On 05/23/2017 08:47 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 09:23:46AM -0400, Fungi4All wrote:
>> Original Message
>> Subject: Re: Apt Question
>> UTC Time: May 23, 2017 11:54 AM
>> From: wool...@eeg.ccf.org
>
>>> If he
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On 05/23/2017 03:57 AM, Fungi4All wrote:
>
>> Original Message
>> Subject: Re: Apt Question
>> UTC Time: May 22, 2017 11:02 PM
>> From: songb...@anthive.com
>>
>> Michael Milliman wrote:
>> > I have, for various reasons, the repo
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On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 09:23:46AM -0400, Fungi4All wrote:
> Original Message
> Subject: Re: Apt Question
> UTC Time: May 23, 2017 11:54 AM
> From: wool...@eeg.ccf.org
>
> > If he
> > is already running
Original Message
Subject: Re: Apt Question
UTC Time: May 23, 2017 11:54 AM
From: wool...@eeg.ccf.org
> If he
> is already running a sid linux kernel and some other core packages by
> switching to jessie he will be stuck with those packages almost indefinitely,
He'
On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 04:57:03AM -0400, Fungi4All wrote:
> Michael Milliman wrote:
> > I have, for various reasons, the repositories from stable (Jessie),
> > stretch, and sid in my sources.list file. I have Stretch installed and
> > have it running for some time.
> I don't know, I am not being
Original Message
Subject: Re: Apt Question
UTC Time: May 22, 2017 11:02 PM
From: songb...@anthive.com
Michael Milliman wrote:
> I have, for various reasons, the repositories from stable (Jessie),
> stretch, and sid in my sources.list file. I have Stretch installed and
>
Michael Milliman wrote:
> I have, for various reasons, the repositories from stable (Jessie),
> stretch, and sid in my sources.list file. I have Stretch installed and
> have it running for some time. On occasion, there is a bug in Stretch
> and I revert to the stable version of the package until t
"Roberto C. Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 06, 2006 at 10:11:29AM +1300, Matt Parlane wrote:
> > Hi all...
> >
> > I couldn't think of an appropriate subject, so that will have to do... :)
> >
> > I have a couple of servers each with a bunch of packages installed,
> > and I w
Hi All...
On Thu, Oct 05, 2006 at 05:17:14PM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 06, 2006 at 10:11:29AM +1300, Matt Parlane wrote:
> > Hi all...
> >
> > I couldn't think of an appropriate subject, so that will have to do... :)
> >
> > I have a couple of servers each with a bunch of
On Fri, Oct 06, 2006 at 10:11:29AM +1300, Matt Parlane wrote:
> Hi all...
>
> I couldn't think of an appropriate subject, so that will have to do... :)
>
> I have a couple of servers each with a bunch of packages installed,
> and I would like some way of getting that exact bunch of packages
> in
On Fri, Oct 06, 2006 at 10:11:29AM +1300, Matt Parlane wrote:
> I couldn't think of an appropriate subject, so that will have to do... :)
"duplication package setup across machines" ?
> I have a couple of servers each with a bunch of packages installed,
> and I would like some way of getting
On Wednesday 29 September 2004 20:29, Bradley Alexander wrote:
> Got a quick apt question. I had a DIMM go bad in my sid system, and
> thanks to having to hard reset it during troubleshooting, a couple of
> filesystems got trashed.
>
> I removed the bad DIMM, and was able to rebuild the filesystems
On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 21:26:03 -0600, Kent West wrote:
>Mark Healey wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 20:10:26 -0600, Kent West wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Did you "apt-get update" first? If not, you need to.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Thanks. I could swear that wasn't in the man page.
>>
>>
>>
>enjae[westk]:/home/westk> man a
Mark Healey wrote:
On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 20:10:26 -0600, Kent West wrote:
Did you "apt-get update" first? If not, you need to.
Thanks. I could swear that wasn't in the man page.
enjae[westk]:/home/westk> man apt-get
. . .
DESCRIPTION
apt-get is the command-line tool for handling p
On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 20:10:26 -0600, Kent West wrote:
>Mark Healey wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 20:53:35 -0600, Kent West wrote:
>>
>>As you recommended I added these lines to my /etc/apt/sources.list:
>>
>>
>>
>>
# Uncomment if you want the apt-get source function to work
>>which I
Mark Healey wrote:
On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 20:53:35 -0600, Kent West wrote:
As you recommended I added these lines to my /etc/apt/sources.list:
# Uncomment if you want the apt-get source function to work
which I did
#deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
At 01 Oct 2003 14:47:58 +0200,
JG wrote:
>
> Hi,
> Put the package on "hold". Select your package on dselect or aptitude
> and press "=" to put it on hold. Or
>
> $ echo pptp-client hold | dpkg --set-selections
>
> This will keep the package at the current version (unless you
> intentionally ins
Chris Kenrick wrote:
In order to get a few packages to the versions I wanted them at, I ended
up using packages from unstable. Unfortunately, I ended up getting
libc6 and a few other important ones. Now I'm seeing various errors
sporadically that I suspect are related to this upgrade.
First qu
It's easy, and helpful. :)
Create/Add...
Package: *
Pin: release a=testing
Pin-priority: 900
Package: *
Pin: release a=unstable
Pin-priority: 50
...To your /etc/apt/preferences, and add a sid source at the end of your
/etc/apt/sources.list. If you're using potato, you'd change the 'Pin:
releas
On Tuesday 22 January 2002 20:23, Scott Henson wrote:
> A few weeks ago I heard something about pinning in apt. If I remember
> correctly you can put sid in your sources.list and pin its urgency down
> to 50 and there for you could install stuff in sid with out upgradeing
> to sid. Or something t
On Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 08:23:51PM -0500, Scott Henson wrote:
| A few weeks ago I heard something about pinning in apt. If I remember
| correctly you can put sid in your sources.list and pin its urgency down
| to 50 and there for you could install stuff in sid with out upgradeing
| to sid. Or som
Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Also apt-get install apt-howto/unstable
Sweet! Thanks.
Armed with new information, I would interpret the following stanza
as "Don't install *anything* that the Debian folks created."
Correct?
> Package: *
> Pin: release o=Debian
> Pin-Priority: -1
On Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 06:10:10PM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote:
> Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Even after pouring over the apt-preferences man page a few times, I
> > have no idea what is meant by the second stanza.
> >
> > Examples should be added to /usr/share/doc/apt as we
Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Even after pouring over the apt-preferences man page a few times, I
> have no idea what is meant by the second stanza.
>
> Examples should be added to /usr/share/doc/apt as well.
http://bugs.debian.org/114417
--
Brian Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I asked myself the questions: How do I add the occasional unstable
package to my testing system in a better way than downloading debs
and using dpkg to install them? How do I track packages in testing
that I originally got out of unstable? Finally, and less often, how
do I track a particu
Am 03. Jul, 2001 schwäzte D-Man so:
> I used 'dist-upgrade', not 'install apt', a couple weeks ago. I got
> the same sort of errors. I tried the '-f' (force) option (as suggested
Actually, -f is --fix-broken.
> by some program) and it worked. I then killed it so I could go back to
> regular u
Am 03. Jul, 2001 schwäzte Paul Mackinney so:
> Disclaimer: Post from blatant newbie.
>
> I tried der.hans' advice to add the two lines to /etc/apt/sources.list for
> woody (these exactly match the woody page on www.debian.org, BTW)
>
> > deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib no
On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 02:54:02PM -0700, Paul Mackinney wrote:
| Disclaimer: Post from blatant newbie.
|
| I tried der.hans' advice to add the two lines to /etc/apt/sources.list
| for woody (these exactly match the woody page on www.debian.org, BTW)
| Unpacking g++-2.95 (from .../g++-2.95_1%3a2.
Am 15. Jun, 2001 schwäzte Ben Harvey so:
> I remember hearing something about mixing potato & woody in sources.list so
> that apt wont use the unstable version unless you explicitly tell it to.
>
> now that I want to do just that I can't find the relevant docs/archived mail
> It might have had s
On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 05:37:11PM -0500, will trillich wrote:
> i stick with potato. it worked yesterday, it'll still work
> tomorrow. i may WANT something fancy that's only in woody, but i
> can make do with potato just fine. and intelligent contributors
> keep backporting other gizmos to potato
On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 08:51:47PM +0200, pReJkEr wrote:
> Ello
>
> i've installed debian on my comp for the first time
> and when i was installing it (base-config) from an ftp site
> (ftp.pl.debian.org) apt downloads very old packages ie. xfree-3.3.6
> gnome-1.0 and so on can someone
Am 14. Jun, 2001 schwäzte pReJkEr so:
> i've installed debian on my comp for the first time
> and when i was installing it (base-config) from an ftp site
> (ftp.pl.debian.org) apt downloads very old packages ie. xfree-3.3.6
> gnome-1.0 and so on can someone tell me what i have to write
On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 10:15:14AM -0500, Andrew Dixon decreed:
> > i've installed debian on my comp for the first time
> > and when i was installing it (base-config) from an ftp site
> > (ftp.pl.debian.org) apt downloads very old packages ie. xfree-3.3.6
> > gnome-1.0 and so on can som
HI
pReJkEr wrote:
Ello
i've installed debian on my comp for the first time
and when i was installing it (base-config) from an ftp site
(ftp.pl.debian.org) apt downloads very old packages ie. xfree-3.3.6
gnome-1.0 and so on can someone tell me what i have to write
to
sources.list to
Jitse Niesen wrote:
> You can add the following line to /etc/apt/apt.conf:
>
>APT::Default-Release "testing";
Hm, I tried that with poor results, the following in
/etc/apt/preferences works much better for me:
Package: *
Pin: release a=testing
Pin-Priority: 900
Package: *
Pin: release o=Deb
On Sun, 25 Mar, 2001 at 19:37:04 +0100, Jitse Niesen wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Mar 2001, Radu Muschevici wrote:
>
> > is it posible to have two distro lines in /etc/apt/sources.list
> > like this:
> >
> > deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib
> > deb http://ftp.de.debian.or
On Sat, 24 Mar 2001, Radu Muschevici wrote:
> is it posible to have two distro lines in /etc/apt/sources.list
> like this:
>
> deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib
> deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
>
> and prevent apt from taking
on Sat, Mar 24, 2001 at 03:47:47AM +0100, Radu Muschevici ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
> is it posible to have two distro lines in /etc/apt/sources.list
> like this:
>
> deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib
> deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free
On Sat, 24 Mar, 2001 at 09:58:28 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib
> > deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
>
> Entries like this are not wise, because you will get only the newest
> packages in the
> deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib
> deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
Entries like this are not wise, because you will get only the newest
packages in the list, using select funktion of dselect.
> I want to run testing and only
> In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 03/05/01
>at 12:52 PM, Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>
>
> >Just package your private package with higher version number and install
> >over working Debian is safer. That is the right way.
>
> Maybe I could make a simple deb package of my sources. How h
Read packaging-manual and debian-policy. I aint no expert.
> Maybe I could make a simple deb package of my sources. How hard is it to
> do that? Is there a link to some good docs?
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In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 03/05/01
at 12:52 PM, Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>Just package your private package with higher version number and install
>over working Debian is safer. That is the right way.
Maybe I could make a simple deb package of my sources. How hard is it to
do
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 03/04/01
at 08:16 PM, Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>I am sure you have enough space on HD (like swap).
>Just do not overwrite current system. Even if you try to hold them with
>dselect, you have broken dependency.
Yeah. Is there a way to get into the depe
I am sure you have enough space on HD (like swap).
Just do not overwrite current system. Even if you try to hold them with
dselect, you have broken dependency.
You really need to install new base system. (anything less will get you
into trouble.)
1. Make space somewhere on HD. (move files an
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 03/04/01
at 07:14 PM, Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>I may have misunderstood original posting but...
>Enen if original poster started with one of Debian, he seems have
>installled binary programs without debian package. (If he started with RH
>or Slack, thin
I may have misunderstood original posting but...
Enen if original poster started with one of Debian, he seems have
installled binary programs without debian package. (If he started
with RH or Slack, things are worse.)
If these programs are needed and can not be replaced by Debian ones, my
best be
On Sun, 4 Mar 2001, F. Heitkamp wrote:
>I have a mostly working Linux setup that I have
>maintained and upgraded over the years using
>sources I've compiled and installed.
>
>I want to use apt so that I can test and checkout
>various applications and can remove them easily
>if I no longer need, or
> I have a mostly working Linux setup that I have
> maintained and upgraded over the years using
> sources I've compiled and installed.
>
> I want to use apt so that I can test and checkout
> various applications and can remove them easily
> if I no longer need, or don't like them.
>
> How can I
Hi,
Mixing packaging system is considered bad practice. I think it is best
not to do. Alternative is dual boot Linux if it is not dedicated
production server. (If serious server, just set up another backup
machine)
Install debian and transfer data (mount partition or NFS) to migrate.
Debian wit
Bradley wrote:
> I have run into a problem doing apt-get updates.
> woody/main Packages Sub-process gzip returned an error code (1)
I saw the same thing last night, using unstable. After that, I just backed
slowly away from they keyboard, with my hands in the air. It may just be a
problem
> What I am trying to do is install the latest version of the sawfish
> window manager. It resides in the unstable section. The problem is
> that I want to install only what is required from the unstable base. I
> tried pressing "R" and "D" so that only the packages I selected would be
> install
|> What I am trying to do is install the latest version of the sawfish
|> window manager. It resides in the unstable section. The problem is
|> that I want to install only what is required from the unstable base. I
|> tried pressing "R" and "D" so that only the packages I selected would be
On Sat, Jun 19, 1999 at 04:42:45PM -0600, Omniflux wrote
> I'd like apt to look at my cd's before looking at the rest of the sites in
> my sorces.list, but while I can get it to look at one cd, I can't get it to
> look at the second (Official Debian CD's) If I use symlinks to repoint the
> Packages
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