Re: .deb packages and security

On Mon, Jun 04, 2018 at 03:37:08PM +0200, john doe wrote: On 6/4/2018 3:09 PM, Dan Purgert wrote: Anil Duggirala wrote: hello, I know installing .deb packages downloaded from websites is not a good practice in terms of software management in Debian. I would like to know if I should have securit

Re: .deb packages and security

On 6/4/2018 3:09 PM, Dan Purgert wrote: Anil Duggirala wrote: hello, I know installing .deb packages downloaded from websites is not a good practice in terms of software management in Debian. I would like to know if I should have security concerns when installing a .deb package "manually" (using

Re: .deb packages and security

Anil Duggirala wrote: > hello, > I know installing .deb packages downloaded from websites is not a good > practice in terms of software management in Debian. I would like to > know if I should have security concerns when installing a .deb package > "manually" (using gdebi for example) ? Do you tru

Re: .deb packages and security

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Jun 04, 2018 at 07:20:34AM -0500, Anil Duggirala wrote: > hello, > I know installing .deb packages downloaded from websites is not a good > practice in terms of software management in Debian. I would like to know if I > should have security c

Re: Deb-Installer: Possible to set IP using a boot parameter?

On 03/31/2017 07:20 AM, Ron Leach wrote: On 28/03/2017 18:15, Brian wrote: Any combination of preseed directives can be used as boot parameters. For example: netcfg/get_ipaddress=192.168.1.42. AFAIK, not on the website. You can generate all the preseed options for yourself. Search the wiki f

Re: Deb-Installer: Possible to set IP using a boot parameter?

On 28/03/2017 18:15, Brian wrote: Any combination of preseed directives can be used as boot parameters. For example: netcfg/get_ipaddress=192.168.1.42. AFAIK, not on the website. You can generate all the preseed options for yourself. Search the wiki for "preseed". Brian, thanks for the rep

Re: Deb-Installer: Possible to set IP using a boot parameter?

On Tue 28 Mar 2017 at 17:12:30 +0100, Ron Leach wrote: > List, good afternoon, > > Does anyone know whether there is a Debian-Installer boot parameter that > enables a specific, static, IP to be set for use during the installation > process? > > I've checked the Installer guide, s 5.3 boot param

Re: Deb 8.4 OpenSSL headers

On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 04:57:33PM -0500, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: > Thanks very much, that was the correct name: libssl-dev, not openssl-dev or > similar...Nick In general, use apt-cache search to find packages when you don't know the exact names. $ apt-cache search --names-only ssl dev libace-i

Re: Deb 8.4 OpenSSL headers

Thanks very much, that was the correct name: libssl-dev, not openssl-dev or similar...Nick On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 4:33 PM, deloptes wrote: > Nicholas Geovanis wrote: > > > I can't tell which debian 8.4 package provides the C headers for OpenSSL, > > the "Usual suspects" such as openssl-devel an

Re: Deb 8.4 OpenSSL headers

Nicholas Geovanis wrote: > I can't tell which debian 8.4 package provides the C headers for OpenSSL, > the "Usual suspects" such as openssl-devel and the like do not exist, > dpkg-query doesn't seem to find anything likely. Would some kind person > give me a clue where to find the OpenSSL C header

Re: [deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk: Re: Network manager (again) Re:]

On 05/30/2016 05:08 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: On Monday 30 May 2016 22:49:52 Lisi Reisz wrote: (Parlez-vois français, je parle le français?) My spell checker can't cope with French, and I'm a lousy typist.. :-( parlez-vo*U*s français etc. Lisi Many word processors have French dictionaries. You

Re: [deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk: Re: Network manager (again) Re:]

On Monday 30 May 2016 22:49:52 Lisi Reisz wrote: > (Parlez-vois français, je parle le   > français?) My spell checker can't cope with French, and I'm a lousy typist.. :-( parlez-vo*U*s français etc. Lisi

Re: [deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk: Re: Network manager (again) Re:]

On Monday 30 May 2016 22:49:52 Lisi Reisz wrote: > "When I type "english" the spell-checker > tries to correct to to "English", why?" I'd have known immediately what you > meant. correction: "When I type "english" the spell-checker tries to correct IT to "English", why?" I'd have known immediatel

Re: [deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk: Re: Network manager (again) Re:]

On Monday 30 May 2016 20:35:40 Rodary Jacques wrote: > Thank you, I didn't know. In French (I was careful > here) languages' names and peoples' nationalities > don't take a capital letter. But towns' and countries' > names do of course. > Jacques > P.S.:I still don't see where was the joke in

Re: Re: [deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk: Re: Network manager (again) Re:]

Thank you, I didn't know. In French (I was careful here) languages' names and peoples' nationalities don't take a capital letter. But towns' and countries' names do of course. Jacques P.S.:I still don't see where was the joke in my post, but never mind.

Re: [deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk: Re: Network manager (again) Re:]

On Saturday 28 May 2016 10:11:39 Lisi Reisz wrote: > Thank you in > > > advance, and again, sorry for my poor english (kspell still tells me to > > write *English* instead and nobody told me why, and this proves nobody > > looks at the first post in a thread :-D) I think I have just worked out wha

Re: [deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk: Re: Network manager (again) Re:]

On Saturday 28 May 2016 01:28:03 Rodary Jacques wrote: > Thanks for your comments I also use apt* commands, when necessary, but > the point is that people don't seem to read thoroughly the threads they are > answering to: I don't mind using wicd, I even tried it. But it also uses > /etc/network/int

Re: Re: [deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk: Re: Network manager (again) Re:]

Thanks for your comments I also use apt* commands, when necessary, but the point is that people don't seem to read thoroughly the threads they are answering to: I don't mind using wicd, I even tried it. But it also uses /etc/network/interfaces, and my questioning is about initramfs, ifaces driv

Re: [deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk: Re: Network manager (again) Re:]

Hi, On Fri, 27 May 2016 08:32:59 +0100 Lisi Reisz wrote: (...) > So, correction, "said unstable by Synaptic" (Does it???) > > Here is what I get with aptitude in Jessie: > (...) > I don't see any mention of unstable. I see the same in synaptic here

Re: [deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk: Re: Network manager (again) Re:]

On Friday 27 May 2016 01:21:25 Rodary Jacques wrote: > > Could we have a reference please for "said unstable by debian's package > > installer"? (I assume you're talking about the wicd packages, because > > someone wrote "Please note, an entry does not work with network-manager. > > Use wicd instea

Re: [deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk: Re: Network manager (again) Re:]

Le vendredi 20 mai 2016 16:09:25, vous avez écrit : > Hi, I thought you might only be subscribed to the French list > and not this one, so you might have missed this. > > Could we have a reference please for "said unstable by debian's package > installer"? (I assume you're talking about the wicd

Re: Deb package update in depth

Kirill Proskurin wrote: > > I'm trying to understand how deb package update happens in details. > Is it transaction of some kind? Atomic? Temp dirs and move? And so on. I > cant find any info about this in official docs and in Google in general. dpkg is the tool used which uses various rules at

Re: Deb package update in depth

Quoting Kirill Proskurin (olor...@gmail.com): > Hello. > > I'm trying to understand how deb package update happens in details. > Is it transaction of some kind? Atomic? Temp dirs and move? And so > on. I cant find any info about this in official docs and in Google > in general. > > I want to pack

Re: Deb package update in depth

On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 06:53:52PM +0300, Kirill Proskurin wrote: > Hello. > > I'm trying to understand how deb package update happens in details. > Is it transaction of some kind? Atomic? Temp dirs and move? And so on. I > cant find any info about this in official docs and in Google in general.

Re: DEB Wheezy xfce desktops

On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 12:16:28AM -0500, c. marlow wrote: > Thank you so much TOM you made me SO HAPPY... I found the one I > wanted... I just LOVE this background it reminds me of WIN 2000 > which was my fav windows os Here is the desktop on Xubuntu 12.04 > my current OS for now. I'm glad y

Re: DEB Wheezy xfce desktops

On Sunday 18 May 2014 06:16:28 c. marlow wrote: > Thank you so much TOM you made me SO HAPPY So why did he have to tell you twice before you took any notice? Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists

Re: DEB Wheezy xfce desktops

On 05/17/2014 10:36 PM, Tom Furie wrote: On Sat, May 17, 2014 at 07:38:36PM -0500, c. marlow wrote: I have checked all over google and cannot find any of the desktops in Vanilla Debian, as they're different distro to distro I am on Xubuntu 12.04 right now but one day plan on going back to Vani

Re: DEB Wheezy xfce desktops

On Sat, May 17, 2014 at 07:38:36PM -0500, c. marlow wrote: > I have checked all over google and cannot find any of the desktops > in Vanilla Debian, as they're different distro to distro I am on > Xubuntu 12.04 right now but one day plan on going back to Vanilla > Debian I liked how it only used 1

Re: DEB Wheezy xfce desktops

On 05/17/2014 07:20 PM, Tom Furie wrote: On Sat, May 17, 2014 at 02:16:32PM -0500, c. marlow wrote: I am wondering where I can find the desktops thats used in the latest Debian XFCE desktop Wallpapers? I'm not sure which wallpaper you're talking about, but have you checked xfce4-artwork? Che

Re: DEB Wheezy xfce desktops

On Sat, May 17, 2014 at 02:16:32PM -0500, c. marlow wrote: > I am wondering where I can find the desktops thats used in the latest > Debian XFCE desktop Wallpapers? I'm not sure which wallpaper you're talking about, but have you checked xfce4-artwork? Cheers, Tom -- Higher education helps your

Re: Deb 7.4 Mouse Worked Live Not After Install

Phil newcombe, 19.02.2014: > Hi all. Back trying Debian again after many years. > > Am having hard time with mouse pointer in latest linuxes. After > trying about 7 distros on my machine the Deb 7.4 live CD was the > only one that worked. But then after installation the mouse pointer > no longer r

Re: deb-multimedia repository

On Friday 23 August 2013 23:30:15 Robert Holtzm wrote: > On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 08:07:17PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Fri, 2013-08-23 at 18:46 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > What baffles me, is why you are reading and posting on this list if > > > you disapprove of Debian's politics. > > >

Re: deb-multimedia repository

On 8/23/2013 10:04 PM, John Hasler wrote: It is *probably* legal in the USA for Debian to distribute it. However, no one wants to find out the hard way that I am wrong about that, and in any case it's easy to get it elsewhere. Actually, probably NOT legal to distribute in the U.S., according

Re: deb-multimedia repository

> It is *probably* legal in the USA for Debian to distribute it. However, > no one wants to find out the hard way that I am wrong about that, and in > any case it's easy to get it elsewhere. > > Actually, probably NOT legal to distribute in the U.S., according to the > DMCA. See > http://en.wik

Re: deb-multimedia repository

On 8/23/2013 5:36 PM, John Hasler wrote: Dom writes: I thought the reason that libdvdcss(2) wasn't included in the Debian repos isn't because of any issues with the licensing, but because it may potentially be illegal to use in some areas due to the fact the it cracks copyright protection on med

Re: deb-multimedia repository

On Fri, 2013-08-23 at 15:30 -0700, Robert Holtzm wrote: > On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 08:07:17PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Fri, 2013-08-23 at 18:46 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > What baffles me, is why you are reading and posting on this list if > > > you disapprove of Debian's politics. > >

Re: deb-multimedia repository

On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 08:07:17PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Fri, 2013-08-23 at 18:46 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > What baffles me, is why you are reading and posting on this list if > > you disapprove of Debian's politics. > > Perhaps you killfiled me?! If not, here's my explanation. I'm an

Re: deb-multimedia repository

On Fri, 2013-08-23 at 16:36 -0500, John Hasler wrote: > Dom writes: > > I thought the reason that libdvdcss(2) wasn't included in the Debian > > repos isn't because of any issues with the licensing, but because it > > may potentially be illegal to use in some areas due to the fact the it > > cracks

Re: deb-multimedia repository

Dom writes: > I thought the reason that libdvdcss(2) wasn't included in the Debian > repos isn't because of any issues with the licensing, but because it > may potentially be illegal to use in some areas due to the fact the it > cracks copyright protection on media. It is *probably* legal in the U

Re: deb-multimedia repository

On 23/08/13 18:46, Lisi Reisz wrote: On Friday 23 August 2013 02:04:01 Doug wrote: My complaint is with Debian's politics: if it's not FOSS, you can't have it. I have non-FLOSS applications on my Debian computer. I also used an unofficial installer that had non-free drivers in. It was readil

Re: deb-multimedia repository

Hi, Dňa Fri, 23 Aug 2013 18:46:17 +0100 Lisi Reisz napísal: > On Friday 23 August 2013 02:04:01 Doug wrote: > > My complaint is with Debian's politics: if it's not FOSS, you can't > > have it. > > I have non-FLOSS applications on my Debian computer. I also used an > unofficial installer that

Re: deb-multimedia repository

On Fri, 2013-08-23 at 18:46 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > What baffles me, is why you are reading and posting on this list if > you disapprove of Debian's politics. Perhaps you killfiled me?! If not, here's my explanation. I'm an Arch Linux user, but still take care about Debian users and the Ubuntu

Re: deb-multimedia repository

On Friday 23 August 2013 02:04:01 Doug wrote: > My complaint is with Debian's politics: if it's not FOSS, you can't have > it. I have non-FLOSS applications on my Debian computer. I also used an unofficial installer that had non-free drivers in. It was readily available, and I learnt about it

Re: deb-multimedia repository

On Thu, 22 Aug 2013 21:04:01 -0400 Doug wrote: > My complaint is with Debian's politics: if it's not FOSS, you can't > have it. That's just wrong. Why on Earth would there be a Non-Free repository otherwise? I have plenty of non-free software on my Debian Sid. See here:

Re: deb-multimedia repository

On 08/22/2013 07:41 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: > Doug wrote: >> Bob Proulx wrote: >>> Ralf Mardorf wrote: Did you ever need libdvdcss(2)? >>> >>> Only when playing DVDs. Or are you are asking if I ever *need* to >>> play a DVD? >> >> This exchange perfectly illustrates why I took Debian off my com

Re: deb-multimedia repository

Doug wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > Ralf Mardorf wrote: > >> Did you ever need libdvdcss(2)? > > > > Only when playing DVDs. Or are you are asking if I ever *need* to > > play a DVD? > > This exchange perfectly illustrates why I took Debian off my computer > two-plus years ago. What software dis

Re: deb-multimedia repository

On 08/22/2013 06:09 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: > Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> On Thu, 2013-08-22 at 15:44 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: >>> Chris Bannister wrote: That is a 3rd party repository and not supported by Debian, if you have any issues with that site or packages from that site please take it up

Re: deb-multimedia repository

Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > Did you ever need libdvdcss(2)? > > > > Only when playing DVDs. Or are you are asking if I ever *need* to > > play a DVD? > > IIRC when I played borrowed DVDs from a video rental store I _guess_ it > wasn't needed. I'm not abs

Re: deb-multimedia repository

On Thu, 2013-08-22 at 16:09 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Thu, 2013-08-22 at 15:44 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > > > Chris Bannister wrote: > > > > That is a 3rd party repository and not supported by Debian, if you have > > > > any issues with that site or packages from that si

Re: deb-multimedia repository

Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Thu, 2013-08-22 at 15:44 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > > Chris Bannister wrote: > > > That is a 3rd party repository and not supported by Debian, if you have > > > any issues with that site or packages from that site please take it up > > > with them. > > > > Specifically for

Re: deb-multimedia repository

On Thu, 2013-08-22 at 15:44 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Chris Bannister wrote: > > François Patte wrote: > > > I tried to install libdvdcss2 from this repository and followed a tuto > > > explaining that: > > > ... > > > deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org sid main non-free > > > > That is a 3rd part

Re: deb-multimedia repository

Chris Bannister wrote: > François Patte wrote: > > I tried to install libdvdcss2 from this repository and followed a tuto > > explaining that: > > ... > > deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org sid main non-free > > That is a 3rd party repository and not supported by Debian, if you have > any issues wi

Re: deb-multimedia repository

On Wed, 2013-08-21 at 22:20 +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On 8/21/13, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Wed, 2013-08-21 at 13:38 +0200, Jochen Spieker wrote: > >> Essentially, you have a chicken and egg problem. > > > > Wrong! > > Subtle! > > > Keys usually are available by a keyserver you could trus

Re: deb-multimedia repository

On 8/21/13, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Wed, 2013-08-21 at 13:38 +0200, Jochen Spieker wrote: >> Essentially, you have a chicken and egg problem. > > Wrong! Subtle! > Keys usually are available by a keyserver you could trust, so for the > first time you'll get the key this way. Such a package will

Re: deb-multimedia repository

On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 12:13:44PM +0200, François Patte wrote: > Bonjour, > > I tried to install libdvdcss2 from this repository and followed a tuto > explaining that: > > 1- install deb-multimedia-keyring > > this package was not found seems to be correct because the > sources-list file sh

Re: deb-multimedia repository

On Wed, 2013-08-21 at 13:38 +0200, Jochen Spieker wrote: > Essentially, you have a chicken and egg problem. Wrong! Keys usually are available by a keyserver you could trust, so for the first time you'll get the key this way. Such a package will update keys as long as the older keys still can be u

Re: deb-multimedia repository

François Patte: > > ATTENTION : les paquets suivants n'ont pas été authentifiés. > deb-multimedia-keyring > Faut-il installer ces paquets sans vérification (o/N) ? > > OK! it seems to be "normal" because the right keyring is not installed... Exactly. Your apt is missing the key required to ver

Re: deb-multimedia repository

On Wed, 2013-08-21 at 12:33 +0200, Thierry Chatelet wrote: > You need to apt-get update after installing the keyring package. Assumed something unexpected should happen and he wants to post the output, then LANG=C apt-get update -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.or

Re: deb-multimedia repository

François please use LANG=C to switch to English output. The keyring adds security. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1377081910.1192.44.camel@archlinux

Re: deb-multimedia repository

The Wednesday 21 August 2013 12:13:44, François Patte wrote : > Bonjour, > > I tried to install libdvdcss2 from this repository and followed a tuto > explaining that: > > 1- install deb-multimedia-keyring > > this package was not found seems to be correct because the > sources-list file shou

Re: .deb / dpkg for dummies

On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:26:36 +0100, Piotr Wydymus wrote: > At first, hello everyone - I subscribed yesterday. Please don't: a) Top post b) Post HTML Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.deb

Re: .deb / dpkg for dummies

On Nov 28, 2011, at 11:26 AM, Piotr Wydymus wrote: > At first, hello everyone - I subscribed yesterday. Hi, Piotr, and welcome. > Sorry, but manpages are long, complicated and discouraging for newbies. No, manpages aren't for newbies. But they aren't for oldbies either -- they're intended as

Re: .deb / dpkg for dummies

At first, hello everyone - I subscribed yesterday. You know, every time since the beginning of my adventure with linux (about 1998) I get this message "try man *". it's pointless you know? Every man who is familiar with linux is aware that there is something like manpages there. When someone ask

Re: .deb / dpkg for dummies

On 11/27/2011 07:53 PM, Rogelio wrote: > Is there a good overview on how to really use these tools? > > I simply copy/paste commands all the time, and I'm hoping for some > sort of primer or tutorial that helps be able to do this from scratch > without a cheat sheet. > > Hi , I think the simplest

Re: .deb / dpkg for dummies

and also, debian reference card. Regards - Roman On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 12:10 AM, Roman Khomasuridze wrote: > Hi > > There is also great (freely available) chapter from debian administrators > handbook [1]. it is more in-depth i guess, but it gives great overview of > whole package

Re: .deb / dpkg for dummies

Hi There is also great (freely available) chapter from debian administrators handbook [1]. it is more in-depth i guess, but it gives great overview of whole package management process. recommended. 1. http://raphaelhertzog.com/2011/11/15/20-things-to-learn-with-the-free-chapter-of-the-debian-admi

Re: .deb / dpkg for dummies

On Sun 27 Nov 2011 at 10:53:25 -0800, Rogelio wrote: > Is there a good overview on how to really use these tools? A search with 'dpkg cheat sheet' should get you something useful. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contac

Re: Deb install on USB device destroys MBR of hard disk

Tim Legg wrote: > Hello, I have a pretty exasperating problem with installing Debian onto a USB > device using the netinstall CD. When it asks for the GRUB boot loader, I > told it 'Yes' install it and it went ahead and installed on the hard disk > /dev/hda instead of /dev/sde where everything

Re: Deb 4.0r5 Problem

On Thursday 2008 December 18 18:21:12 rjubio wrote: > I tried installing debian using netinstall of amd64 4.0r5 on my new > machine but after the installation hanged after the syslog daemon > started. Now when I used the amd64 4.0r0 the installation went just > fine. Is the 4.0r5 of amd64 stable?

Re: .deb compilation

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jerônimo Bezerra wrote: > Hello Mr Eugene, thanks for your answer. > > I made apt-src install courier-maildrop. It downloaded 3 files and 1 > folder: > > drwxr-xr-x 33 root root 4096 2008-07-24 10:58 courier-0.53.3 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root src122

Re: .deb compilation

Ansgar Burchardt escreveu: Hi, Please do not put your answer before the quoted text (and only quote the relevant part). It makes you mail easier to read. Hi Mr. Ansgar, I'm sorry for my mistake. And thank you for your answer. It helped me a lot. Jeronimo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: .deb compilation

Hi, Please do not put your answer before the quoted text (and only quote the relevant part). It makes you mail easier to read. Jerônimo Bezerra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I made apt-src install courier-maildrop. It downloaded 3 files and 1 folder: > There isn't a config.log or another file

Re: .deb compilation

Hello Mr Eugene, thanks for your answer. I made apt-src install courier-maildrop. It downloaded 3 files and 1 folder: drwxr-xr-x 33 root root 4096 2008-07-24 10:58 courier-0.53.3 -rw-r--r-- 1 root src122318 2007-02-13 07:02 courier_0.53.3-5.diff.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root src 1196 2007-

Re: .deb compilation

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jerônimo Bezerra wrote: > Hello All, > > I need recompile a Debian package and I would like to know how it was > compiled by maintainer. How is it possible? I already tried to talk with > him, but he didn't answer me. > > The package is courier-maild

Re: .deb ?

On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 06:31:17PM -0800, jekillen wrote: > I just downloaded the file > debian-reference-en_1.11_all.deb > from the Debian site. What is this; > a zipped archive file? It is supposed > to be english html version of Debian reference. > If it is a tarball, should I rename it so tar c

Re: .deb ?

Andrew Sackville-West writes: > no, its a .deb, or debian package file. I think it is a kind of zip > archive... It's an ar archive. man deb. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: .deb ?

On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 06:31:17PM -0800, jekillen wrote: > Hello; > I just downloaded the file > debian-reference-en_1.11_all.deb > from the Debian site. What is this; > a zipped archive file? no, its a .deb, or debian package file. I think it is a kind of zip archive, though I've never bothered

Re: Deb 4.0 - Samba -> NTFS

On Friday 13 April 2007 13:35, Wackojacko wrote: > Randy Patterson wrote: > > On Friday 13 April 2007 13:10, Wackojacko wrote: > >> Randy Patterson wrote: > >>> Hey, > >>> > >>> I have a home network with a Win Adv. Ser. 2003 box connected to my Deb > >>> Box. Everything is working as it should wit

Re: Deb 4.0 - Samba -> NTFS

Randy Patterson wrote: On Friday 13 April 2007 13:10, Wackojacko wrote: Randy Patterson wrote: Hey, I have a home network with a Win Adv. Ser. 2003 box connected to my Deb Box. Everything is working as it should with no problem connecting through Samba. the permissions on the share in the Win

Re: Deb 4.0 - Samba -> NTFS

On Friday 13 April 2007 13:10, Wackojacko wrote: > Randy Patterson wrote: > > Hey, > > > > I have a home network with a Win Adv. Ser. 2003 box connected to my Deb > > Box. Everything is working as it should with no problem connecting > > through Samba. the permissions on the share in the Win Box, a

Re: Deb 4.0 - Samba -> NTFS

Randy Patterson wrote: Hey, I have a home network with a Win Adv. Ser. 2003 box connected to my Deb Box. Everything is working as it should with no problem connecting through Samba. the permissions on the share in the Win Box, an NTFS partition, is set to allow full control to my user login.

Re: [deb-user] startup strangeness

On 7/18/06, David Baron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tuesday 18 July 2006 18:47, Greg Folkert wrote: > > These seem totally unrelated, but they started with the exact same boot: > > > > 1) double Jack connection kits on startup- one seems to be well before > > the other, so maybe a link is being

Re: [deb-user] startup strangeness

On Tuesday 18 July 2006 18:47, Greg Folkert wrote: > > These seem totally unrelated, but they started with the exact same boot: > > > > 1) double Jack connection kits on startup- one seems to be well before > > the other, so maybe a link is being visited twice? > > Never used jack, sorry can't help

Re: [deb-user] startup strangeness

On Sun, 2006-07-16 at 22:53 -0400, Chuckk Hubbard wrote: > These seem totally unrelated, but they started with the exact same boot: > > 1) double Jack connection kits on startup- one seems to be well before > the other, so maybe a link is being visited twice? Never used jack, sorry can't help you

Re: deb src

Hi! * krot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [060408 20:23]: > Good afternoon! Prompt where it is possible to find diff.gz for > assembly gcc 4.0.1, glibc 2.3.5, MySQL 5.0.12? There Is such resource > where are stored{kept} all diff.gz for all versions of source codes? Did you ever tried to read the answers y

Re: deb src

Leonid Grinberg wrote: Добрый день! Подскажите где можно найти diff.gz для сборки gcc 4.0.1, glibc 2.3.5, MySQL 5.0.12 ?Существует такой ресурс где хранятся все diff.gz для всех версий исходников? I am not actually sure for myself, but perhaps someone else is. Here is a translation of what

Re: deb src

> Добрый день! Подскажите где можно найти diff.gz для сборки gcc 4.0.1, glibc > 2.3.5, MySQL 5.0.12 ?Существует такой ресурс где хранятся все diff.gz для > всех версий исходников? I am not actually sure for myself, but perhaps someone else is. Here is a translation of what was written: Good da

Re: Deb Packages for Kernel 2.6.13?

On 25 Oct 2005, Michael Biebl wrote: > Rick Friedman wrote: > > I am running Sid and was wondering if there is any repository which has > > a linux-image package for 2.6.13 (preferably for AMD K7)? Currently, the > > latest Sid package is 2.6.12-1. > > > > Rick > > You could try linux-image-2.6.

Re: Deb Packages for Kernel 2.6.13?

Rick Friedman wrote: > I am running Sid and was wondering if there is any repository which has > a linux-image package for 2.6.13 (preferably for AMD K7)? Currently, the > latest Sid package is 2.6.12-1. > > Rick You could try linux-image-2.6.13-1-k7 from experimental. Add this line to your /etc

Re: Deb packages dependent tree

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is there is a simple way to get all deb packages that on dependent tree > of some deb package. > > For example i have deb package A that depends of package B and C. And B > depends of D. > I want to run some command on A and get B, C, D. You may be wanting a tool like a

Re: Deb packages dependent tree

Am Mittwoch, 17. August 2005 14:46 schrieb Roberto C. Sanchez: > On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 12:32:52PM +0200, Werner Mahr wrote: > > Am Mittwoch, 17. August 2005 11:56 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > > I want to run some command on A and get B, C, D. > > > > Something like apt-get install? > > I thinks

Re: Deb packages dependent tree

On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 08:46:28AM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: } On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 12:32:52PM +0200, Werner Mahr wrote: } > Am Mittwoch, 17. August 2005 11:56 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: } > } > > I want to run some command on A and get B, C, D. } > } > Something like apt-get install? }

Re: Deb packages dependent tree

On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 12:32:52PM +0200, Werner Mahr wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 17. August 2005 11:56 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > > I want to run some command on A and get B, C, D. > > Something like apt-get install? I thinks he means he wants to see a dependency tree. apt-get show will show th

Re: Deb packages dependent tree

Am Mittwoch, 17. August 2005 11:56 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > I want to run some command on A and get B, C, D. Something like apt-get install? -- MfG usw. Werner Mahr registered Linuxuser: 295882 pgp7YghLDxDKl.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: *.deb & *.udeb files

Johan wrote: > Bit new to Debian. > > Up to now I only new and read of *.deb files only. > > Now while trying to learn more about Debian I find a lot of *.udeb files > on the cd's. > > On disc 1 there is 1038 .deb files & 145 .udeb files. If you want to find out more about Debian, you should

Re: *.deb & *.udeb files

On Fri, Aug 05, 2005 at 01:51:00PM +0200, Johan wrote: > Hi list members, > > Bit new to Debian. > > Up to now I only new and read of *.deb files only. > > Now while trying to learn more about Debian I find a lot of *.udeb files on > the > cd's. > > On disc 1 there is 1038 .deb files & 145 .

Re: .deb files arch independant?

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?

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

Re: deb package for Mplayer?

Colin Watson wrote: On Thu, May 20, 2004 at 06:08:56AM +0800, Katipo wrote: Ishwar Rattan wrote: Where can I find the .deb package for mplayer? In unstable. mplayer isn't in unstable (yet, at least). Sorry, got confused with regard to the facts done on a search I did yesterd

Re: deb package for Mplayer?

On Wednesday 19 May 2004 01:02 pm, Ishwar Rattan wrote: > Where can I find the .deb package for mplayer? > > -ishwar Add this to your sources.list, maybe replace 'testing' with what you use: deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ testing main -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

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