Re: .deb files arch independant?

2004-12-19 Thread Florian Ernst
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?

2004-12-19 Thread William Ballard
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 files archive

2003-12-17 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 10:11:27PM +0100, GCS wrote: > I have seen an archive, where _all_ the deb files since Woody is stored. > So it contains broken packages as well, but where can I find this? http://snapshot.debian.net/ Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROT

Re: deb files maintenance - Dependency overview

2001-10-25 Thread Rich Rudnick
On Wed, 2001-10-24 at 14:58, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello all. > > My debian distribution grew kinda big 1.2G. I know I'm not using a lot of > what I have installed. Now, due to a number of interdependecies I would like > to look at dependency tree of all deb files and pick out those branche

Re: deb files maintenance - Dependency overview

2001-10-24 Thread Shaul Karl
> Hello all. > > My debian distribution grew kinda big 1.2G. I know I'm not using a lot of > what I have installed. Now, due to a number of interdependecies I would like > to look at dependency tree of all deb files and pick out those branches that > I don't use and uninstall. > > Any recomend

Re: .deb files for StarOffice

2000-09-28 Thread Michael J Smith
Ahem, no... Staroffice is revamping, and supposedly the next version will be GPL and eventually packaged as a .deb, but for now we're left with the proprietary version. Don't feel bad, there aren't any .rpm's either. Andrew D Dixon wrote: > > Hey everyone, > Does anybody know if there are .deb

Re: *.deb files : installation

2000-07-03 Thread Santiago Vila
On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, S. Champ wrote: > is dselect the only way to install a *.deb file? No, you can always use dpkg by hand: dpkg -i whatever.deb

Re: *.deb files : installation

2000-06-29 Thread Colin Watson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >is dselect the only way to install a *.deb file? dpkg -i -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: DEB files

1999-12-26 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 26 Dec, Shaul Karl wrote about "Re: DEB files " >> *- On 26 Dec, Tux wrote about "DEB files" >> > Hello, >> > >> > How to create .deb files? >> >> http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/ > > 1) Is there a postscrip

Re: DEB files

1999-12-26 Thread Shaul Karl
> *- On 26 Dec, Tux wrote about "DEB files" > > Hello, > > > > How to create .deb files? > > http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/ 1) Is there a postscript version of this doc somewhere? 2) On my system, a bug with html2ps does not seems to get solved. What are the alternatives?

Re: DEB files

1999-12-26 Thread Dennis Schoen
On Sun, Dec 26, 1999 at 11:54:12AM -0200, Tux wrote: ^^^ No Realname ?? > Hello, > > How to create .deb files? Read the "Debian Packaging Manual" > How to convert .rpm files do .deb files? apt-get install alien man alien Dennis -- "Contrary to pop

Re: DEB files

1999-12-26 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 26 Dec, Tux wrote about "DEB files" > Hello, > > How to create .deb files? http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/ http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/packaging.html/ > How to convert .rpm files do .deb files? > Install the alien package and read the man page and then try, al

Re: .DEB files

1996-12-27 Thread joost witteveen
> > I have some .DEB files, but I'm with some problems when I install it. > It skip the mailtool.deb and sendmail.deb. How can I install these two files? Just type dpkg -i mail/mailtools_1.06-3.deb >(I'm using DSELECT program). > Where can I find the MCOPY program? ~$ dpkg -S mco