RE: update with dselect and dpkg fails

2000-11-07 Thread Anderson, Tim TL33E
Without wanting to be patronising, are you aware of apt-get? > -Original Message- > From: Bernhard Aichinger [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Hi! > I tryed to update my installed packages with dselect

update with dselect and dpkg fails

2000-11-07 Thread Bernhard Aichinger
Hi! I tryed to update my installed packages with dselect and during the update procedure dpkg reports that i should convert may Berkeley 1.85 database to 2.0, because the two version are not compatible! This massage was displayed during the installation procedure of perl (update from perl 5.004 to

Re: dselect and dpkg parse error in the status file

2000-07-31 Thread Edward C. Lang
>>>>> "DD" == Dimitris Dracopoulos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: DD> Hi, DD> I am not able to run dselect and dpkg any more (I think this DD> happened after a crash). DD> Dselect starts but does not let me select any files and exits D

dselect and dpkg parse error in the status file

2000-07-31 Thread Dimitris Dracopoulos
Hi, I am not able to run dselect and dpkg any more (I think this happened after a crash). Dselect starts but does not let me select any files and exits (same problem with dpkg -i), both giving the following error message: dpkg: parse error, in file /var/lib/dpkg/status near line 22784 package

Re: Apt, Dselect, and Dpkg. What's the different?

1999-03-13 Thread Pedro Guerreiro
On Wed, Mar 10, 1999 at 03:49:07PM -0500, Shaleh wrote: > > the hierarchy is: > > dpkg > apt > dselect > > currently. dselect may disappear. Please, don't! :-) I know this is a ugly beast, but I learned to love it, and it will take some time for me to get used to any other. I not in the way of

Re: Apt, Dselect, and Dpkg. What's the different?

1999-03-10 Thread Ed Cogburn
Tam wrote: > > Hi all, > > I am new at Debian and I am kind confused about the Apt, Dselect, and Dpkg > programs. Slink was released earlier today and it has: > Apt (part 1), the new backend to dselect > Apt (part 2), the new commandline > I know Apt wi

RE: Apt, Dselect, and Dpkg. What's the different?

1999-03-10 Thread Shaleh
On 10-Mar-99 Tam wrote: > Hi all, > > I am new at Debian and I am kind confused about the Apt, Dselect, and Dpkg > programs. Slink was released earlier today and it has: > Apt (part 1), the new backend to dselect > Apt (part 2), the new commandline > I know

Apt, Dselect, and Dpkg. What's the different?

1999-03-10 Thread Tam
Hi all, I am new at Debian and I am kind confused about the Apt, Dselect, and Dpkg programs. Slink was released earlier today and it has: Apt (part 1), the new backend to dselect Apt (part 2), the new commandline I know Apt will soon have a front end (Apt 3 for "Potato")

Re: Apt, Dselect, and Dpkg. What's the different?

1999-03-09 Thread David Z. Maze
Tam Ma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Tam> I am new at Debian and I am kind confused about the Apt, Dselect, Tam> and Dpkg programs. Slink was released earlier today and it has: Tam>Apt (part 1), the new backend to dselect Tam>Apt (part 2), the new commandline Tam> I know Apt will soon have a

Apt, Dselect, and Dpkg. What's the different?

1999-03-09 Thread Tam Ma
Hi all, I am new at Debian and I am kind confused about the Apt, Dselect, and Dpkg programs. Slink was released earlier today and it has: Apt (part 1), the new backend to dselect Apt (part 2), the new commandline I know Apt will soon have a front end (Apt 3 for "Potato&q

Re: dselect and dpkg

1996-05-17 Thread Kai Grossjohann
> On 15 May 1996 12:15:39 +0200, Kai Grossjohann > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: Kai> Hi there, I'm trying to install Debian 1.1 (I know that it's Kai> unstable and maybe I should start with a stable release first, Kai> but I have already learned a few things and I think I should be Ka

dselect and dpkg

1996-05-15 Thread Kai Grossjohann
Hi there, I'm trying to install Debian 1.1 (I know that it's unstable and maybe I should start with a stable release first, but I have already learned a few things and I think I should be able to complete the installation with your help). To this end, I have made a copy of one of the mirrors to a