Re: Synaptic and updated apt sources?

On Saturday, 08-02-2025 at 01:35 Boyan Penkov wrote: > Hello George, > > No problem -- and to be clear, as Joe pointed out, it's not clear that > there's actually an issue that would warrant *not* running > modernize-sources; synaptic does work fine, just won't show you the > relevant sources.

Re: Synaptic and updated apt sources?

On Fri, 7 Feb 2025 09:26:13 -0500 Dan Ritter wrote: > > 4) Do you know of any method to "undo" this modernization? > > You can do it by hand, or write a small script to produce the > one-line format from the deb822 format. Even simpler and less error prone is to copy the backup files created

Re: Synaptic and updated apt sources?

George at Clug wrote: > > 4) Do you know of any method to "undo" this modernization? You can do it by hand, or write a small script to produce the one-line format from the deb822 format. Here's one I haven't tested: https://github.com/ErikMichelson/apt-deb822-tool -dsr-

Re: Synaptic and updated apt sources?

Hello George, No problem -- and to be clear, as Joe pointed out, it's not clear that there's actually an issue that would warrant *not* running modernize-sources; synaptic does work fine, just won't show you the relevant sources. Cheers! On Fri, Feb 7, 2025 at 9:13 AM George at Clug wrote: > >

Re: Synaptic and updated apt sources?

On Sat, Feb 08, 2025 at 01:13:28 +1100, George at Clug wrote: > On Saturday, 08-02-2025 at 00:39 Boyan Penkov wrote: > > After upgrading apt this week on testing (trixie), it defaults to the > > apt822 sources > > (https://repolib.readthedocs.io/en/latest/deb822-format.html#deb822-format), > > whi

Re: Synaptic and updated apt sources?

On Saturday, 08-02-2025 at 00:39 Boyan Penkov wrote: > After upgrading apt this week on testing (trixie), it defaults to the > apt822 sources > (https://repolib.readthedocs.io/en/latest/deb822-format.html#deb822-format), > which can then be enabled by a ``sudo apt modernize-sources`` Thanks fo

Re: Synaptic and updated apt sources?

After upgrading apt this week on testing (trixie), it defaults to the apt822 sources (https://repolib.readthedocs.io/en/latest/deb822-format.html#deb822-format), which can then be enabled by a ``sudo apt modernize-sources`` However, in Synaptic, clicking on Settings -> Repositories shows a blank

Re: Synaptic and updated apt sources?

On Friday, 07-02-2025 at 19:23 Boyan Penkov wrote: > Hello, > > After updating my apt sources to the modernized ones, the synaptic > settings ard preferences are blank (and don't show the usual sources). If you could give some more detail, I might understand what you did? Do you mean /etc/apt

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

Stefan Monnier writes: > Sometimes I used cloned another system, and other times I used > Debootstrap running from one of the "images" provided by the board maker > (all those images suck, IMO: they're never designed with updates in mind). Indeed, thanks. Previously I've dismissed these patched

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

>> I've never used Debian's installer on those boards, and don't even know >> if Debian officially "supports" them. > So how do you install Debian on those ARM boards? Put some image on > whatever storage they have? Sometimes I used cloned another system, and other times I used Debootstrap running

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

Stefan Monnier writes: > I've never used Debian's installer on those boards, and don't even know > if Debian officially "supports" them. So how do you install Debian on those ARM boards? Put some image on whatever storage they have? In fact, that's what I've done with my Raspberry Pi Computer Mo

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

Anssi Saari [2024-12-30 18:16:25] wrote: > Stefan Monnier writes: >> FWIW, I've been using ARM-based SBCs for more than 10 years (4 different >> boards, I'm ashamed to say) and have used Debian on all of them. So no: >> you don't need Armbian to make use of that kind of hardware. > OK, which ones

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

Stefan Monnier writes: > FWIW, I've been using ARM-based SBCs for more than 10 years (4 different > boards, I'm ashamed to say) and have used Debian on all of them. So no: > you don't need Armbian to make use of that kind of hardware. OK, which ones? I'm only aware of the Rock64 and it's not ex

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

On 29/12/2024 01:06, gene heskett wrote: It runs when it gets around to it, opening a local file is an automatic lockup for 30 seconds. And no one has identified that problem. Nobody can guess what the mess you are able to create on your machines. If you did not hate systemd then you would hav

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

>> Armbian is *NOT* Debian They do things differently there. Some of their [...] > Then you are missing out on the many things a pi clone can do on 5% of an > amd64's power budget. Granted the amd64 can do it 20x faster, ignoring that > the pi clone is fast enough. Debian seems to treat the arm64'

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

Hi, On Sat, Dec 28, 2024 at 06:38:16PM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > On 12/28/24 15:49, Andy Smith wrote: > > What would have been useful for you to tell us at this point or in any > > of your other replies: > > > > - How exactly you are trying to run synaptic on these Banana Pi > >computers,

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

On Sun, Dec 29, 2024 at 01:56:06AM -0500, gene heskett wrote: [...] > I'm running one, about a year old now, on an actual rpi4b to run my biggest > lathe, but the last arm64 installer can't find its net interface even if you > fill in the blanks.  Armbian Just Works. Why can't debian-arm? I have

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

On 12/29/24 01:30, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Sat, Dec 28, 2024 at 07:46:09PM -0500, gene heskett wrote: On 12/28/24 16:41, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: [...] Armbian is *NOT* Debian They do things differently there [...] Then you are missing out on the many things a pi clone can do on 5% of

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

On Sat, Dec 28, 2024 at 07:46:09PM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > > On 12/28/24 16:41, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: [...] > > Armbian is *NOT* Debian They do things differently there [...] > Then you are missing out on the many things a pi clone can do on 5% of an > amd64's power budget. Granted the

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

On 12/28/24 16:41, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Sat, Dec 28, 2024 at 01:06:11PM -0500, gene heskett wrote: armbian in the full desktop version runs noticeably slower than it runs on amd64 stuff, but its more than fast enough to run a full screen gui for a 3d printer.  I'll gladly tolerate a jus

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

On 12/28/24 15:49, Andy Smith wrote: Hi, On Sat, Dec 28, 2024 at 01:06:11PM -0500, gene heskett wrote: On 12/28/24 08:24, Andy Smith wrote: On Sat, Dec 28, 2024 at 12:53:41PM +, Darac Marjal wrote: Synaptic is a GUI frontend to apt. It's not really much different to aptitude, except tha

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

gene heskett wrote: > > On 12/28/24 08:24, Andy Smith wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On Sat, Dec 28, 2024 at 12:53:41PM +, Darac Marjal wrote: > >> On 28/12/2024 10:06, Andy Smith wrote: > >>> On Fri, Dec 27, 2024 at 08:26:26PM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > When is that going to happen? Trying to

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

On Sat, Dec 28, 2024 at 01:06:11PM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > > armbian in the full desktop version runs noticeably slower than it runs on > amd64 stuff, but its more than fast enough to run a full screen gui for a 3d > printer.  I'll gladly tolerate a just noticeable lag that never crashes, > u

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

Hi, On Sat, Dec 28, 2024 at 01:06:11PM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > On 12/28/24 08:24, Andy Smith wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 28, 2024 at 12:53:41PM +, Darac Marjal wrote: > > > Synaptic is a GUI frontend to apt. It's not really much different to > > > aptitude, except that it's maybe a bit more mo

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

On Sat 28 Dec 2024 at 01:07:58 (-0500), gene heskett wrote: > On 12/27/24 23:36, David Wright wrote: > > On Fri 27 Dec 2024 at 20:26:26 (-0500), gene heskett wrote: > > > When is that going to happen? Trying to maintain debian-arm stuff > > > blind is a pita. I want to SEE whats available. > > I kn

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

On 12/28/24 08:24, Andy Smith wrote: Hi, On Sat, Dec 28, 2024 at 12:53:41PM +, Darac Marjal wrote: On 28/12/2024 10:06, Andy Smith wrote: On Fri, Dec 27, 2024 at 08:26:26PM -0500, gene heskett wrote: When is that going to happen? Trying to maintain debian-arm stuff blind is a pita. I wa

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

On 12/28/24 09:43, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Sat, Dec 28, 2024 at 12:53:41 +, Darac Marjal wrote: You can run X clients on the server and remotely display that on a workstation (i.e. something _with_ a head), but AFAIK the wayland protocol doesn't support any sort of network transport (you c

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

On Sat, Dec 28, 2024 at 12:13:18 -0500, Lee wrote: > Copy/paste is a requirement for me also. If your terminal program > doesn't do what you want, take a look at the current version of > xfce4-terminal - that has most of what I was looking for. One thing that *might* be relevant here is that X11

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

On Sat, Dec 28, 2024 at 1:08 AM gene heskett wrote: > > > On 12/27/24 23:36, David Wright wrote: > > On Fri 27 Dec 2024 at 20:26:26 (-0500), gene heskett wrote: > >> When is that going to happen? Trying to maintain debian-arm stuff > >> blind is a pita. I want to SEE whats available. > > I know y

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sat, Dec 28, 2024 at 12:53:41 +, Darac Marjal wrote: >> You can run X clients on the server and remotely display that on a >> workstation (i.e. something _with_ a head), but AFAIK the wayland protocol >> doesn't support any sort of network transport (you can run a GUI

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

On Sat, Dec 28, 2024 at 12:53:41 +, Darac Marjal wrote: > You can run X clients on the server and remotely display that on a > workstation (i.e. something _with_ a head), but AFAIK the wayland protocol > doesn't support any sort of network transport (you can run a GUI application > on a Wayland

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

Hi, On Sat, Dec 28, 2024 at 12:53:41PM +, Darac Marjal wrote: > > On 28/12/2024 10:06, Andy Smith wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 27, 2024 at 08:26:26PM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > > > When is that going to happen? Trying to maintain debian-arm stuff blind > > > is a > > > pita. I want to SEE whats

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

On 28/12/2024 10:06, Andy Smith wrote: Hi, On Fri, Dec 27, 2024 at 08:26:26PM -0500, gene heskett wrote: When is that going to happen? Trying to maintain debian-arm stuff blind is a pita. I want to SEE whats available. I have never in my life felt the need to use synaptic. What am I missing o

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

Hi, On Fri, Dec 27, 2024 at 10:35:44PM -0600, David Wright wrote: > I know you won't use aptitude, so why don't you try running > synaptic on wayland, decide what changes you want, and then > use sudo apt to actually install/remove the packages. I think Gene's situation is probably also complicat

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

Hi, On Fri, Dec 27, 2024 at 08:26:26PM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > When is that going to happen? Trying to maintain debian-arm stuff blind is a > pita. I want to SEE whats available. I have never in my life felt the need to use synaptic. What am I missing out on? I just use "apt" from a termina

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

On 12/27/24 23:36, David Wright wrote: On Fri 27 Dec 2024 at 20:26:26 (-0500), gene heskett wrote: When is that going to happen? Trying to maintain debian-arm stuff blind is a pita. I want to SEE whats available. I know you won't use aptitude, so why don't you try running synaptic on wayland,

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

On Fri 27 Dec 2024 at 20:26:26 (-0500), gene heskett wrote: > When is that going to happen? Trying to maintain debian-arm stuff > blind is a pita. I want to SEE whats available. I know you won't use aptitude, so why don't you try running synaptic on wayland, decide what changes you want, and then

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

On 12/27/24 23:04, gene heskett wrote: On 12/27/24 22:47, gene heskett wrote: On 12/27/24 21:30, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Fri, Dec 27, 2024 at 21:07:27 -0500, gene heskett wrote: gene@bpi51e5p:~$ synaptic-pkexec AUTHENTICATING FOR com.ubuntu.pkexec.synaptic === Authentication is requir

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

On 12/27/24 22:47, gene heskett wrote: On 12/27/24 21:30, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Fri, Dec 27, 2024 at 21:07:27 -0500, gene heskett wrote: gene@bpi51e5p:~$ synaptic-pkexec AUTHENTICATING FOR com.ubuntu.pkexec.synaptic === Authentication is required to run the Synaptic Package Manager Au

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

On Fri, Dec 27, 2024 at 22:37:25 -0500, gene heskett wrote: > > > > following this thread I installed policykit-gnome and policykit-mate but > still misses the mark with a similar error msg: > >

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

On 12/27/24 21:30, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Fri, Dec 27, 2024 at 21:07:27 -0500, gene heskett wrote: gene@bpi51e5p:~$ synaptic-pkexec AUTHENTICATING FOR com.ubuntu.pkexec.synaptic === Authentication is required to run the Synaptic Package Manager Authenticating as: Gene Heskett,,, (gene) P

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

On 12/27/24 21:30, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Fri, Dec 27, 2024 at 21:07:27 -0500, gene heskett wrote: gene@bpi51e5p:~$ synaptic-pkexec AUTHENTICATING FOR com.ubuntu.pkexec.synaptic === Authentication is required to run the Synaptic Package Manager Authenticating as: Gene Heskett,,, (gene) P

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

On 12/27/24 21:30, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Fri, Dec 27, 2024 at 21:07:27 -0500, gene heskett wrote: gene@bpi51e5p:~$ synaptic-pkexec AUTHENTICATING FOR com.ubuntu.pkexec.synaptic === Authentication is required to run the Synaptic Package Manager Authenticating as: Gene Heskett,,, (gene) P

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

On Fri, Dec 27, 2024 at 21:07:27 -0500, gene heskett wrote: > gene@bpi51e5p:~$ synaptic-pkexec > AUTHENTICATING FOR com.ubuntu.pkexec.synaptic === > Authentication is required to run the Synaptic Package Manager > Authenticating as: Gene Heskett,,, (gene) > Password: > polkit-agent-helper-1: e

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

On 12/27/24 20:37, Christian Britz wrote: Hi Gene Am 28.12.24 um 02:26 schrieb gene heskett: When is that going to happen? Trying to maintain debian-arm stuff blind is a pita. I want to SEE whats available. I just switched KDE Plasma to wayland, to test. synaptic-pkexec runs perfectly (witho

Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.

Hi Gene Am 28.12.24 um 02:26 schrieb gene heskett: > When is that going to happen? Trying to maintain debian-arm stuff blind > is a pita. I want to SEE whats available. I just switched KDE Plasma to wayland, to test. synaptic-pkexec runs perfectly (without sudo). Why would you want to use sudo?

Re: Synaptic problem(s)

On 12/1/24 6:12 AM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Sun, Dec 01, 2024 at 04:43:00AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: [SNIP] What should I do next ( /etc/debian_version reports 12.7)? apt-get update ; apt-get dist-upgrade to make sure you're up to date then reboot. At that point, /etc/debian-version sh

Re: Synaptic problem(s)

On Sun, Dec 01, 2024 at 04:43:00AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 11/30/24 9:00 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > > "apt upgrade" does not take a package name as an argument. It tries > > to upgrade *all* of the packages you have. > > > > To upgrade a single package, use "install" instead. > >

Re: Synaptic problem(s)

On 11/30/24 9:00 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Sat, Nov 30, 2024 at 14:45:01 +, Joe wrote: I don't know if it helps, but the current ghostscript on my Deb 12 is version 12u6, not 12u5. What happens when you try: apt upgrade ghostscript "apt upgrade" does not take a package name as an arg

Re: Synaptic problem(s)

On Sat, Nov 30, 2024 at 14:45:01 +, Joe wrote: > I don't know if it helps, but the current ghostscript on my Deb 12 is > version 12u6, not 12u5. > > What happens when you try: > > apt upgrade ghostscript "apt upgrade" does not take a package name as an argument. It tries to upgrade *all*

Re: synaptic search (was: Re: A more fundemental error?)

On Fri, Nov 29, 2024, 8:56 PM Max Nikulin wrote: > On 30/11/2024 01:00, Richard Owlett wrote: > >> On Fri, 29 Nov 2024, Richard Owlett wrote: > >>> As the OP's link explicitly referenced "debian" I used Synaptic's > >>> search function. There were no packages with "Erling" in package > >>> name,

Re: Synaptic problem(s)

On Sat, 30 Nov 2024 05:18:35 -0600 Richard Owlett wrote: > On 11/29/24 12:30 PM, David Wright wrote: > > On Thu 28 Nov 2024 at 07:55:37 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote: > >> Running Debian 12.7 with MATE > >> When launching Synaptic I get a message saying > >>[ You have 1 broken package on yo

Re: synaptic search (was: Re: A more fundemental error?)

On Sat, 30 Nov 2024 09:55:45 +0700 Max Nikulin wrote: > On 30/11/2024 01:00, Richard Owlett wrote: > >> On Fri, 29 Nov 2024, Richard Owlett wrote: > >>> As the OP's link explicitly referenced "debian" I used Synaptic's > >>> search function. There were no packages with "Erling" in package > >

Re: Synaptic problem(s)

On 11/29/24 12:30 PM, David Wright wrote: On Thu 28 Nov 2024 at 07:55:37 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote: Running Debian 12.7 with MATE When launching Synaptic I get a message saying [ You have 1 broken package on your system!" Use the "Broken" filter to locate it. ] Synaptic's Help

Re: Synaptic problem(s)

On Fri, 29 Nov 2024 12:30:44 -0600 David Wright wrote: > On Thu 28 Nov 2024 at 07:55:37 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote: > > Running Debian 12.7 with MATE > > When launching Synaptic I get a message saying > > [ You have 1 broken package on your system!" > > Use the "Broken" filter to locate

Re: Synaptic problem(s)

On Thu 28 Nov 2024 at 07:55:37 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote: > Running Debian 12.7 with MATE > When launching Synaptic I get a message saying > [ You have 1 broken package on your system!" > Use the "Broken" filter to locate it. ] > Synaptic's Help isn't helpful :{ > It also reports pa

Re: Synaptic problem(s)

On Thu, Nov 28, 2024 at 07:55:37AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > Running Debian 12.7 with MATE > When launching Synaptic I get a message saying > [ You have 1 broken package on your system!" > Use the "Broken" filter to locate it. ] > Synaptic's Help isn't helpful :{ > It also reports

Re: Synaptic Problem

On Thu, Oct 31, 2024 at 10:25:40AM +0100, daven...@tuxfamily.org wrote: [...] > brscan si useless for printing but mandatory¹ for scanning. But indeed, > driveless printing works just fine on Brother printers > > I wish scanning didn't require proprietary blobs… > > 1. At least on (**only** som

Re: Synaptic Problem

Just an observance - I have a brscan uninstall file in the download folder Uninstaller_brscan4 and uninstaller_brscan-skey which are uninstall scripts. You may have same if installed from brother script. On 10/31/24 11:11, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: On 10/31/2024 01:28 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wro

Re: Synaptic Problem

On Thu, Oct 31, 2024 at 11:11:21AM -0400, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > > On 10/31/2024 01:28 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 30, 2024 at 03:21:09PM -0400, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > > Although that works, and I removed the Brother drivers with > > > localhost:63

Re: Synaptic Problem

On Thu, Oct 31, 2024 at 10:03:12AM -0500, David Wright wrote: [...] > I scan on a clapped-out HP printer with a legal-sized platen. > As I have to place the originals myself, it's convenient to > scan to a USB stick rather than a computer. When I turn it > on, after powercuts, I have to open and

Re: Synaptic Problem

On 10/31/2024 01:28 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Wed, Oct 30, 2024 at 03:21:09PM -0400, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: [...] Although that works, and I removed the Brother drivers with localhost:631, I still get: comp@Abanormal:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade [sudo] password for comp: Reading package

Re: Synaptic Problem

On Thu 31 Oct 2024 at 10:33:00 (+0100), to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Thu, Oct 31, 2024 at 10:25:40AM +0100, daven...@tuxfamily.org wrote: > > [...] > > > brscan si useless for printing but mandatory¹ for scanning. But indeed, > > driveless printing works just fine on Brother printers > > > > I w

Re: Synaptic Problem

On 2024-10-31 06:28, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Wed, Oct 30, 2024 at 03:21:09PM -0400, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: [...] Although that works, and I removed the Brother drivers with localhost:631, I still get: comp@Abanormal:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade [sudo] password for comp: Reading package lists

Re: Synaptic Problem

On Wed, Oct 30, 2024 at 03:21:09PM -0400, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: [...] > Although that works, and I removed the Brother drivers with localhost:631, I > still get: > > comp@Abanormal:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade > [sudo] password for comp: > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree..

Re: Synaptic Problem

On Wed, Oct 30, 2024 at 9:48 PM Eddie Seymour wrote: > > The brscan4 i8s on the Brother Printer site. Use the script for linux to > install it . My Brother functions fine as printer and scanner when installed > with the Brother script from their site. Also see

Re: Synaptic Problem

The brscan4 i8s on the Brother Printer site. Use the script for linux to install it . My Brother functions fine as printer and scanner when installed with the Brother script from their site. On Wed, Oct 30, 2024 at 4:31 PM David Wright wrote: > On Wed 30 Oct 2024 at 15:21:09 (-0400), Stephen P.

Re: Synaptic Problem

On Wed 30 Oct 2024 at 15:21:09 (-0400), Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > On 10/04/2024 02:41 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 03, 2024 at 04:32:31PM -0400, Dan Purgert wrote: > > > On Oct 03, 2024, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > > >1. (sudo) dpkg -i brscan4-0.4.11-1.amd64.deb > > > > >2.

Re: Synaptic Problem

On 10/04/2024 02:41 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Thu, Oct 03, 2024 at 04:32:31PM -0400, Dan Purgert wrote: On Oct 03, 2024, Stefan Monnier wrote: 1. (sudo) dpkg -i brscan4-0.4.11-1.amd64.deb 2. (sudo) apt-get update && apt-get -f install Of course, such manual install of `.deb` file

Re: Synaptic Problem

On 04/10/2024 03:41, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Thu, Oct 03, 2024 at 04:32:31PM -0400, Dan Purgert wrote: On Oct 03, 2024, Stefan Monnier wrote: 1. (sudo) dpkg -i brscan4-0.4.11-1.amd64.deb 2. (sudo) apt-get update && apt-get -f install Of course, such manual install of `.deb` files mea

Re: Synaptic Problem

On Thu, Oct 03, 2024 at 04:32:31PM -0400, Dan Purgert wrote: > On Oct 03, 2024, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > 1. (sudo) dpkg -i brscan4-0.4.11-1.amd64.deb > > > 2. (sudo) apt-get update && apt-get -f install > > > > Of course, such manual install of `.deb` files means that you won't > > automati

Re: Synaptic Problem

> Just one non-problem Stefan, Brother seems to be our friend AND their > drivers JUST WORK! I can't say the same for cups. Some weird friends you have, who don't let you see the code they force you to run to use the tools you buy from them. Also "just works" doesn't mean "isn't full of security

Re: Synaptic Problem

On Oct 03, 2024, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > 1. (sudo) dpkg -i brscan4-0.4.11-1.amd64.deb > > 2. (sudo) apt-get update && apt-get -f install > > Of course, such manual install of `.deb` files means that you won't > automatically get future updates, e.g. to fix security bugs. Given our friends a

Re: Synaptic Problem

On 10/3/24 12:03, Stefan Monnier wrote: 1. (sudo) dpkg -i brscan4-0.4.11-1.amd64.deb 2. (sudo) apt-get update && apt-get -f install Of course, such manual install of `.deb` files means that you won't automatically get future updates, e.g. to fix security bugs. To add insult to injury, suc

Re: Synaptic Problem

> 1. (sudo) dpkg -i brscan4-0.4.11-1.amd64.deb > 2. (sudo) apt-get update && apt-get -f install Of course, such manual install of `.deb` files means that you won't automatically get future updates, e.g. to fix security bugs. To add insult to injury, such `.deb` files often contain proprietary

Re: Synaptic Problem

On Oct 03, 2024, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Oct 03, 2024 at 10:53:30 -0400, Dan Purgert wrote: > > On Oct 03, 2024, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > > When I ran linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.4-1 it downloaded: > > > > > > > [...] $ sudo install brscan4-0.4.11-1.amd64.deb > > > > [...] > > > > Wh

Re: Synaptic Problem

On Thu, Oct 03, 2024 at 10:53:30 -0400, Dan Purgert wrote: > On Oct 03, 2024, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > When I ran linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.4-1 it downloaded: > > > > > [...] $ sudo install brscan4-0.4.11-1.amd64.deb > > > [...] > > Where on earth did you get that command from? > > Last

Re: Synaptic Problem

On Oct 03, 2024, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > > On 10/03/2024 09:17 AM, Dan Purgert wrote: > > On Oct 03, 2024, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > > I am running Bookworm and have just updated the Brother MFC-L2710DW Laser > > > Printer Drivers. > > > [...] > > > > E: The package brscan4 needs to be

Re: Synaptic Problem

On 10/03/2024 09:17 AM, Dan Purgert wrote: On Oct 03, 2024, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: I am running Bookworm and have just updated the Brother MFC-L2710DW Laser Printer Drivers. [...] E: The package brscan4 needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it. E: Internal error opening

Re: Synaptic Problem

On Oct 03, 2024, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > I am running Bookworm and have just updated the Brother MFC-L2710DW Laser > Printer Drivers. > [...] > > E: The package brscan4 needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an > > archive for it. > > E: Internal error opening cache (1). Please report. brs

Re: Synaptic Update Error

On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 08:14:16AM -0400, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > E: Release file for > http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/dists/bookworm-updates/InRelease is > expired (invalid since 1d 15h 6min 44s). Updates for this repository will > not be applied. Slightly worrisome. > deb http://debian.uc

Re: Synaptic Problem

Thank you for your detailed response. It is much appreciated. On 12/23/2023 02:01 PM, Pocket wrote: On 12/23/23 12:00, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: On 12/23/2023 10:20 AM, Pocket wrote: On 12/23/23 09:13, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: Thanks for your reply. Please see belowl On 12/23/2023 08:44 A

Re: Synaptic Problem

On 12/23/23 12:00, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: On 12/23/2023 10:20 AM, Pocket wrote: On 12/23/23 09:13, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: Thanks for your reply. Please see belowl On 12/23/2023 08:44 AM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Sat, Dec 23, 2023 at 08:34:16AM -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: I insta

Re: Synaptic Problem

This worked: https://www.ihaveapc.com/2011/10/fix-annoying-the-package-needs-to-be-reinstalled-but-i-cant-find-an-archive-for-it-error-in-linux-mint-ubuntu/ Thanks to all who answered by cry for help. On 12/23/2023 12:30 PM, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: Thank you for your guidance. The informati

Re: Synaptic Problem

Thank you for your guidance. The information in my last email is attached. On 12/23/2023 12:22 PM, Michael Kjörling wrote: On 23 Dec 2023 11:58 -0500, from s.mol...@sbcglobal.net (Stephen P. Molnar): Thanks for the reply. Please see below. Please trim your replies. We don't need >100 lines o

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On 23 Dec 2023 11:58 -0500, from s.mol...@sbcglobal.net (Stephen P. Molnar): > Thanks for the reply. > Please see below. Please trim your replies. We don't need >100 lines of text when a few lines of quoted material for context for the reply would do just fine. (Certainly quote _relevant_ material

Re: Synaptic Problem

On 12/23/2023 10:20 AM, Pocket wrote: On 12/23/23 09:13, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: Thanks for your reply. Please see belowl On 12/23/2023 08:44 AM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Sat, Dec 23, 2023 at 08:34:16AM -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: I installed VMware-Player-Full-17.5.0-22583795.x86_

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Thanks for the reply. Please see below. On 12/23/2023 11:19 AM, David Christensen wrote: On 12/23/23 05:34, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: I installed VMware-Player-Full-17.5.0-22583795.x86_64.bundle without any problems. Where did you get that file?  The following URL (?): https://www.vmware.com/

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On 12/23/23 05:34, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: I installed VMware-Player-Full-17.5.0-22583795.x86_64.bundle without any problems. Where did you get that file? The following URL (?): https://www.vmware.com/products/workstation-player/workstation-player-evaluation.html I have suffered much nega

Re: Synaptic Problem

On 12/23/23 09:13, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: Thanks for your reply. Please see belowl On 12/23/2023 08:44 AM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Sat, Dec 23, 2023 at 08:34:16AM -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: I installed VMware-Player-Full-17.5.0-22583795.x86_64.bundle without any problems. Wen I tr

Re: Synaptic Problem

Thanks for your reply. Please see belowl On 12/23/2023 08:44 AM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Sat, Dec 23, 2023 at 08:34:16AM -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: I installed VMware-Player-Full-17.5.0-22583795.x86_64.bundle without any problems. Wen I tried to run the app using the run icon I got t

Re: Synaptic Problem

On Sat, Dec 23, 2023 at 08:34:16AM -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > I installed VMware-Player-Full-17.5.0-22583795.x86_64.bundle without any > problems. > > Wen I tried to run the app using the run icon I got the error: > > Failed to execute./update command "@@BINAR@@". > railed to execute child

Re: Synaptic Problem

On 12/10/23 15:48, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: On 12/10/2023 01:22 PM, gene heskett wrote: On 12/10/23 10:47, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: I have just reinstalled Bookworm. Unfortunately, when I tru tto use synaptic I get the following error: E: The package brscan4 needs to be reinstalled, but I c

Re: Synaptic Problem

On 12/10/2023 01:22 PM, gene heskett wrote: On 12/10/23 10:47, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: I have just reinstalled Bookworm. Unfortunately, when I tru tto use synaptic I get the following error: E: The package brscan4 needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it. E: Internal er

Re: Synaptic Problem

On 12/10/23 10:47, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: I have just reinstalled Bookworm. Unfortunately, when I tru tto use synaptic I get the following error: E: The package brscan4 needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it. E: Internal error opening cache (1). Please report. Unfortun

Re: Synaptic Problem

Hello, Am 10.12.2023 um 17:58 schrieb Stephen P. Molnar: I appreciated the suggestion, but it didn't solve the problem with Synaptic. On 12/10/2023 11:03 AM, Arno Lehmann wrote: Hi all, Am 10.12.2023 um 16:53 schrieb to...@tuxteam.de: On Sun, Dec 10, 2023 at 10:47:09AM -0500, Stephen P. Mo

Re: Synaptic Problem

I appreciated the suggestion, but it didn't solve the problem with Synaptic. On 12/10/2023 11:03 AM, Arno Lehmann wrote: Hi all, Am 10.12.2023 um 16:53 schrieb to...@tuxteam.de: On Sun, Dec 10, 2023 at 10:47:09AM -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: I have just reinstalled Bookworm. Unfortunatel

Re: Synaptic Problem

Hi all, Am 10.12.2023 um 16:53 schrieb to...@tuxteam.de: On Sun, Dec 10, 2023 at 10:47:09AM -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: I have just reinstalled Bookworm. Unfortunately, when I tru tto use synaptic I get the following error: E: The package brscan4 needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find

Re: Synaptic Problem

On Sun, Dec 10, 2023 at 10:47:09AM -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > I have just reinstalled Bookworm. > > Unfortunately, when I tru tto use synaptic I get the following error: > > E: The package brscan4 needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive > for it. brscan4 is not in the officia

Re: Synaptic Problem

On 7/7/23 15:32, Felix Miata wrote: Stephen P. Molnar composed on 2023-07-07 15:17 (UTC-0400): I have just installed Bookworm without any problems. However, synaptic has developed a problem: 1920x1080 is working now??? Google has not found a solution that works. I would appreciate sug

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