Re: Installing a debian file

2025-01-30 Thread Michael
I appreciate your help, but please do not run any commands on my behalf. - If any commands are recommended to be run, please just let me know what they are and I will run them. I have run the following command dpkg -l | grep -i "enteauth" > dpkg_enteauth.txt and found the contents

Re: Installing a debian file

2025-01-30 Thread David Wright
On Thu 30 Jan 2025 at 14:27:28 (-0500), Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Jan 30, 2025 at 11:01:02 -0600, David Wright wrote: > > On Thu 30 Jan 2025 at 16:14:00 (+), Michael wrote: > > > So I downloaded the new .deb file and installed it (again using root) :- > > > > > > dpkg -i ente-auth-v4.3.

Re: Installing a debian file

2025-01-30 Thread tomas
On Thu, Jan 30, 2025 at 04:42:02PM +, Michael wrote: > The deb names may be unconventional but the executables worked (at least > v4.2.8 worked). They are IMHO wrong, since they quite probably will end up as *different packages* instead of as *different versions of a package*. If you just ins

Re: Installing a debian file

2025-01-30 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, Jan 30, 2025 at 11:01:02 -0600, David Wright wrote: > On Thu 30 Jan 2025 at 16:14:00 (+), Michael wrote: > > So I downloaded the new .deb file and installed it (again using root) :- > > > > dpkg -i ente-auth-v4.3.1-x86_64.deb > > I would purge the old package (first backing up any o

Re: Installing a debian file

2025-01-30 Thread David Wright
On Thu 30 Jan 2025 at 16:14:00 (+), Michael wrote: > I ran, as root :- > > dpkg -i ente-auth-v4.2.8-x86_64.deb Running apt install path-to/ente-auth-v4.2.8-x86_64.deb will check for dependencies etc. (You must include the path.) It will also log a record of what was installed or removed

Re: Installing a debian file

2025-01-30 Thread Michael
The deb names may be unconventional but the executables worked (at least v4.2.8 worked). Can you please suggest suitable Debian package management commands to use to investigate the current status of the v4.2.8 and v4.3.1 data in the Debian system. On Thu, Jan 30, 2025, 4:26 PM wrote: > On Thu,

Re: Installing a debian file

2025-01-30 Thread tomas
On Thu, Jan 30, 2025 at 04:14:00PM +, Michael wrote: > Thanks very much for your help and suggestions. > > I am running Debian 12 on a desktop. > > My aim is to set up and use a TOTP authenticator app called Ente Auth. > > I ran, as root :- > > dpkg -i ente-auth-v4.2.8-x86_64.deb [...]

Re: Installing a debian file

2025-01-30 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Thu, Jan 30, 2025 at 02:22:44PM +, Michael wrote: > I installed a debian file (db1'say) using dpkg -i and an executable file > (ex1 say) was created. > Hi Michael, Can we have some specifics? Version of Debian, name of executables, whether one came from outside main Debian repository, ple

Re: Installing a debian file

2025-01-30 Thread tomas
On Thu, Jan 30, 2025 at 02:22:44PM +, Michael wrote: > I installed a debian file (db1'say) using dpkg -i and an executable file > (ex1 say) was created. > > Later another debian file (db2) was installed, overwriting the executable > ex1. This shouldn't happen in a correctly built Debian packa