Re: LyX 1.0 for slink

On Tue, Apr 13, 1999 at 11:21:16AM -0400, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > > Tarballs end up working much better than > > binaries in the long run, > If this were so, I wouldn't use Debian. > > although they can become a mess. It's far to

Re: LyX 1.0 for slink?

Sean: > > Yeah, but lyx wants stuff like libc6 from potato and other essentials > > that will break a working slink dist. dyer: > I have lyx 1.0 on my slink system. Lyx has a dependency on libc6. Not the > new one, _any_ one. It won't upgrade you to the new libc6. (Well, I guess > if you were runn

Re: LyX 1.0 for slink

"R. L. Kleeberger" wrote: > Quoting Jim Foltz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > I am more concerned about my growing dependence on apt and dpkg. In the > > past I would have first tried to compile the source myself and install > > it. Now I seem to go out of my way to find a .deb package of the software.

Re: LyX 1.0 for slink?

Navindra Umanchioned, > > Personally I always found dpkg easier than RPM for building packages, > > but perhaps it's just me. > IIRC all it took to build SRPMS is one single rpm command. I've never used redhat (or anything else with rpms), but I kind of like the *bsd method, which gives you a s

Re: LyX 1.0 for slink?

Mark Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > when building. It thinks it needs root to set the ownership of files to > root (among other things), but in actual fact dpkg will do the right thing Ahh, that actually makes sense. > What package building does is very much like installing using a tool > l

Re: LyX 1.0 for slink?

1. go to the source section of your favorite Debian mirror 2. for each package you want to recompile, download the *.orig.tar.gz, *.diff.gz and *.dsc NOTE: Not all source packages have the same name as the binary package they create. E.g. the c-client-dev package comes from imap. A

Re: LyX 1.0 for slink?

On Mon, Apr 12, 1999 at 05:22:51PM -0400, Navindra Umanee wrote: > You know, I tried almost exactly this but bailed when one of the > commands wanted root priviledges and then started doing some > unexpected /usr/bin/install's (which failed because my > /usr/bin/install is atypical). I mean, all

Re: LyX 1.0 for slink

Quoting Jim Foltz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I am more concerned about my growing dependence on apt and dpkg. In the > past I would have first tried to compile the source myself and install > it. Now I seem to go out of my way to find a .deb package of the software. > > What's happening to me? It see

Re: LyX 1.0 for slink?

Mark Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > dpkg-source -x (or unpack yourself). Then cd into the top directory of > the package and say "dpkg-buildpackage". Specifying "-b" will stop a > source package being generated, which will speed things up a bit. "-us" > and "-uc" disable signing of the .dsc

Re: LyX 1.0 for slink?

On Mon, Apr 12, 1999 at 04:55:52AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Jim Foltz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't want to run the unstable tree at this time, thanks. I'll just > > compile it myself. > > You could still get the unstable source packages and build the deb > from them. Now I real

Re: LyX 1.0 for slink?

On Mon, Apr 12, 1999 at 04:55:52AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > You could still get the unstable source packages and build the deb > from them. Now I really wish I could figure out the damn details as > to how to do this. Any one care to explain? I'm lost in a maze of > manpages all alike.

Re: LyX 1.0 for slink?

Jim Foltz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't want to run the unstable tree at this time, thanks. I'll just > compile it myself. You could still get the unstable source packages and build the deb from them. Now I really wish I could figure out the damn details as to how to do this. Any one care

Re: LyX 1.0 for slink?

On Sun, 11 Apr 1999, Jim Foltz wrote: > > > Is there a LyX 1.0 for slink? If so, can I download it from > > > somewhere? > > > > It didn't make it in slink, but it's in potato. > > > > happy lyx-ing. > > I don't want to run the unstable tree at this time, thanks. I'll just > compile it myself.

Re: LyX 1.0 for slink?

I did not realize this . . . thanks for pointing it out :) Sean dyer wrote: > Sean wrote: > > > Yeah, but lyx wants stuff like libc6 from potato and other essentials that > > will break > > a working slink dist. > > I have lyx 1.0 on my slink system. Lyx has a dependency on libc6. Not the new

Re: LyX 1.0 for slink?

Sean wrote: > Yeah, but lyx wants stuff like libc6 from potato and other essentials that > will break > a working slink dist. I have lyx 1.0 on my slink system. Lyx has a dependency on libc6. Not the new one, _any_ one. It won't upgrade you to the new libc6. (Well, I guess if you were running

Re: LyX 1.0 for slink?

Yeah, but lyx wants stuff like libc6 from potato and other essentials that will break a working slink dist. Good point, tho. Sean Mark Brown wrote: > On Sun, Apr 11, 1999 at 06:34:03PM -0400, Jim Foltz wrote: > > > I don't want to run the unstable tree at this time, thanks. I'll just > > compi

Re: LyX 1.0 for slink?

On Sun, Apr 11, 1999 at 06:34:03PM -0400, Jim Foltz wrote: > I don't want to run the unstable tree at this time, thanks. I'll just > compile it myself. You should be able to install just the packages required for it (often just the package itself) - there's no need to switch completely to unstabl

Re: LyX 1.0 for slink?

On Sun, Apr 11, 1999 at 02:29:58PM -0400, dyer wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > Is there a LyX 1.0 for slink? If so, can I download it from > > somewhere? > > > > It didn't make it in slink, but it's in potato. > > happy lyx-ing. > I don't want to run the unstable tree at

Re: LyX 1.0 for slink?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > > Is there a LyX 1.0 for slink? If so, can I download it from > somewhere? > It didn't make it in slink, but it's in potato. happy lyx-ing. > > -- >Jim Foltz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ACORN techie > AOL/IM Jim