Handling apt-get, apt-cdrom, sources.list, cdroms.list)

2006-08-12 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Sat, Aug 12, 2006 at 16:38:53 +0100, Liam O'Toole wrote: > On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 15:44:54 +0200 > Rodolfo Medina wrote: > > > Hi all. > > > > In order to install the kmobiletools package, which is not present > > in the stable repository, I added to my sources.list the following > > lines: > >

Re: Package installation problems after `apt-get update' (was: Handling apt-get, apt-cdrom, sources.list, cdroms.list)

2006-08-12 Thread Liam O'Toole
On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 15:44:54 +0200 Rodolfo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all. > > In order to install the kmobiletools package, which is not present > in the stable repository, I added to my sources.list the following > lines: > > deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian testing main contr

Package installation problems after `apt-get update' (was: Handling apt-get, apt-cdrom, sources.list, cdroms.list)

2006-08-12 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Hi all. In order to install the kmobiletools package, which is not present in the stable repository, I added to my sources.list the following lines: deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free , then

Kernel images in etch broke? (was: pre-installation script returned error during package installation)

2006-06-25 Thread T
On Sun, 25 Jun 2006 16:19:48 -0400, T wrote: > I got the "pre-installation script returned error" during package > installation. Is there any solution / workaround? What else should I > check? > > thanks > > Tong > > PS. here is the full info: > > In

pre-installation script returned error during package installation

2006-06-25 Thread T
Hi I got the "pre-installation script returned error" during package installation. Is there any solution / workaround? What else should I check? thanks Tong PS. here is the full info: Installing linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7 under etch failed: % apt-get install linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7

Re: Bugzilla debian package installation

2006-04-17 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Indraveni wrote: > Hi, > > I installed bugzilla in my debian system by giving the following command: > > apt-get install bugzilla > > I am already having apache2, mysql, perl by default. And once I gave > http://localhost/bugzilla > the home page of bugzilla is displayed but it never asked a

Bugzilla debian package installation

2006-04-17 Thread Indraveni
Hi,  I installed bugzilla in my debian system by giving the following command: apt-get install bugzilla  I am already having apache2, mysql, perl by default. And once I gave  http://localhost/bugzilla  the home page of bugzilla is displayed but it never asked any server address or anything else

Re: debian package installation

2006-03-29 Thread B.Hoffmann
On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 17:25 +0100, B.Hoffmann wrote: > On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 11:41 +0530, Rajasekaran J. wrote: > > hi > > > > I want to install debian package by double clicking mouse or keyboard > > like rpm package .do the needful. > > > > Rajasekaran > > > > > > I've only seen this in th

Re: debian package installation

2006-03-29 Thread B.Hoffmann
On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 11:41 +0530, Rajasekaran J. wrote: > hi > > I want to install debian package by double clicking mouse or keyboard > like rpm package .do the needful. > > Rajasekaran > > I've only seen this in the customized version of KDE in Vectorlinux SoHo 5.01 which I've been using

Re: debian package installation

2006-03-29 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, 29 Mar 2006 11:41:03 +0530 (IST) "Rajasekaran J." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > hi > > I want to install debian package by double clicking mouse or keyboard > like rpm package .do the needful. well, why you'd want to do that is beyond me, but, most wm let you define the appropriate a

Re: debian package installation

2006-03-29 Thread Adeodato Simó
* Martin Michlmayr [Wed, 29 Mar 2006 08:04:49 +0200]: > * Rajasekaran J. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-03-29 10:43]: > > i am not looking for Graphical packet manager. when we double click > > rpm package > > it is installing same as i need for debian package. > I don't use GNOME or KDE myself, but

debian package installation

2006-03-28 Thread Rajasekaran J.
hi I want to install debian package by double clicking mouse or keyboard like rpm package .do the needful. Rajasekaran -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: debian package installation

2006-03-28 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Rajasekaran J. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-03-29 10:43]: > i am not looking for Graphical packet manager. when we double click > rpm package > > it is installing same as i need for debian package. I don't use GNOME or KDE myself, but I'm pretty sure they offer something like that. However, you'

Re: Package installation errors

2005-12-17 Thread Gabriel
Ram wrote: Thanks for the response Pete. I did notice some errors during the  upgrade and dist upgrade options. But most unfortunately, there was a power outage before I could capture the errors. So,  if I have to revert everything back to the stable version - Sarge, what are steps that I need

Re: Package installation errors

2005-12-17 Thread Ram
Thanks for the response Pete. I did notice some errors during the  upgrade and dist upgrade options. But most unfortunately, there was a power outage before I could capture the errors. So,  if I have to revert everything back to the stable version - Sarge, what are steps that I need to follow ? Few

Re: Package installation errors

2005-12-17 Thread Peter Nuttall
On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 06:05:00PM -0700, Ram wrote: > Hi all, > i am a new user of linux in general and debian in specific. I recently > updated my system with the following commands : > #apt-get update > #apt-get upgrade > #apt-get dist upgrade > I'm guessing that you upgraded to unstable, wh

Package installation errors

2005-12-17 Thread Ram
Hi all,  i am a new user of linux in general  and debian in specific. I recently updated my system with the following commands : #apt-get update #apt-get upgrade #apt-get dist upgrade I now notice that somehow, I can't run my 'vi' or 'vim' commands anymore. So I tried to track the vi command firs

Re: Package installation problems with apt-get and dpkg on a Sarge box.

2005-11-23 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2005-11-22 12:04:45, schrieb Niklas Palmqvist: > Hi there. > > Having a problem with a package installation, and I would appreciate some > pointers. > > Running Sarge on a HP pc, P4, 256 Mb ram, ide disc etc. Ihave a sytem AMD Sempron 2400 with 256 MB of memory and if I ins

Re: Package installation problems with apt-get and dpkg on a Sarge box.

2005-11-23 Thread Niklas Palmqvist
On 22 Nov 2005 10:31:48 -0800, ponga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Wish I had some idea for you... how long did you let the process run,just to see if it would finish? For 5 minutes or so. Anyway, we figured it out, we narrowed it down to one single package. Then we removed some (stale) files in /var

Re: Package installation problems with apt-get and dpkg on a Sarge box.

2005-11-22 Thread ponga
Wish I had some idea for you... how long did you let the process run, just to see if it would finish? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Package installation problems with apt-get and dpkg on a Sarge box.

2005-11-22 Thread Niklas Palmqvist
Hi there. Having a problem with a package installation, and I would appreciate some pointers. Running Sarge on a HP pc, P4, 256 Mb ram, ide disc etc. So, in this case, want to install freeswan: The following NEW packages will be installed:   freeswan 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to

clamav package installation doubts

2005-11-10 Thread Siju George
Hi, I am Installing clamav to get updates with cron. The package asks these questions and i gave these answers. Number of freshclam updates per day: 24 then - Please confirm whether clamd should be notified to reload the database after succes

Re: resolved Re: sarge package installation segfaults

2005-08-16 Thread Marty
Marty wrote: Marty wrote: I reported Bug#301912, consisting of repeated perl warnings and segfaults during package installation. It turns out to likely be hardware data corruption caused by a new memory module or changed timing. I caught it by the venerable "burnit" kernel co

Re: kde package installation???

2003-09-30 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 10:15:56PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Colin Watson wrote: > > Jordan Haddow wrote: > > > Anyways, I was just installing Debian (unstable) and everything has been > > > going fine, until I tried to install KDE. For some reason the KDE packages > > > are all messed up. They

Re: kde package installation???

2003-09-29 Thread Bob Proulx
Colin Watson wrote: > Jordan Haddow wrote: > > Hello, this is my first use of this mailing list. I am sorry if > > this is the wrong area for this type of question. If it is could > > someone tell me where I should send it instead. debian-user is a fine place for user questions such as this. Welc

Re: kde package installation???

2003-09-28 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Sep 28, 2003 at 03:39:43PM -0700, Jordan Haddow wrote: > Hello, this is my first use of this mailing list. I am sorry if this is the > wrong area for this type of question. If it is could someone tell me where > I should send it instead. > Anyways, I was just installing Debian (unstable)

kde package installation???

2003-09-28 Thread Jordan Haddow
Hello, this is my first use of this mailing list. I am sorry if this is the wrong area for this type of question. If it is could someone tell me where I should send it instead. Anyways, I was just installing Debian (unstable) and everything has been going fine, until I tried to install KDE. For

Re: Package installation for users?

2003-08-14 Thread Siward
Hi Oliver, you wrote : > As it seems, if I'm not root (which I'm not :-), > I'm still stuck with getting the source package > (and possibly its dependencies) >and compiling that myself. for a simple app whose dependencies are already in standard places on system, you can just gra

Re: package installation question

2003-08-04 Thread Pigeon
On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 11:28:07AM +0200, Andreas Fromm wrote: > Hi, > > what is the "correct" way to install a package thet depends on a library > which I didn't install from a deb but compiled by hand from source? Compiled it by hand? Cor. I use gcc myself :-) > Just download the deb and make

Re: package installation question

2003-08-04 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 11:28:07AM +0200, Andreas Fromm wrote: > Hi, > > what is the "correct" way to install a package thet depends on a library > which I didn't install from a deb but compiled by hand from source? > > Just download the deb and make a dpkg --force -i package.deb? Try to avoid

package installation question

2003-08-04 Thread Andreas Fromm
Hi, what is the "correct" way to install a package thet depends on a library which I didn't install from a deb but compiled by hand from source? Just download the deb and make a dpkg --force -i package.deb? Regards Andreas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsu

Package installation for users?

2003-07-13 Thread omeyerICQ
Hi, can a non root user 'install' a debian package in his home directory (or somewhere else, locally)? Is there a default place (in a package / on the web) to look for relocation information? I'm not on the mailing-list myself, so please reply not (only) to the list, but (also) to my personal em

Re: package installation halts

2002-11-01 Thread dave . stinchcombe
Sorry Folks, I do apologise. It's the "Configure Locale" it halts at. Nothing to do with "locate" at all (if it exists). Sorry for the typo. Yours Dave > from:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > date:Fri, 01 Nov 2002 21:36:14 > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > su

package installation halts

2002-11-01 Thread dave . stinchcombe
Hi, I'm trying to install debian 3.0 with a DVD rom onto an Intel based pc. It's a dual boot machine with all the linux partitions inside an extended partition (except SWAP which is on it's own little partition). I've given /var plenty of space (about 4Gb), and so the installation has a fair bit

package installation halts

2002-11-01 Thread Dave Stinchcombe
Hi, I'm trying to install Debian 3.0 from DVD onto an Intel based PC. There seems to be no problem installing an operating system. However when  installing packages, using Task Installer, I make my selection (I've tried a handfull, and the results are the same) the machine starts to do some config

Re: "Fake" Package installation?

2002-06-09 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Nicos Gollan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.06.09.1807 +0200]: > Is there any way to make the package management think a certain package > was installed? look at the "equivs" package. -- martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> ma

"Fake" Package installation?

2002-06-09 Thread Nicos Gollan
Hi all... Is there any way to make the package management think a certain package was installed? I kinda need something like that to keep woody happy with my XF86 installation (4.2.0). Until now I'm helping myself by keeping a separate copy of woody's /usr/X11R6 directory as /usr/X11R6-4.1.0 t

Re: Package installation error -- What is going on?

2001-07-07 Thread Timeboy
On Sat, 7 Jul 2001 08:37:08 -0400, David H . Silber wrote: > **When I recently tried out aptitude, apt-get replaced apt 0.3.19 with apt > ** 0.5.3. On the very next install (docbook-doc), I had problems. I don't > ** know if it was a problem with the docbook-doc package or of the new apt > ** p

Re: Package installation error -- What is going on?

2001-07-07 Thread Colin Watson
"David H . Silber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >When I recently tried out aptitude, apt-get replaced apt 0.3.19 with apt >0.5.3. On the very next install (docbook-doc), I had problems. I don't >know if it was a problem with the docbook-doc package or of the new apt >package. In the meanwhile, I'm

Package installation error -- What is going on?

2001-07-07 Thread David H . Silber
When I recently tried out aptitude, apt-get replaced apt 0.3.19 with apt 0.5.3. On the very next install (docbook-doc), I had problems. I don't know if it was a problem with the docbook-doc package or of the new apt package. In the meanwhile, I'm afraid of installing more packages lest I compoun

Re: Package Installation Problem (Debian Linux)

2001-04-25 Thread ktb
On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 04:34:42AM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Dear Sir, > I have a PC with 20GB Hard disk, 810 Intel Chipset Motherboard and P-III 700 > CPU. > In my hard disk, there are two partition, First partition (i.e Pri. Dos > portion) > contain Windows'98 OS. I have alre

Package Installation Problem (Debian Linux)

2001-04-24 Thread sujit_pandit
Dear Sir, I have a PC with 20GB Hard disk, 810 Intel Chipset Motherboard and P-III 700 CPU. In my hard disk, there are two partition, First partition (i.e Pri. Dos portion) contain Windows'98 OS. I have already installed Debian Linux in my Second Partition, after installation I am facing

Package Installation Problem (Debian Linux)

2001-04-24 Thread sujit_pandit
Dear Sir, I have a PC with 20GB Hard disk, 810 Intel Chipset Motherboard and P-III 700 CPU. In my hard disk, there are two partition, First partition (i.e Pri. Dos portion) contain Windows'98 OS. I have already installed Debian Linux in my Second Partition, after installation I am facing

Re: Reverting package installation state

2001-03-27 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 10:23:31PM +0200, Felix E. Klee ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, > > I accidentally hit the wrong keys in dselect (really one of the most > user-hostile and dangerous programs that I know) and now half of my > system is marked for uninstallation. Because I did not notice i

Reverting package installation state

2001-03-25 Thread Felix E. Klee
Hi, I accidentally hit the wrong keys in dselect (really one of the most user-hostile and dangerous programs that I know) and now half of my system is marked for uninstallation. Because I did not notice it at first I immediately hit Install, didn't read the information about which pacakges will be

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