Re: install lenny from iso

2010-09-02 Thread Bob Proulx
tom wrote: > I was in /home/tom directory, trying to have dpkg install file located > at /home/tom/Desktop, and running the dpkg command without identifying > the correct path to the file. But that doesn't account for your example: r...@freedom:~# echo $PATH /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/

Re: install lenny from iso

2010-09-02 Thread tom
On Thu, 2010-09-02 at 19:14 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > tom wrote: > > > r...@freedom:~# echo $PATH > > > /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/games > > > r...@freedom:~# > > ... > > Bob: Aahh, but I can screw up even the most bulletproof programming. > > Turns out I was not in the right directory to

Re: install lenny from iso

2010-09-02 Thread Bob Proulx
tom wrote: > > r...@freedom:~# echo $PATH > > /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/games > > r...@freedom:~# > ... > Bob: Aahh, but I can screw up even the most bulletproof programming. > Turns out I was not in the right directory to be running the command. > Cute, eh? My apologies to the list. I

Re: install lenny from iso

2010-09-02 Thread tom
On Thu, 2010-09-02 at 18:04 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > tom wrote: > > Jordan Metzmeier wrote: > > > > r...@freedom:~# echo $PATH > > > > /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/games > > > > r...@freedom:~# > > > > > > You seemed to have modified root's default PATH. You should have the > > > directorie

Re: install lenny from iso

2010-09-02 Thread Bob Proulx
tom wrote: > Jordan Metzmeier wrote: > > > r...@freedom:~# echo $PATH > > > /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/games > > > r...@freedom:~# > > > > You seemed to have modified root's default PATH. You should have the > > directories listed in the error message, specifically the sbin > > directories.

Re: install lenny from iso

2010-09-02 Thread tom
On Thu, 2010-09-02 at 17:47 -0400, Jordan Metzmeier wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA256 > > On 09/02/2010 05:25 PM, tom wrote: > > > > Paul: Thanks. Worked like a charm. I tried to install Skype, and got > > this. Any suggestions on how to make dpkg find the path? > >

Re: install lenny from iso

2010-09-02 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 09/02/2010 05:25 PM, tom wrote: > > Paul: Thanks. Worked like a charm. I tried to install Skype, and got > this. Any suggestions on how to make dpkg find the path? > dpkg -i skype-debian_2.0.0.72-1_i386.deb > dpkg: `ldconfig' not found on PA

Re: install lenny from iso

2010-09-02 Thread tom
On Thu, 2010-09-02 at 16:53 -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Thu September 2 2010, tom wrote: > > Hey, you folks are marvelous. Managed to get a lenny i386 netinst.iso > > loaded on my Dell desktop that has a master/slave drives setup. I used > > the guided with LVM option. Not sure what LVM i