Re: dpkg and deb files, Thanks

1997-12-21 Thread Daniel Martin at cush
"Rick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > All i need now is some guidence on what files to get next!, i am leaving > x-win until the cd arrives, but if anybody has any farorite packages that > will be good for a newbie, just some general thinks to help get to grips > with linux, fun stuff etc! less an

dpkg and deb files, Thanks

1997-12-19 Thread Rick
Hi, Thanks to a suggestion i have managed to sucessfully install some deb files from a mounted vfat\msdos partition! Hurrah! There were still some err messages when installing man-db, but they we only about not finding some language files, everything works fine! the command i used to mount the vf

Re: dpkg and deb files

1997-12-19 Thread David Stern
On Fri, 19 Dec 1997 10:38:50 GMT, "Rick" wrote: > HI (Me again) > I am still having major problems with dpkg and deb files, as suggested i > have re downloaded the deb files several times, both with cute ftp (in > binary mode) and msie, yet when ever i try to in

Re: dpkg and deb files

1997-12-19 Thread Adam Heath
-Original Message- From: Rick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Friday, December 19, 1997 6:01 AM Subject: dpkg and deb files >HI (Me again) >I am still having major problems with dpkg and deb files, as suggested i >have re downloaded the de

Re: dpkg and deb files

1997-12-19 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, Which ftp site have you been using? Are *all* the deb files apparently corrupted? manoj -- EXCLUSIVE: Imported product. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Key C7261095 fingerprint = CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E

dpkg and deb files

1997-12-19 Thread Rick
HI (Me again) I am still having major problems with dpkg and deb files, as suggested i have re downloaded the deb files several times, both with cute ftp (in binary mode) and msie, yet when ever i try to install them with dpkg i always get the same error messages. unexpected eof, something about