On Fri 06 Apr 2018 at 08:54:56 (+), Curt wrote:
> On 2018-04-06, David Wright wrote:
> >>
> >> Certainly I have no proof except my experience
> >
> > Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think you've shared any.
>
> I've found something ambivalently concrete.
>
> Note
> Since apt / apt-get
On 2018-04-06, David Wright wrote:
>>
>> Certainly I have no proof except my experience
>
> Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think you've shared any.
I've found something ambivalently concrete.
Note
Since apt / apt-get and aptitude share auto-installed package status
(see Section 2.5.5, “
On Fri 06 Apr 2018 at 07:36:09 (+0900), Mark Fletcher wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 09:31:11AM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 07:47:05AM +0900, Mark Fletcher wrote:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > > I'm not sure if you really did what it sounds like you did here, but if
> >
On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 09:31:11AM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 07:47:05AM +0900, Mark Fletcher wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > I'm not sure if you really did what it sounds like you did here, but if
> > you did... you can't mix and match commands to apt-get and aptitude.
>
>
On Mon 02 Apr 2018 at 10:53:07 (+0200), Jean-Baptiste Thomas wrote:
> The reason why it failed is that it looked for Packages.xz which
> did not exist on my mirror. The reason why my mirror did not
> have a Packages.xz file is that it was made with the version of
> debmirror in Debian 8, which onl
>> What I'd like to know now is : what prevents apt-get from
>> downloading the Packages file from the mirror ? Wget can !
>
> Move all the files out of /var/lib/apt/lists/ so that apt-get update
> has to download fresh copies. That should get you back on track.
>
> By all means take the opportuni
On Wed 28 Mar 2018 at 21:07:35 (+0200), Jean-Baptiste Thomas wrote:
> > Try running:
> > sudo apt-get update # one more time, to be sure
> > # then
> > apt-cache policy ntp
> >
> > and see what version it refers to.
>
> Thanks for the suggestions folks but there's not much to see
> there, no packa
Jean-Baptiste Thomas wrote:
> /var/lib/apt/lists/, which may be why it thinks that not being
> able to download it is not a problem.
>
> Unfortunately, the Packages file in /var/lib/apt/lists/ is out
> of date by months because it pertains to 9.2 while the mirror
> has 9.4. Diffing the two shows wh
> Try running:
> sudo apt-get update # one more time, to be sure
> # then
> apt-cache policy ntp
>
> and see what version it refers to.
Thanks for the suggestions folks but there's not much to see
there, no packages are pinned.
I've made some progress, though. A closer look at the output
reveals
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On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 07:47:05AM +0900, Mark Fletcher wrote:
[...]
> I'm not sure if you really did what it sounds like you did here, but if
> you did... you can't mix and match commands to apt-get and aptitude.
I think this is false, at least in
On 2018-03-28 02:50, Jean-Baptiste Thomas wrote:
After apt-get update, attempting to install ntp tries to
download version 1:4.2.8p10+dfsg-3+deb9u1 and fails. It tries
to download +deb9u1 because
$ aptitude show ntp
Package: ntp
Version: 1:4.2.8p10+dfsg-3+deb9u1
State: not installed
On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 07:50:03PM +0200, Jean-Baptiste Thomas wrote:
> After apt-get update, attempting to install ntp tries to
> download version 1:4.2.8p10+dfsg-3+deb9u1 and fails. It tries
> to download +deb9u1 because
>
> $ aptitude show ntp
> Package: ntp
> Version: 1:4.2.8p10+dfsg-3+d
On Tue, 27 Mar 2018 19:50:03 +0200 (CEST) Jean-Baptiste Thomas said:
> How is this possible ? I'm confused.
In my Buster system the situation is like this:
~$ apt-cache policy ntp
ntp:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 1:4.2.8p10+dfsg-6
Version table:
1:4.2.8p10+dfsg-6 500
500 http
Op Tue, 14 Nov 2017 18:02:21 +0100 schreef Jilguero ostras
:
Hi,
the command "apt-cache show" displays package information, including
package size after installation, but units are not >reported (Mb, Kb,
etc). I have seen a bug report long ago:
Debian Bug report logs -#173120
but it se
Hi Brian,
>> This morning I wanted to do an apt-get update / upgrade cycle on my
>> system. The update went ok, but during the upgrade I got a " No space
>> left on device" warning.
>> [...]
>> Preparing to replace ssh 1:6.0p1-4+deb7u3 (using
>> .../ssh_1%3a6.0p1-4+deb7u4_all.deb) ...
>> Unpac
On Wed 20 Apr 2016 at 06:52:22 +, Bonno Bloksma wrote:
> This morning I wanted to do an apt-get update / upgrade cycle on my
> system. The update went ok, but during the upgrade I got a " No space
> left on device" warning.
> [...]
> Preparing to replace ssh 1:6.0p1-4+deb7u3 (using
> .../ssh
* Bonno Bloksma [2016-04-20 06:52 +]:
> Hi,
>
[...]
>
> My /var partition had filled up, it seems out of the 3GB there was about
> 2.5GB in /var/cache/apt/archives.
> The solution was simple, just an apt-get autoclean, I now have 2.2GB free on
> my /var partition. ;-)
>
> But. What w
On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 06:52:22AM +, Bonno Bloksma wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This morning I wanted to do an apt-get update / upgrade cycle on my system.
> The update went ok, but during the upgrade I got a " No space left on device"
> warning.
> [...]
> Preparing to replace ssh 1:6.0p1-4+deb7u3 (usin
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I notice that if I copy Translation-en file from dvd iso image to
/var/lib/apt/lists directory translations are shown:
# cd /var/lib/apt/lists
/var/lib/apt/lists# cp
/media/sdb1/wheezy/dvd-1/dists/wheezy/main/i18n/Translation-en.gz
_media_sdb1_wheezy_
On Thu, 05 May 2011 05:10:53 -0700, Regid Ichira wrote:
> $ apt-cache --names-only search apm | grep sleepd
> sleepd - puts an inactive or low battery laptop to sleep
>
> Am I right that, according to man apt-cache, mentioning sleepd is a bug?
(...)
Yep, well... kind of. Already reported ;-
On 13/03/11 13:58, Camaleón wrote:
On Sat, 12 Mar 2011 21:06:58 +, Camaleón wrote:
(...)
The manual page should be then updated accordingly to reflect the
current status of the "--names-only" argument :-)
Done:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=618017
Thank you,
I sho
On Sat, 12 Mar 2011 21:06:58 +, Camaleón wrote:
(...)
> The manual page should be then updated accordingly to reflect the
> current status of the "--names-only" argument :-)
Done:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=618017
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On Sat, 12 Mar 2011 20:09:29 +, Dom wrote:
> On 12/03/11 19:25, Camaleón wrote:
(...)
>> So indeed, only package name should be queried in the regex which does
>> not seem to be the case. I also get false positives, for example:
>>
>> sm01@stt008:~$ apt-cache --names-only search "^a" | grep
On 12/03/11 19:25, Camaleón wrote:
On Sat, 12 Mar 2011 18:17:47 +, Camaleón wrote:
On Sun, 13 Mar 2011 19:22:38 +0200, Πρεκατές Αλέξανδρος wrote:
apt-cache --names-only search '^a' except from packages name started
with 'a' (intented) will also give packages that they have a source
f
On Sat, 12 Mar 2011 18:17:47 +, Camaleón wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Mar 2011 19:22:38 +0200, Πρεκατές Αλέξανδρος wrote:
>
>> apt-cache --names-only search '^a' except from packages name started
>> with 'a' (intented) will also give packages that they have a source
>> file whos name starts with
On Sun, 13 Mar 2011 19:22:38 +0200, Πρεκατές Αλέξανδρος wrote:
> apt-cache --names-only search '^a' except from packages name started
> with 'a' (intented) will also give packages that they have a source
> file whos name starts with 'a'. is that an error?
(...)
Hum... from man "apt-cache" p
Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote:
> > LÉVAI Dániel wrote:
> >
> > Hi!
> >
> >
> > Why could it be, that when I use apt-cache search as a normal
> > user, its output is only a subset of the one when I'm running it as
> > root?
> >
> > Like this:
> > $ apt-cache search ia32
> > ia32-libs -
LÉVAI Dániel wrote:
Hi!
Why could it be, that when I use apt-cache search as a normal user, its
output is only a subset of the one when I'm running it as root?
Like this:
$ apt-cache search ia32
ia32-libs - ia32 shared libraries for use on amd64 and ia64 systems
# apt-cache search ia32
elilo
On Sat, Dec 15, 2007 at 08:14:12PM +0530, Amogh Hooshdar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
was heard to say:
> Why this difference? Why two blocks of output for the same package in
> apt-cache show. I have included the full outputs of both the tools
> below.
aptitude only shows the current/latest version of
On Sat, Dec 15, 2007 at 08:14:12PM +0530, Amogh Hooshdar wrote:
> Why this difference? Why two blocks of output for the same package in
> apt-cache show. I have included the full outputs of both the tools
> below.
Because you have 2 apt line for binary package (testing and unstable or
so).
aptitu
Hi,
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
José Alburquerque<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm really no expert, just suggesting as best I know to help with what
> I've seen, but I really don't think that running apt-file is what
> corrupts your bin files. Maybe others know better? Thanks.
Andy Hawkins wrote:
Hi,
An update to this, it appears that my cron job runs:
apt-file update
which is what corrupts the bin files
Does this help at all?
Andy
Andy:
I'm really no expert, just suggesting as best I know to help with what
I've seen, but I really don't think that running
Hi,
An update to this, it appears that my cron job runs:
apt-file update
which is what corrupts the bin files
Does this help at all?
Andy
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That is interesting. Aptitude always complains that it cannot get a lock
and opens read-only when I try that. I wonder why it didn't for you.
Yes, I know, in fact I
Check /etc/apt/sources.list on both machines. If you are using the
uchicago mirrors for deb and deb-src, that's why this is happening. You
want to switch to another set of mirrors since uchicago seems to have got
itself corrupted. For a little while I had this problem too but cleared
it up b
> Andy Hawkins wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Recently, I've been getting regular instances of the bin files in
>> /var/cache/apt getting corrupted (any apt related command seg-faults
>> unless
>> I delete these files and do another 'update).
>
> It happened to me a couple of weeks ago, when I erroneously
Hi,
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
José Alburquerque<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You know, I remember starting to experience segfault problems with apt
> shortly after I upgraded my kernel. I haven't fully read the apt
> segfault bug reports but I think it is not exactly due to apt
Andy Hawkins wrote:
Hi all,
Recently, I've been getting regular instances of the bin files in
/var/cache/apt getting corrupted (any apt related command seg-faults unless
I delete these files and do another 'update).
It happened to me a couple of weeks ago, when I erroneously ran two
instances
Andy Hawkins wrote:
But this apt hasn't been updated in a while I suspect. I'm still interested
in why this problem has suddenly started happening.
As I said, I'm still on Debian Stable, so I'm not sure if the apt from
testing will 'drop in'?
Andy
You know, I remember starting to experienc
Hi,
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
José Alburquerque<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I ran into similar problems with version 0.6.46-3 as Adrew explains
> above. In fact, I was referred to bug report #401263 a couple of weeks
> ago which was exactly what I was experiencing with apt . M
Andy Hawkins wrote:
Hi,
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Andrew Sackville-West<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
what version of apt? there was a segfault problem in -2 or -3 which is supposedly fixed in -4. version 0.6.46-3 I
think it was.
Apologies, should have said. This is Debia
Hi,
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Andrew Sackville-West<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> what version of apt? there was a segfault problem in version>-2 or -3 which is supposedly fixed in -4. version 0.6.46-3 I
> think it was.
Apologies, should have said. This is Debian Stable:
apt-get
On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 09:16:31AM +, Andy Hawkins wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Recently, I've been getting regular instances of the bin files in
> /var/cache/apt getting corrupted (any apt related command seg-faults unless
> I delete these files and do another 'update).
>
> There is plenty of space
Hello
Enrique Samson Jr. (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:
> how do i specify the URI for sources.list when i would like it to
> contain my apt cache from an updated knoppix3.3 hd-install in another
> partition? Would it be right to write "deb
> file:/var/cache/apt/archives testing"?
Apt needs some a
On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 02:51:43PM +, Mark wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 05:32:25PM -0600, Jacob S. wrote:
> > P.S. Mark, please fix your Mail-Followup-To to point to a valid address.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Jacob
> >
> > -
>
> Oops - sorry.
>
> I seemed to have an old /etc/mailname se
On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 05:32:25PM -0600, Jacob S. wrote:
> P.S. Mark, please fix your Mail-Followup-To to point to a valid address.
>
> Thanks!
> Jacob
>
> -
Oops - sorry.
I seemed to have an old /etc/mailname set, which I'm assuming
was causing the problem.
Hopefully it's fixed now - I
On Friday 13 February 2004 05:19, David wrote:
[...]
> that can be put in either ~/.aptitude/config or /etc/apt/apt.conf,
>
> Aptitude::AutoClean-After-Update
That is useful - I'll give it a try. Thanks
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On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 03:21:08PM -0800, Nano Nano wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 06:16:31PM -0500, Roberto Sanchez wrote:
> > If you regularly use apt-get (instead of dselect, aptitude, or synaptic)
> > it stores all the downloaded packages and does not delete them. The
> > other front ends ei
On Friday 13 February 2004 00:20, Ray wrote:
> On Thursday 12 February 2004 16:37, Richard Lyons wrote:
> > Quick question re /var/cache/apt. I couldn't understand why my
> > little thinkpad's hdd got totally full. Now I'm searching around
> > with du and find / var/cache/apt is 1.4GB. Is it alw
On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 22:56:29 +
Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 11:37:20PM +0100, Richard Lyons wrote:
> > Quick question re /var/cache/apt. I couldn't understand why my
> > little thinkpad's hdd got totally full. Now I'm searching around
> > with du and find / var/c
On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 06:16:31PM -0500, Roberto Sanchez wrote:
> If you regularly use apt-get (instead of dselect, aptitude, or synaptic)
> it stores all the downloaded packages and does not delete them. The
> other front ends either delete them immediately after installation or
> prompt you.
a
On Thursday 12 February 2004 16:37, Richard Lyons wrote:
> Quick question re /var/cache/apt. I couldn't understand why my
> little thinkpad's hdd got totally full. Now I'm searching around
> with du and find / var/cache/apt is 1.4GB. Is it always that
> large, or has mine been eating junk food?
On Friday 13 February 2004 00:12, Dave Thorn wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 11:37:20PM +0100, Richard Lyons wrote:
> > Quick question re /var/cache/apt. I couldn't understand why my little
> > thinkpad's hdd got totally full. Now I'm searching around with du and
> > find / var/cache/apt is 1.4G
Richard Lyons wrote:
Quick question re /var/cache/apt. I couldn't understand why my little
thinkpad's hdd got totally full. Now I'm searching around with du and find /
var/cache/apt is 1.4GB. Is it always that large, or has mine been eating
junk food?
sudo apt-get clean
If you regularly use
On Thursday 12 February 2004 23:56, Mark wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 11:37:20PM +0100, Richard Lyons wrote:
> > Quick question re /var/cache/apt. I couldn't understand why my little
> > thinkpad's hdd got totally full. Now I'm searching around with du and
> > find / var/cache/apt is 1.4GB.
On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 22:56:29 +
Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 11:37:20PM +0100, Richard Lyons wrote:
> > Quick question re /var/cache/apt. I couldn't understand why my
> > little thinkpad's hdd got totally full. Now I'm searching around
> > with du and find / var/c
On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 11:37:20PM +0100, Richard Lyons wrote:
> Quick question re /var/cache/apt. I couldn't understand why my little
> thinkpad's hdd got totally full. Now I'm searching around with du and find /
> var/cache/apt is 1.4GB. Is it always that large, or has mine been eating
> jun
On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 11:37:20PM +0100, Richard Lyons wrote:
> Quick question re /var/cache/apt. I couldn't understand why my little
> thinkpad's hdd got totally full. Now I'm searching around with du and find /
> var/cache/apt is 1.4GB. Is it always that large, or has mine been eating
> jun
Bill Moseley wrote:
This laptop was installed as a Woody, then it went through testing and
now unstable. I've got sources for all in sources.list.
So, when I do
$ apt-cache show foo
I see more than one foo package. Can I use apt-cache to just show the
most current package -- or really,
Bill Moseley wrote:
This laptop was installed as a Woody, then it went through testing and
now unstable. I've got sources for all in sources.list.
So, when I do
$ apt-cache show foo
I see more than one foo package. Can I use apt-cache to just show the
most current package -- or really,
Bill Moseley wrote:
This laptop was installed as a Woody, then it went through testing and
now unstable. I've got sources for all in sources.list.
So, when I do
$ apt-cache show foo
I see more than one foo package. Can I use apt-cache to just show the
most current package -- or really,
Greg> It is needed. If you have a ba-zillion deb and deb-src lines and all
Greg> three/four Debian tick-marks. (stable, testing, unstable, experimental).
I see. Can one tell what APT::Cache-Limit value is without resorting
to the source? apt-config dump doesn't tell default values. Would
adding
On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 19:31, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> How can one tell if I still need to set
> APT::Cache-Limit 16777216;
> for the current version of apt?
> $ apt-config dump
> doesn't say if the default value has been increased.
> $ which apt-get|xargs strings -a|grep -i limit
> doesn't help.
>
I
On Sunday 16 March 2003 23:11, Faheem Mitha wrote:
> > Don't embarrass yourselves by filing a bug on this. :)
>
> I'm happy to embarrass myself. :-) So, is anyone going to file a bug,
> or shall I?
Reminds me of all those times when there is silence in response to the
question, "Are there any qu
>
> > From the man page.
> > "Seperate arguments can be used to specified multiple
> search patterns
> > that are and'd together."
> >
> > 'apt-cache search server' and 'apt-cache search server ftp' produce
> > quite different amounts of hits, the space does not 'stop' it.
>
> OK, I may not
On Sun, 16 Mar 2003 22:04:40 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Mar 2003 02:20:21 + (UTC)
> Faheem Mitha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> > the gimp. Using 'apt-cache search gimp gif' did not return the
>> > correct answer. The man page for apt-cache says:
>> >
>
On Mon, 17 Mar 2003 14:25:49 +1100
"Joyce, Matthew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From the man page.
> "Seperate arguments can be used to specified multiple search patterns
> that are and'd together."
>
> 'apt-cache search server' and 'apt-cache search server ftp' produce
> quite different amount
On Sun, 16 Mar 2003 22:04:40 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> the phrase "gimp gif" is not a regular expression. What happened here
> is that apt-cache searched for the pattern "gimp" and stopped after it
> saw the space. It didn't even see "gif".
Further, it looked for the pattern g-i-m-p, so it
>
> > > the gimp. Using 'apt-cache search gimp gif' did not return the
> > > correct answer. The man page for apt-cache says:
> > >
> > > search search performs a full text search on all available
> > > package
> > > files for the regex pattern given. It searchs the package
> > >
On Mon, 17 Mar 2003 02:20:21 + (UTC)
Faheem Mitha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > the gimp. Using 'apt-cache search gimp gif' did not return the
> > correct answer. The man page for apt-cache says:
> >
> > search search performs a full text search on all available
> > package
> > fi
Faheem Mitha wrote:
On Sun, 16 Mar 2003 10:46:46 -0500, Rick Pasotto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
There was recently a question about which .deb added GIF capability to
the gimp. Using 'apt-cache search gimp gif' did not return the correct
answer. The man page for apt-cache says:
search search perf
On Sun, 16 Mar 2003 10:46:46 -0500, Rick Pasotto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> There was recently a question about which .deb added GIF capability to
> the gimp. Using 'apt-cache search gimp gif' did not return the correct
> answer. The man page for apt-cache says:
>
> search search performs a f
On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 08:43:21AM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote:
> I noticed a few days ago that 'apt-cache show' will only display
> information on installed packages. Has anything changed? 'dpkg
> --print-avail' still displays information on packages which are not
> installed. I am running sarge w
On Thu, 2002-09-05 at 16:50, Jamin W.Collins wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Sep 2002 08:43:21 -0700
> Bob Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I noticed a few days ago that 'apt-cache show' will only display
> > information on installed packages. Has anything changed? 'dpkg
> > --print-avail' still disp
On Thu, 5 Sep 2002 08:43:21 -0700
Bob Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I noticed a few days ago that 'apt-cache show' will only display
> information on installed packages. Has anything changed? 'dpkg
> --print-avail' still displays information on packages which are not
> installed. I am ru
; From: Preben Randhol [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 29 April 2002 11:49
> To: Satelle, StevenX
> Cc: Debian User List (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: apt-cache again!
>
> "Satelle, StevenX" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 29/04/2002 (12:37) :
> > Ok I&#x
On Mon Apr 29, 2002 at 02:32:12PM +0100, Satelle, StevenX wrote:
> Yes but if you've made a mistake how do you say "no that's not what I meant"
> after you've already said yes
hit Ctrl-C while it's still downloading the packages
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"Satelle, StevenX" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 29/04/2002 (12:37) :
> Ok I'll give you an example (this happened over the weekend). I'm installing
> a package using dselect. It comes up with a dependency list, I click ok
> then go to install. I then realise that the deps I clicked ok to are
> bas
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"Satelle, StevenX" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 26/04/2002 (11:13) :
> Ok, I'll try to explain this better. Where does dselect store its listing
of
> tasks. If you tell it to download 20 packages fr
> "Satelle" == Satelle, StevenX <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Satelle> Ok, I'll try to explain this better. Where does dselect
Satelle> store its listing of tasks. If you tell it to download 20
Satelle> packages from the web and it downloads and installs 18 of
Satelle> them. The
"Satelle, StevenX" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 26/04/2002 (11:13) :
> Ok, I'll try to explain this better. Where does dselect store its listing of
> tasks. If you tell it to download 20 packages from the web and it downloads
> and installs 18 of them. The next time you say install it will include
There is more to it than just that --
>
> http://www.lightlink.com/spacenka/fors/
>
> Bottom line; assume they will not react well if you violate their
> policies. Better safe than sorry.
>
Microsoft is commonly believed to work hand in hand with the NSA,
especially in
the area of
encryption.
begin Satelle, StevenX quotation:
> I work in intel (contracter) but this is a machine at home. I have explicit
> instructions (read warnings) not to attempt to put a linux machine on the
> intel network.
Do NOT fuck with Intel on this. They have a history regarding policy
violations.
I don't w
On Sunday 21 April 2002 03:24 pm, Satelle, StevenX wrote:
> I work in intel (contracter) but this is a machine at home. I have explicit
> instructions (read warnings) not to attempt to put a linux machine on the
> intel network. However I will be providing limited support for linux (I
> work on the
it i'll be back!
-Original Message-
From: ben [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 21 April 2002 10:26
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: apt-cache
On Sunday 21 April 2002 02:18 am, Satelle, StevenX wrote:
> Does anyone know how to clear the cache for apt. I dont mean
/var/ca
On Sun Apr 21, 2002 at 02:26:20AM -0700, ben wrote:
> On Sunday 21 April 2002 02:18 am, Satelle, StevenX wrote:
> > Does anyone know how to clear the cache for apt. I dont mean /var/cache/apt
> > I mean when I start to install some packages using dselect after making a
> > mistake in the sources.li
On Sunday 21 April 2002 02:18 am, Satelle, StevenX wrote:
> Does anyone know how to clear the cache for apt. I dont mean /var/cache/apt
> I mean when I start to install some packages using dselect after making a
> mistake in the sources.list, it reads it into the cache but cant install.
> I've manu
Just put the files in the other machines directory. Works like a charm (did 3
PC'S like this).
On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 09:27:07AM -0300, GARGIULO Eduardo INGDESI wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> I'd upgraded some pakages in potato. Those .deb files are stored
> in my /var/apt/cache/archive directory. Can I u
On Wednesday 11 July 2001 1:27 pm, GARGIULO Eduardo INGDESI wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> I'd upgraded some pakages in potato. Those .deb files are stored
> in my /var/apt/cache/archive directory. Can I use them to upgrade
> another potato without having to download the files again? How
> should I do it?
>
On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 09:27:07AM -0300, GARGIULO Eduardo INGDESI wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> I'd upgraded some pakages in potato. Those .deb files are stored
> in my /var/apt/cache/archive directory. Can I use them to upgrade
> another potato without having to download the files again? How
> should I d
Just put the files in the other machines directory. Works like a charm (did 3
PC'S like this).
On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 09:27:07AM -0300, GARGIULO Eduardo INGDESI wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> I'd upgraded some pakages in potato. Those .deb files are stored
> in my /var/apt/cache/archive directory. Can I u
On 20-Mar-2001 Matthieu Paindavoine wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am a happy user of apt... and my cache is getting big. I notice that I
> pile up several versions of programs as newer ones become available. Is
> there a command to clean this up a little bit. Searched in apt-cache and
> apt-conf. I saw a
'apt-get clean' deletes the whole cache and
'apt-get autoclean' deletes only the files from the cache which aren't
downloadable anymore. See the manpage of apt-get for further
information.
On Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 05:23:26AM +0100, Matthieu Paindavoine wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am a happy user of apt
> I am a happy user of apt... and my cache is getting big. I
> notice that I pile up several versions of programs as newer
> ones become available. Is there a command to clean this
> up a little bit. Searched in apt-cache and apt-conf. I saw
> a Cache-Limit, but it's not exactly what I need.
Look
Yes, Matthieu
Try:
apt-get autoclean
This will remove all older package versions.
-mk
> -Original Message-
> From: Matthieu Paindavoine [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 11:23 PM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: apt cache clean
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I
Hi Steven,
> I sucked down Sid the other night, and along the way one file
> failed to download, I was using 'apt-get -d' so I could monitor
> the update later. So I grabbed this file, and a couple of others
> on a 'doze box at work and put them on a floppy, with the intention
> of using 'apt-cac
Colin Watson saw fit to inform me that:
>Rajesh Fowkar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>If I do apt-cache search I get listing of packages available in
>>apt cache. Suppose I want a filename search not package how this can be done.
>>I want to find if the file I need is present in any of the package
On Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 09:15:51PM +, Rajesh Fowkar wrote:
> Hi,
>
> If I do apt-cache search I get listing of packages available in
> apt cache. Suppose I want a filename search not package how this can be done.
> I want to find if the file I need is present in any of the packages in
> apt
Rajesh Fowkar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>If I do apt-cache search I get listing of packages available in
>apt cache. Suppose I want a filename search not package how this can be done.
>I want to find if the file I need is present in any of the packages in
>apt-cache.
You can either download the
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