Re: Running apt*, help needed

2011-12-20 Thread Cybe R. Wizard
On Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:27:49 -0500 Bill Marcum wrote: > In gmane.linux.debian.user, you wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Is there any way to run apt or dpkg, etc. so I can install > > programs/pkgs on a different system than I am running on? > > > > I can't run anything on the other system right now,

Re: Running apt*, help needed

2011-12-20 Thread Bill Marcum
In gmane.linux.debian.user, you wrote: > Hi all, > > Is there any way to run apt or dpkg, etc. so I can install > programs/pkgs on a different system than I am running on? > > I can't run anything on the other system right now, but I > can mount the disks on a machine that is running OK. > > Many

Re: Running apt*, help needed

2011-12-07 Thread Bob Proulx
Dennis Wicks wrote: > No, that is not what I have been doing! Systems are connected by 100 > Mbps network. > System "B" is the one that has the problems. System "A" is the one > that is fully functional. "B" root volume is defined as a Samba > share. It is the entire volume/disk. That share is moun

Re: Running apt*, help needed

2011-12-06 Thread Dennis Wicks
Bob Proulx wrote the following on 12/07/2011 12:37 AM: Dennis Wicks wrote: Oops! Another thing I don't know how to do: Mount a disk from a system that isn't running! When I say "mount" I meant something like "mount //host/share " where fstab defines to mount it on "/some/local/mount/point". Obv

Re: Running apt*, help needed

2011-12-06 Thread Bob Proulx
Dennis Wicks wrote: > Oops! Another thing I don't know how to do: Mount a disk from a > system that isn't running! When I say "mount" I meant something like > "mount //host/share " where fstab defines to mount it on > "/some/local/mount/point". Obviously not what you thought I meant! So you have

Re: Running apt*, help needed

2011-12-06 Thread Dennis Wicks
Bob Proulx wrote the following on 12/06/2011 09:32 PM: Dennis Wicks wrote: Just to clarify, the "bad" system is only "bad" because whein I was installing an update, for Open Office if memory serves, aptitude crashed and left "something" in an unusable state that causes segmentation faults and re

Re: Running apt*, help needed

2011-12-06 Thread Bob Proulx
Dennis Wicks wrote: > Just to clarify, the "bad" system is only "bad" because whein I was > installing an update, for Open Office if memory serves, aptitude > crashed and left "something" in an unusable state that causes > segmentation faults and relocation errors whenever I try to run > anything "

Re: Running apt*, help needed

2011-12-06 Thread Dennis Wicks
Mike Bird wrote the following on 12/06/2011 07:55 PM: Hi Dennis, (Thanks Bob): Dennis Wicks wrote via Bob Proulx: I really appreciate all the help, each new response seems to get me a little further, but then there is another brick wall that I can't figure out how to get past. When I use the

Re: Running apt*, help needed

2011-12-06 Thread Dennis Wicks
information along to you concerning your problem. Subject: Re: Running apt*, help needed Date: Tue December 6 2011, 13:09:49 From: Mike Bird To: debian-user@lists.debian.org On Sun December 4 2011 17:13:38 Dennis Wicks wrote: > Is there any way to run apt or dpkg, etc. so I can in

Re: Running apt*, help needed

2011-12-06 Thread Bob Proulx
chine, tried to do dpkg -i to install > libraries for apt but get segmentation fault. What next?? Mike Bird is having email blockage. He will be able to read your reply but is not able to post at this time. He asked me to pass this information along to you concerning your problem. Subject: Re: Runnin

Re: Running apt*, help needed

2011-12-06 Thread Bob Proulx
Dennis Wicks wrote: > All info was given in previous posts. To reiterate, Debian 5.0, > intel 32 bit 2 machines, identical, one works, one doesn't, gets > segmentation faults and/or relocation error on every command. > Mounted "bad" root on "good" machine, tried to do dpkg -i to install > libraries

Re: Running apt*, help needed

2011-12-06 Thread Dennis Wicks
Andrei Popescu wrote the following on 12/06/2011 03:25 AM: On Lu, 05 dec 11, 15:15:46, Dennis Wicks wrote: I guess I still need a few more pieces! I now have the problem that everything I have tried to do after chroot gives me a segmentation fault. eg. chroot /dgwicks/root dpkg -i .deb Even j

Re: Running apt*, help needed

2011-12-06 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Lu, 05 dec 11, 15:15:46, Dennis Wicks wrote: > > I guess I still need a few more pieces! > > I now have the problem that everything I have tried to do after > chroot gives me a segmentation fault. > > eg. chroot /dgwicks/root dpkg -i .deb > > Even just a plain chroot to my mounted directory

Re: Running apt*, help needed

2011-12-05 Thread Dennis Wicks
Andrei Popescu wrote the following on 12/05/2011 01:14 PM: On Du, 04 dec 11, 21:24:56, Dennis Wicks wrote: Both machines are nearly identical so that is not a problem. I have already gathered a lot of pieces of the solution and I hope that this is the final part of the solution! Because you in

Re: Running apt*, help needed

2011-12-05 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Du, 04 dec 11, 21:24:56, Dennis Wicks wrote: > > Both machines are nearly identical so that is not a problem. I have > already gathered a lot of pieces of the solution and I hope that > this is the final part of the solution! Because you intend yo use the network from withing the chroot (apt):

Re: Running apt*, help needed

2011-12-04 Thread Dennis Wicks
Victor Nitu wrote the following on 12/04/2011 07:20 PM: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/05/2011 03:13 AM, Dennis Wicks wrote: Hi all, Is there any way to run apt or dpkg, etc. so I can install programs/pkgs on a different system than I am running on? I can't run anything o

Re: Running apt*, help needed

2011-12-04 Thread Victor Nitu
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/05/2011 03:13 AM, Dennis Wicks wrote: > Hi all, > > Is there any way to run apt or dpkg, etc. so I can install programs/pkgs > on a different system than I am running on? > > I can't run anything on the other system right now, but I can mount t

Running apt*, help needed

2011-12-04 Thread Dennis Wicks
Hi all, Is there any way to run apt or dpkg, etc. so I can install programs/pkgs on a different system than I am running on? I can't run anything on the other system right now, but I can mount the disks on a machine that is running OK. Many TIA! Dennis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-u