Re: apt- and dselect

alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I tried running deselect and received this error message: > > E: Malformed line 2 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (deb) > update available list script returned error exit status 1. > Press to continue > This is the trouble maker line: > > deb http://ftp.de.

Re: apt- and dselect

Once you have the .deb locally, you can simply run "dpkg -i your_file_to_be_installed.deb", saving a bit of tedium perhaps. apt and dselect seem to start 'update' OK and and appear to find some files but in a short time, an error notice shows up, (error 1, error2, 404 and the like) and the

Re: apt- and dselect

alex wrote: I haven't been able to get apt- and dselect to finish the 'update' phase when I try to download and install packages from the sites recommended for deb packages but they work ok when they're used with Debian CD's. I don't think it is a modem problem because email and web browsing wor

Re: Apt and dselect dis-agree what should be done

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Tavasti) wrote: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson) writes: > >> >automatically marking some packages for install. It's ok for me, but >> >when it's getting some conflicts, then I'm puzzled, what should I do? >> Mark them as unselected and override the dependencies with 'Q'? >

Re: Apt and dselect dis-agree what should be done

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson) writes: > >automatically marking some packages for install. It's ok for me, but > >when it's getting some conflicts, then I'm puzzled, what should I do? > Mark them as unselected and override the dependencies with 'Q'? And next time in dselect, same thing again?

Re: Apt and dselect dis-agree what should be done

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Tavasti) wrote: >Why quite often with newly upgraded system, dselect still would >install some packages, and maybe get some problems? apt-get ignores Suggests: lines in package dependencies; dselect will offer them for the user's attention ... also, I *think* apt ignores Reco