Re: install lenny from iso

2010-09-02 Thread Bob Proulx
tom wrote: > I was in /home/tom directory, trying to have dpkg install file located > at /home/tom/Desktop, and running the dpkg command without identifying > the correct path to the file. But that doesn't account for your example: r...@freedom:~# echo $PATH /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/

Re: install lenny from iso

2010-09-02 Thread tom
On Thu, 2010-09-02 at 19:14 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > tom wrote: > > > r...@freedom:~# echo $PATH > > > /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/games > > > r...@freedom:~# > > ... > > Bob: Aahh, but I can screw up even the most bulletproof programming. > > Turns out I was not in the right directory to

Re: install lenny from iso

2010-09-02 Thread Bob Proulx
tom wrote: > > r...@freedom:~# echo $PATH > > /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/games > > r...@freedom:~# > ... > Bob: Aahh, but I can screw up even the most bulletproof programming. > Turns out I was not in the right directory to be running the command. > Cute, eh? My apologies to the list. I

Re: install lenny from iso

2010-09-02 Thread tom
On Thu, 2010-09-02 at 18:04 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > tom wrote: > > Jordan Metzmeier wrote: > > > > r...@freedom:~# echo $PATH > > > > /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/games > > > > r...@freedom:~# > > > > > > You seemed to have modified root's default PATH. You should have the > > > directorie

Re: install lenny from iso

2010-09-02 Thread Bob Proulx
tom wrote: > Jordan Metzmeier wrote: > > > r...@freedom:~# echo $PATH > > > /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/games > > > r...@freedom:~# > > > > You seemed to have modified root's default PATH. You should have the > > directories listed in the error message, specifically the sbin > > directories.

Re: install lenny from iso

2010-09-02 Thread tom
On Thu, 2010-09-02 at 17:47 -0400, Jordan Metzmeier wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA256 > > On 09/02/2010 05:25 PM, tom wrote: > > > > Paul: Thanks. Worked like a charm. I tried to install Skype, and got > > this. Any suggestions on how to make dpkg find the path? > >

Re: install lenny from iso

2010-09-02 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 09/02/2010 05:25 PM, tom wrote: > > Paul: Thanks. Worked like a charm. I tried to install Skype, and got > this. Any suggestions on how to make dpkg find the path? > dpkg -i skype-debian_2.0.0.72-1_i386.deb > dpkg: `ldconfig' not found on PA

Re: install lenny from iso

2010-09-02 Thread tom
On Thu, 2010-09-02 at 16:53 -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Thu September 2 2010, tom wrote: > > Hey, you folks are marvelous. Managed to get a lenny i386 netinst.iso > > loaded on my Dell desktop that has a master/slave drives setup. I used > > the guided with LVM option. Not sure what LVM i

install lenny from iso

2010-09-02 Thread tom
Hey, you folks are marvelous. Managed to get a lenny i386 netinst.iso loaded on my Dell desktop that has a master/slave drives setup. I used the guided with LVM option. Not sure what LVM is all about, but figured better to have it, than not. The screen display is too small for this old codger's