Tom Roche (tom_ro...@pobox.com on 2011-08-15 12:35 -0400):
>
> My dpkg/APT knowledge/skills need to go from near-beginner to at least
> intermediate-level fairly quickly, but I have lots questions. Where
> to go (e.g., what forums, lists, IRCs, other sites) to ask them?
> Why I ask:
>
[..]
> Howe
Tom Roche wrote:
> My dpkg/APT knowledge/skills need to go from near-beginner to at least
> intermediate-level fairly quickly, but I have lots questions. Where
> to go (e.g., what forums, lists, IRCs, other sites) to ask them?
If you are asking about using APT then this list debian-user is
probabl
My dpkg/APT knowledge/skills need to go from near-beginner to at least
intermediate-level fairly quickly, but I have lots questions. Where
to go (e.g., what forums, lists, IRCs, other sites) to ask them?
Why I ask:
>From using desktop ubuntu for a few years (and server ubuntu for longer,
and mint
On Tue, 3 May 2005 18:14:35 +0300
"Voiculescu Corneliu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I had mistaken and I removed the /var/lib/dpkg/available file from a
If the available-old file was deleted as well you should be able to
type:
touch /var/lib/dpkg/available
: at the command prompt. Then do:
ap
On Tue, May 03, 2005 at 06:14:35PM +0300, Voiculescu Corneliu wrote:
> I had mistaken and I removed the /var/lib/dpkg/available file from a
> linux Debian sistem
> What should I do to use apt-get without reinstalling the Debian?
>
Hi V,
/var/lib/dpkg/available-o
On Tue, May 03, 2005 at 05:46:00PM +0100, Lee Braiden wrote:
> On Tuesday 03 May 2005 17:21, Adam Garside wrote:
> > On Tue, May 03, 2005 at 11:43:15AM -0400, Adam Garside wrote:
> > > deselect update
> >
> > dselect update
>
> Hmm.. maybe someone should start working on a meta-dselect, which dese
On Tuesday 03 May 2005 17:21, Adam Garside wrote:
> On Tue, May 03, 2005 at 11:43:15AM -0400, Adam Garside wrote:
> > deselect update
>
> dselect update
Hmm.. maybe someone should start working on a meta-dselect, which deselects
selected actions for the selections that dselect selects ;)
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On Tue, May 03, 2005 at 11:43:15AM -0400, Adam Garside wrote:
> deselect update
dselect update
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On Tue, May 03, 2005 at 06:14:35PM +0300, Voiculescu Corneliu wrote:
> I had mistaken and I removed the /var/lib/dpkg/available file from a
> linux Debian sistem
> What should I do to use apt-get without reinstalling the Debian?
deselect update
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I had mistaken and I removed the /var/lib/dpkg/available file from a
linux Debian sistem
What should I do to use apt-get without reinstalling the Debian?
Corneliu Iosif Voiculescu
Facultatea de Inginerie Tehnologica
Universitatea "Transilvania" Brasov
Sectia Rob
Hello List!
I've setup my apt-get repository the way I like it. Now my other goal is
to include my custom Debian packages in my apt-get repository.
The way I understand dpkg-scanpackages, is that packages listed in the
Packages.gz file are available via apt-get install.
The trouble I'm runnin
Hi,
If you want to compile your packages specifically for your architecture,
you need to use apt-build. This utility runs like apt-get but instead of
just installing the debian package is first downloads the source, compiles
the program specific to your architecture and then installs the newly
c
Hi there, here is a Debian newbie.
I installed woody on my Pentium II several weeks ago. But I found every package I
created by 'apt-get source -b ' is architecture i386 (*.i386.deb).
The command 'dpkg --print-install-architecture' returns i386 too. From the
manpage of dpkg, I think it is beca
On Mon, 20 May 2002 14:12, Squirrel wrote:
> When I type "dpkg -i *deb",it says "ldconfig" not found on
> PATH;"start-stop-daemon" not found on PATH;
Hello,
You already have these packages on your machine; You do not have them in your
PATH. I suggest you type source ~/.bashrc
Here is a good s
On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 10:12:38AM +0800, Squirrel wrote:
> When I type "dpkg -i *deb",it says "ldconfig" not found on
> PATH;"start-stop-daemon" not found on PATH;
> "update-rc.d" not found on PATH.It seemed that I have not installed
> those tools in my machine ,where can I found these packages an
When I type "dpkg -i *deb",it says "ldconfig" not found on
PATH;"start-stop-daemon" not found on PATH;
"update-rc.d" not found on PATH.It seemed that I have not installed
those tools in my machine ,where can I found these packages and what are
the full name of these packages?
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On Tuesday 08 January 2002 11:03 pm, dman wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 10:48:57PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> | What do ii & ri mean in the 1st column of the dpkg output?
>
> You snipped it out :
>
> Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
>
>
On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 10:48:57PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
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What do ii & ri mean in the 1st column of the dpkg output?
ii xlibs 4.1.0-9X Window System client libraries
ii zlib1g 1.1.3-5compression library - runtime
ii zlib1g-dev 1.1.3-5compression library - devel
on Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 10:14:07PM -0700, Jeff Hornsberger ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
> Hi, I just moved over from redhat and am wondering about how to do a few
> things in the debian package management system.
> 1) If you know the name of a file you need, but not what package it is
> part of, wh
Jeff Hornsberger wrote:
> Hi, I just moved over from redhat and am wondering about how to do a few
> things in the debian package management system.
> 1) If you know the name of a file you need, but not what package it is
> part of, what's the best way to find out what package you need?
There's a
Hi, I just moved over from redhat and am wondering about how to do a few
things in the debian package management system.
1) If you know the name of a file you need, but not what package it is
part of, what's the best way to find out what package you need?
2) Once you install a package, how can you
> > dpkg -S file
> >
> > will tell you if a file exists in an installed package
> >
> > apt-cache search string
> >
> > will search package name and descriptions
> >
>
> I was under the impression that one can search local caches of all
> available packages NOT just those you have installed a
On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, Damien wrote:
> > If you grab the Contents-i386.gz (or whatever) file out of the archive -
> > it's in dists/stable or dists/unstable, depending - then you can grep
> > through that for whatever you need. I usually find that faster than the
> > available search tools on the
> If you grab the Contents-i386.gz (or whatever) file out of the archive -
> it's in dists/stable or dists/unstable, depending - then you can grep
> through that for whatever you need. I usually find that faster than the
> available search tools on the web.
debian provides all the necessary tools
Bob Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 10:14:07PM -0700, Jeff Hornsberger wrote:
>> Hi, I just moved over from redhat and am wondering about how to do a few
>> things in the debian package management system.
>> 1) If you know the name of a file you need, but not what packag
> 1) If you know the name of a file you need, but not what package it is
> part of, what's the best way to find out what package you need?
Have a look at www.debian.org in the Package section, there is a search
tool for this.
Francois
Bob Nielsen wrote:
>
> On Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 10:14:07PM -0700, Jeff Hornsberger wrote:
> > Hi, I just moved over from redhat and am wondering about how to do a few
> > things in the debian package management system.
> > 1) If you know the name of a file you need, but not what package it is
> > p
On Sun, 15 Oct 2000, Bob Nielsen wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 10:14:07PM -0700, Jeff Hornsberger wrote:
> > Hi, I just moved over from redhat and am wondering about how to do a few
> > things in the debian package management system.
> > 1) If you know the name of a file you need, but not what
On Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 10:14:07PM -0700, Jeff Hornsberger wrote:
> Hi, I just moved over from redhat and am wondering about how to do a few
> things in the debian package management system.
> 1) If you know the name of a file you need, but not what package it is
> part of, what's the best way to f
Hi, I just moved over from redhat and am wondering about how to do a few
things in the debian package management system.
1) If you know the name of a file you need, but not what package it is
part of, what's the best way to find out what package you need?
2) Once you install a package, how can you
i'm trying to clean up a system and am running into a dpkg
opiton problem that i have seen before, but i can't remember
now what the solution was.
when i try to upgrade dpkg i get:
Preparing to replace dpkg (using dpkg_1.4.0.8.deb) ...
dpkg: unknown option --assert-support-predepends
is the "--a
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