Re: using dselect (was: Re: debian installation help)

2008-11-18 Thread lee
On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 10:22:08AM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > Have you read the excellent aptitude manual (I think its in package > aptitude-doc)? Also, be sure to use the curses interface (rather than > the command-line apt-get replacement). Not yet, but I'll take a look at it, thanks.

Re: using dselect (was: Re: debian installation help)

2008-11-18 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 07:24:02AM -0600, lee wrote: > On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 02:39:10PM +0200, Aioanei Rares wrote: > > > > Maybe I even come to like to aptitude if I can figure it out. > > > > > > > If you can't figure it out, that doesn't mean it sucks. > > That you can figure it out doesn't

Re: using dselect (was: Re: debian installation help)

2008-11-18 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 06:33:39AM -0600, lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 07:51:30PM -0800, Daniel Burrows wrote: > > > The "expected" workflow in aptitude is that you pick all the changes > > you want to make, then ask aptitude to show you all the changes th

Re: using dselect (was: Re: debian installation help)

2008-11-18 Thread Bob Cox
On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 06:33:39 -0600, lee ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 07:51:30PM -0800, Daniel Burrows wrote: > > But aptitude does *not* remove software without asking -- it just > > asks in a different place. > > How do you know that? Because he wrote it (aptitu

Re: using dselect (was: Re: debian installation help)

2008-11-18 Thread lee
On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 02:39:10PM +0200, Aioanei Rares wrote: > > Maybe I even come to like to aptitude if I can figure it out. > > > > If you can't figure it out, that doesn't mean it sucks. That you can figure it out doesn't mean that it doesn't suck. Maybe I did figure it out but found that

Re: using dselect (was: Re: debian installation help)

2008-11-18 Thread Aioanei Rares
On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 2:33 PM, lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 07:51:30PM -0800, Daniel Burrows wrote: > > > The "expected" workflow in aptitude is that you pick all the changes > > you want to make, then ask aptitude to show you all the changes that > > will be made (

Re: using dselect (was: Re: debian installation help)

2008-11-18 Thread lee
On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 07:51:30PM -0800, Daniel Burrows wrote: > The "expected" workflow in aptitude is that you pick all the changes > you want to make, then ask aptitude to show you all the changes that > will be made (including ones that were required by your past changes). > If you like it,

Re: using dselect

2008-11-18 Thread Nate Bargmann
* lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008 Nov 18 06:19 -0600]: > On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 12:40:54PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > > Florian Kulzer writes: > > > Let's ask fortune: > > > > > $ fortune debian -m "Andrew Morton" > > > (/usr/share/games/fortunes/debian) > > > % > > > I was attacked by dselect as

Re: using dselect

2008-11-18 Thread lee
On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 12:40:54PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > Florian Kulzer writes: > > Let's ask fortune: > > > $ fortune debian -m "Andrew Morton" > > (/usr/share/games/fortunes/debian) > > % > > I was attacked by dselect as a small child and have since avoided > > debian. > >-

Re: using dselect (was: Re: debian installation help)

2008-11-17 Thread Daniel Burrows
I think I understand. The "expected" workflow in aptitude is that you pick all the changes you want to make, then ask aptitude to show you all the changes that will be made (including ones that were required by your past changes). If you like it, you confirm that it's OK and aptitude applies t

Re: using dselect

2008-11-17 Thread John Hasler
Florian Kulzer writes: > Let's ask fortune: > $ fortune debian -m "Andrew Morton" > (/usr/share/games/fortunes/debian) > % > I was attacked by dselect as a small child and have since avoided > debian. >-- Andrew Morton > % I met with it as a mature adult and so was better able to

Re: using dselect (was: Re: debian installation help)

2008-11-17 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 11:05:48 -0600, lee wrote: [...] > Why shouldn't using dselect be recommended? Let's ask fortune: $ fortune debian -m "Andrew Morton" (/usr/share/games/fortunes/debian) % I was attacked by dselect as a small child and have since avoided debian. -- Andrew

Re: Using dselect and apt - urgent

2003-11-10 Thread David Z Maze
"Mike Simpson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 1. (*) text/plain ( ) text/html (Please set your mailer to post in plain text only, and wrap lines at 72 characters. And don't include the word "urgent" in your subject line; everyone's question is "urgent" in some form or another

Re: Using dselect with 1.44 floppies

2002-05-24 Thread Paul Johnson
Throwing this back over the fence where more folks can possibly help... On Fri, May 24, 2002 at 12:48:38PM +0100, Paul Hewson wrote: > >If you're stuck doing the floppy shuffle, check out the split command. > >You can reattach split files with cp file1+file2... filename. > > That's the bit I can

Re: Using dselect with 1.44 floppies

2002-05-24 Thread Paul Johnson
On Fri, May 24, 2002 at 09:41:52AM +0100, Paul Hewson wrote: > I can split and cat the few big files manually and put them on the HDD, and > try dpkg - i on them but this gives dependency problems. Do I just force my > way through these and sort the dependencies out in dselect later, or is the

Re: Using dselect to update Sid (and failing)

2001-07-15 Thread Jimmy Richards
On Sun, Jul 15, 2001 at 03:21:05PM -0600, Jimmy Richards wrote: > On Sun, Jul 15, 2001 at 08:59:14PM -, Kurt Dresner wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I can't seem to get my computer to update with dselect. It just fails to > > find about 30% of the .deb files, with the error "Unable to fetch file,

Re: Using dselect to update Sid (and failing)

2001-07-15 Thread Joost Kooij
On Sun, Jul 15, 2001 at 08:59:14PM -, Kurt Dresner wrote: > I can't seem to get my computer to update with dselect. It just fails to > find about 30% of the .deb files, with the error "Unable to fetch file, > server said 'debian/pool/blahblahblah: no such file or directory. ' > > My interne

Re: Using dselect to update Sid (and failing)

2001-07-15 Thread Jimmy Richards
On Sun, Jul 15, 2001 at 08:59:14PM -, Kurt Dresner wrote: > Hello, > > I can't seem to get my computer to update with dselect. It just fails to > find about 30% of the .deb files, with the error "Unable to fetch file, > server said 'debian/pool/blahblahblah: no such file or directory. ' >

Re: Using dselect With a Proxy Server

2000-01-08 Thread Ronald Tin
On Fri, Jan 07, 2000 at 09:15:12PM -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > do > > export http_proxy="http://10.10.10.2:80/"; > > Then edit /etc/apt/sources.list and change all your URIs to http > > Alternativly, you can setup APT to speak to that ftp proxy, but that is > probably lots more trouble t

Re: Using dselect With a Proxy Server

2000-01-08 Thread Andrei Popov
--- Misanthrope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, I have just installed Linux for the first > time and am having a few slight difficulties...At ... > HTTP Port: 10.10.10.2:80 > FTP Port: 10.10.10.2:21 > Socks5 Port: 1080 Do a simple trick: include in your .bashrc (assuming you use bash as you

Re: Using dselect With a Proxy Server

2000-01-08 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Fri, 7 Jan 2000, Misanthrope wrote: > Hello, I have just installed Linux for the first time and am having a few > slight difficulties...At present I am running the stable distribution, or > slink, and I can't seem to get dselect's asp package selection method working > with my home network

Re: Using dselect thru a firewall

1999-11-06 Thread T.V.Gnanasekaran
Hi Tim, Tim Ayers wrote: > > Is there a way to set up dselect to do FTP access thru a proxy? Thank > you. YES!! look into /etc/apt/apt.conf config file. There is proxy settings for http, ftp apt-get methods. > Hope you have a very nice day, :-) same to you! -gnana

Re: Using dselect

1999-10-05 Thread Brad
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Please wrap your lines at about 72 or 76 characters. Paragraphs with no linebreaks cause trouble for the mailers many of us use. On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, Randy M.Kaplan wrote: > I am trying to understand how to use dselect to install packages. When > I start dselect

Re: Using Dselect...

1999-04-27 Thread David Nelson
Even if you don't see the packages in the list, you can still install them "by hand" using dpkg -i (replace x1.1.1.deb with the appropriate file name). All those packages you listed are pretty important ones; you'll need them for various other packages, and for recompiling your kernel or other

Re: using dselect through ftp

1998-07-03 Thread graeve
On 3 Jul 1998 03:37:23 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Micha Feigin) wrote: > >I tried to use dselect through ftp. >After setting up the options it logs in to the ftp server >and then it couldn't find the directory. I checked and the >deirectory was spelled out right. anyone know the problem? > Yes Ido.

Re: using dselect with an ftp proxy

1998-01-19 Thread AJT60
Well, after reading down my mail I find someone has already asked my question and recieved an answer. That ought to teach me for posting before I read my mail :] Please ignore my previous post. Andrew -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: Using dselect and unstable packages

1998-01-13 Thread Ian & Gill Watkins
: Yes. Use an FTP site that carries unstable, and configure dpkg-ftp (through : "[A]ccess") to use the directories "dists/unstable/main", : "dists/unstable/contrib" and "dists/unstable/non-free". This is noted in Scott Ellis's libc5 ==> libc6 upgrade FAQ; it addresses many other points you will pro

Re: Using dselect and unstable packages

1998-01-12 Thread jdassen
On Mon, Jan 12, 1998 at 07:56:59PM +0500, Ian & Gill Watkins wrote: > Great, thanks. Worked like a charm. Went and got the Packages files, ran > DSELECT and had 55M of files to get!!! Whoops! I had to take them out > again to get any sense back into DSELECT. > > Would you expect this to happen or

RE: Using dselect and unstable packages

1998-01-12 Thread Ian & Gill Watkins
Great, thanks. Worked like a charm. Went and got the Packages files, ran DSELECT and had 55M of files to get!!! Whoops! I had to take them out again to get any sense back into DSELECT. Would you expect this to happen or did I do something wrong?? Thanks for your help. Ian W On Sun, Jan 11, 1

Re: Using dselect and unstable packages

1998-01-12 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Sun, 11 Jan 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : On Sun, Jan 11, 1998 at 09:15:31PM +0500, Ian & Gill Watkins wrote: : > Can you use dselect and the unstable packages vis FTP. If so how? : : Yes. Use an FTP site that carries unstable, and configure dpkg-ftp (through : "[A]ccess") to use the directo

Re: Using dselect and unstable packages

1998-01-11 Thread jdassen
On Sun, Jan 11, 1998 at 09:15:31PM +0500, Ian & Gill Watkins wrote: > Can you use dselect and the unstable packages vis FTP. If so how? Yes. Use an FTP site that carries unstable, and configure dpkg-ftp (through "[A]ccess") to use the directories "dists/unstable/main", "dists/unstable/contrib" and

Re: Using Dselect With ZIP drives

1997-11-29 Thread Alex Yukhimets
> I think I figured it out. I have been downloading the packages stright to > my HD and then copying them to my ZIP drive (on another comp) then I take > the ZIP drive and use it to run the packages, I think that I just haven't > copied those packages yet. What I did was put the packages file in th

Re: Using Dselect With ZIP drives

1997-11-29 Thread Allen Burns
I think I figured it out. I have been downloading the packages stright to my HD and then copying them to my ZIP drive (on another comp) then I take the ZIP drive and use it to run the packages, I think that I just haven't copied those packages yet. What I did was put the packages file in the root d