Re: Installing a package interactively

2002-02-07 Thread Jim Woodruff
On Thu, 7 Feb 2002, Christopher C. Chimelis wrote: > > Try this first: > dpkg-reconfigure debconf > And try changing the notify level to something other than non-interactive > (I suggest medium normally). > > After that, you should be able to dpkg -i the compaq debs and then > dpkg-reconfig

Re: Installing a package interactively

2002-02-07 Thread Jim Woodruff
On Thu, 7 Feb 2002, Adam C Powell IV wrote: > How is debconf configured for you -- which front end? > dpkg-reconfigure debconf > The packages need to interact with the user via debconf, so if you have > debconf configured non-interactive, that's the problem... Thank you, I'll correct this. > I'

Re: Installing a package interactively

2002-02-07 Thread Jim Woodruff
On Thu, 7 Feb 2002, Osamu Aoki wrote: > Wow, you got nice machine. Thank you > > $ apt-cache show ccc cxx > > W: Unable to locate package ccc > W: Unable to locate package cxx > > There is no package called ccc and cxx in Debian, as I see it. You will find them in the unstable contrib section.

Re: Installing a package interactively

2002-02-07 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, On Thu, Feb 07, 2002 at 06:57:02AM -0800, Jim Woodruff wrote: > > > > > Another way is brows its content by "midnight commander" and copy files > > to appropriate directory. > > > I apologize for not being very clear with my question. This is my problem: > > I'm running a DEC Alpha using Debi

Re: Installing a package interactively

2002-02-07 Thread Jim Woodruff
On Thu, 7 Feb 2002, Osamu Aoki wrote: > On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 09:11:17PM -0800, Jim Woodruff wrote: > > How does someone install interactively? I've searched the maillist > > archives and the man pages without success. I'm trying to install > > a package that inturn unpacks and installs anoth

Re: Installing a package interactively

2002-02-07 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 09:11:17PM -0800, Jim Woodruff wrote: > How does someone install interactively? I've searched the maillist > archives and the man pages without success. I'm trying to install > a package that inturn unpacks and installs another .rpm file. > Neither "dpkg -i" or "apt-get in

Re: Installing a package interactively

2002-02-07 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 09:11:17PM -0800, Jim Woodruff wrote: > How does someone install interactively? I've searched the maillist > archives and the man pages without success. I'm trying to install > a package that inturn unpacks and installs another .rpm file. ^^^