Re: Efficient Package Dependency Search with aptitude

2024-05-27 Thread Yassine Chaouche
Le 4/24/24 à 13:11, Dan Ritter a écrit> Also, I think you have meanings reversed. apt-cache depends psmisc produces the list of packages that psmisc needs to function. apt-cache rdepends psmisc produces the list of packages that need psmisc to be installed first. -dsr- Dan, Thank you for

Re: Efficient Package Dependency Search with aptitude

2024-04-24 Thread Dan Ritter
Yassine Chaouche wrote: > In my ongoing mission for precise package management, > I embarked on a quest to swiftly locate all installed packages dependent on > /mysql-server/. > Swift reconnaissance led me to /aptitude/, our stalwart ally in the Debian > arsenal. > Executing a tactical maneuver

Efficient Package Dependency Search with aptitude

2024-04-24 Thread Yassine Chaouche
Debian Users, In my ongoing mission for precise package management, I embarked on a quest to swiftly locate all installed packages dependent on /mysql-server/. Swift reconnaissance led me to /aptitude/, our stalwart ally in the Debian arsenal. Executing a tactical maneuver akin to this: |# apti

Re: Crossgrading Wheezy from 32bit to 64bit: Solving package dependency problems after kernel change.

2018-01-18 Thread Pieter Van Isacker
Hi Sven, Thanks for that suggestion. I've quickly tried this on a test VM and indeed crossgrading seems to work much better in debian 9 compared to debian 7. Thanks, Pieter > On 16 Jan 2018, at 16:03, Sven Hartge wrote: > > Pieter Van Isacker wrote: > >> While testing change a Debian Wheezy

Re: Crossgrading Wheezy from 32bit to 64bit: Solving package dependency problems after kernel change.

2018-01-16 Thread Michael Lange
Hi, On Tue, 16 Jan 2018 14:58:48 +0100 Pieter Van Isacker wrote: > Hi all, > > While testing change a Debian Wheezy from 32bit to 64bit I ran into an > issue. Following the guide on https://wiki.debian.org/CrossGrading > Once we've change to 64bit we > pla

Re: Crossgrading Wheezy from 32bit to 64bit: Solving package dependency problems after kernel change.

2018-01-16 Thread deloptes
Sven Hartge wrote: > Still, there is no guarantee it will work and for production systems I > strongly advise you to just backup the data and reinstall from scratch > as 64bit system. +1 copy data (backup) dpkg --get-selections install 64 dpkg --set-selections migrate configurations 90% is plan

Re: Crossgrading Wheezy from 32bit to 64bit: Solving package dependency problems after kernel change.

2018-01-16 Thread Sven Hartge
Pieter Van Isacker wrote: > While testing change a Debian Wheezy from 32bit to 64bit I ran into an > issue. Following the guide on https://wiki.debian.org/CrossGrading > Once we've change to 64bit we > plan to update to Debian 8 and then possibly to Debian 9

Crossgrading Wheezy from 32bit to 64bit: Solving package dependency problems after kernel change.

2018-01-16 Thread Pieter Van Isacker
Hi all, While testing change a Debian Wheezy from 32bit to 64bit I ran into an issue. Following the guide on https://wiki.debian.org/CrossGrading Once we've change to 64bit we plan to update to Debian 8 and then possibly to Debian 9 Changing the kernel to

Re: OpenShot python-mlt package dependency problem - RETRACTED

2013-10-06 Thread Joel Roth
Joel Roth wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm using sid, to get the latest and greatest at > the cost of some expected pains. > > I need to do some basic video editing. My first choice > is openshot, advertised as easy to use. I found that pitivi installs readily, has good docs. I'll start here. Of course

OpenShot python-mlt package dependency problem

2013-10-05 Thread Joel Roth
Hi all, I'm using sid, to get the latest and greatest at the cost of some expected pains. I need to do some basic video editing. My first choice is openshot, advertised as easy to use. However it depends on python-mlt5, which apt-get says is replaced by python-mlt or python-mlt:i386. Python-mlt

Re: Ignore package dependency ruby.

2012-09-18 Thread Darac Marjal
On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 04:56:18PM +0200, Brent Clark wrote: > Hiya > > I need to install puppet on one of my machines. Problem is, I > already have Ruby Enterprise, and i don't want to have both on the > same machine. I'm not familiar with "Ruby Enterprise", but I assume it's a non-packaged vers

Ignore package dependency ruby.

2012-09-18 Thread Brent Clark
Hiya I need to install puppet on one of my machines. Problem is, I already have Ruby Enterprise, and i don't want to have both on the same machine. If you see the following: num-web01:/tmp# aptitude -t squeeze-backports install puppet facter git-core The following NEW packages will be install

Re: 'mktemp' testing package dependency

2009-06-17 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2009-06-17 15:23 +0200, Daniel Burrows wrote: > On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 07:47:20AM +0200, Sven Joachim was > heard to say: >> On 2009-06-17 05:59 +0200, Daniel Burrows wrote: >> >> > On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 10:59:03PM +0200, Sven Joachim >> > was heard to say: >> >> On 2009-06-16 21:44 +02

Re: 'mktemp' testing package dependency

2009-06-17 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 07:47:20AM +0200, Sven Joachim was heard to say: > On 2009-06-17 05:59 +0200, Daniel Burrows wrote: > > > On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 10:59:03PM +0200, Sven Joachim > > was heard to say: > >> On 2009-06-16 21:44 +0200, Jason Filippou wrote: > >> > Downgrade the following pa

Re: 'mktemp' testing package dependency

2009-06-16 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2009-06-17 05:59 +0200, Daniel Burrows wrote: > On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 10:59:03PM +0200, Sven Joachim was > heard to say: >> On 2009-06-16 21:44 +0200, Jason Filippou wrote: >> > Downgrade the following packages: >> > mktemp [1.6-4 (now) -> 1.5-9 (stable)] >> > >> > Score is 80 >> >> I wond

Re: 'mktemp' testing package dependency

2009-06-16 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 10:59:03PM +0200, Sven Joachim was heard to say: > On 2009-06-16 21:44 +0200, Jason Filippou wrote: > > Downgrade the following packages: > > mktemp [1.6-4 (now) -> 1.5-9 (stable)] > > > > Score is 80 > > I wonder why aptitude is suggesting this, downgrading mktemp would

Re: 'mktemp' testing package dependency

2009-06-16 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2009-06-16 21:44 +0200, Jason Filippou wrote: > Over the last few days aptitude in my testing system detects an > unsolved package dependency, concerning the package 'mktemp'. Here's > the output of full-upgrade: > > ja...@debian:~$ sudo aptitude full-upgrade &

Re: 'mktemp' testing package dependency

2009-06-16 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:44:21 +0300 Jason Filippou wrote: Hello Jason, > Or just any information regarding mktemp? Using Synpatic, mktemp is marked as local/obsolete. This is in testing, of course. Marking mktemp for removal warns me that doing so might make my system unusable. I therefore de

'mktemp' testing package dependency

2009-06-16 Thread Jason Filippou
Hello, Over the last few days aptitude in my testing system detects an unsolved package dependency, concerning the package 'mktemp'. Here's the output of full-upgrade: ja...@debian:~$ sudo aptitude full-upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading st

Re: debian/control package dependency list (how to exclude some version)

2007-10-09 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Mon, Oct 08, 2007 at 03:19:03PM -0700, qing zhao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > Is there a way that I can exclude some package version in package > dependency list. I understand that the current relationships between > packages are: <<, <=, =, >= and >&

Re: debian/control package dependency list (how to exclude some version)

2007-10-08 Thread Mumia W..
On 10/08/2007 05:19 PM, qing zhao wrote: In debian/control file: Is there a way that I can exclude some package version in package dependency list. I understand that the current relationships between packages are: <<, <=, =, >= and >> for strictly earlier, earlier or eq

debian/control package dependency list (how to exclude some version)

2007-10-08 Thread qing zhao
In debian/control file: Is there a way that I can exclude some package version in package dependency list. I understand that the current relationships between packages are: <<, <=, =, >= and >> for strictly earlier, earlier or equal, exactly equal, later or equal and strictly l

Re: Where to file a package-dependency bug?

2006-01-03 Thread Kevin B. McCarty
Since Andrew Vaughan already answered your first question, I'll just get this one: The Wanderer wrote: > (As long as I'm here anyway, a minor question on completely another > topic: since I'm told that apt-get and apt-cache are deprecated, what is > the intended successor - in aptitude or similar

Re: Where to file a package-dependency bug?

2006-01-02 Thread The Wanderer
On 01/02/2006 05:16 PM, Andrew Vaughan wrote: On Tue, 3 Jan 2006 09:07, The Wanderer wrote: Okay, that does sound intentional enough. (I'm currently wondering how to get reportbug to re-present its initial "first-run setup" sequence, since I cancelled out of that because I'd given the wrong co

Re: Where to file a package-dependency bug?

2006-01-02 Thread Andrew Vaughan
On Tue, 3 Jan 2006 09:07, The Wanderer wrote: > Okay, that does sound intentional enough. (I'm currently wondering how > to get reportbug to re-present its initial "first-run setup" sequence, > since I cancelled out of that because I'd given the wrong command line > and as a result now have no ~/.

Re: Where to file a package-dependency bug?

2006-01-02 Thread The Wanderer
(...rassum, frassum...) On 01/02/2006 04:00 PM, Kevin B. McCarty wrote: The Wanderer wrote: (In the process, I've discovered that reportbug does not permit a bug to be reported on a dependency package, but only on the packages it depends on. This is probably another bug...) I didn't believe

Re: Where to file a package-dependency bug?

2006-01-02 Thread Kevin B. McCarty
The Wanderer wrote: > (In the process, I've discovered that reportbug does not permit a bug to > be reported on a dependency package, but only on the packages it depends > on. This is probably another bug...) I didn't believe this at first but it's true! I think it's planned behavior, though. L

Re: Where to file a package-dependency bug?

2006-01-02 Thread The Wanderer
(Grrr... same broken "reply to poster, not to list" behaviour... resending to the mailing list, and setting reply-to by hand despite the extra aggravation.) On 01/02/2006 12:20 PM, Kevin B. McCarty wrote: The Wanderer wrote: In current sid, the x-winow-system-core package depends on both xfon

Re: Where to file a package-dependency bug?

2006-01-02 Thread Kevin B. McCarty
The Wanderer wrote: > In current sid, the x-winow-system-core package depends on both > xfonts-75dpi and xfonts-100dpi. The package description for xfonts-75dpi > includes the note: > > > == > This package and xfonts-100dpi provide the same set of fonts, rendered at > different resolutions; on

Where to file a package-dependency bug?

2006-01-01 Thread The Wanderer
In current sid, the x-winow-system-core package depends on both xfonts-75dpi and xfonts-100dpi. The package description for xfonts-75dpi includes the note: == This package and xfonts-100dpi provide the same set of fonts, rendered at different resolutions; only one or the other is necessary, but

Package dependency problem with util-linux and slang

2005-07-29 Thread Nate Eldredge
Hi all, I am having some trouble resolving a package dependency. I have util-linux 2.12p-4 installed (this is on unstable). It has a PreDepend on slang1a-utf8 (>> 1.4.9dbs-4). I do have slang1a-utf8 1.4.9-dbs8 installed, but this package has been removed from unstable. As far as I ca

aolserver/openacs package dependency problem

2001-02-25 Thread Aaron Brashears
Hi there. I'm having a problem installing openacs on my sid system. The problem arises because of bug #84041 with aolserver 3.2-4 which fails during install. To circumvent this problem, I installed aolserver 3.0rc2-4 available in potato. I then attempted to install openacs, which correctly installs

Re: Package dependency issues

2000-01-16 Thread Joachim Trinkwitz
Paul McAvoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I submitted this question a while ago, and didn't get much of a response. [... Problems with home made qmail as MTA ...] At least I responded (and you never raised any objections to my solution): || You'd better install the debian package qmail-src, whi

Re: Package dependency issues

2000-01-16 Thread Martin Bialasinski
* "Damon" == Damon Muller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Damon> This is what I did myself and it worked well. This is off the Damon> top of my head, so you may have to play around a bit, but Damon> basically that's what equivs is for. BTW: Anyone should use the equivs from potato. It is better than t

Re: Package dependency issues

2000-01-16 Thread Damon Muller
On Fri, Jan 14, 2000 at 05:55:59PM -0800, Paul McAvoy wrote: > I am having a problem in that I am using qmail on my system, and the apt/dpkg > system does not recognize that it fills the dependency of a > mail-transport-agent. So, by default everytime I want to install something > like a mail read

Re: Package dependency issues

2000-01-15 Thread Bruce Sass
Well, you can manually create an entry in the dpkg DB (/var/lib/dpkg/status) with your favorite text editor. If the line "Provides: mail-transport-agent" is in the entry then dpkg will stop complaining. You will also need to put a .list file in /var/lib/dpkg/info. IMPORTANT NOTE: dpkg will think

Package dependency issues

2000-01-15 Thread Paul McAvoy
I submitted this question a while ago, and didn't get much of a response. Here goes agai: I am having a problem in that I am using qmail on my system, and the apt/dpkg system does not recognize that it fills the dependency of a mail-transport-agent. So, by default everytime I want to install some

Re: package dependency

1999-07-09 Thread E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)
[ my `debquery' script ] Right, this is the first update... %) [...] > > ex $STATUSFILE << _EOF_ | cut -d: -f2 > g/^$FIELD:.*\<$PACKAGE\>/ ?Package? p The previous line works better if it replaced by these two: g/^$FIELD:.*\<$PACKAGE\>[^-]/ ?Package? p g/^$FIELD:.*\<$PACKAGE\$/ ?Package? p Th

Re: package dependency

1999-07-09 Thread E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)
> > Hi, > How do I know if the package is no longer dependent by others? > > for example, if I have a lib-blah package installed, and I want to know > if there are any other packages installed on my system that depends on > this package. > > I don't want to try to r

package dependency

1999-07-09 Thread Shao Zhang
Hi, How do I know if the package is no longer dependent by others? for example, if I have a lib-blah package installed, and I want to know if there are any other packages installed on my system that depends on this package. I don't want to try to remove it

Re: Package dependency problem: a loop?

1999-03-20 Thread Bob Nielsen
Either: 1. Use 'apt-get install' 2. Use dselect 3. Use 'dpkg -i' to install both packages at the same time. Bob On Sat, 20 Mar 1999, John wrote: > When I tried to install ppp-pam package I encountered a dependency problem. > The following two packages depend on each other. As a result I can

Re: Package dependency problem: a loop?

1999-03-20 Thread Bradley Bell
Install them simultaneously. Assuming you downloaded the packages by hand: dpkg -i libpam0g-util_0.65-0.9.deb libpam0g_0.65-0.9.deb -Brad On Sat, 20 Mar 1999, John wrote: > When I tried to install ppp-pam package I encountered a dependency > problem. The following two packages depend on each ot

Package dependency problem: a loop?

1999-03-20 Thread John
When I tried to install ppp-pam package I encountered a dependency problem. The following two packages depend on each other. As a result I cannot get them properly installed & configured. If somebody knows the solution, please tell me. TKS. Package: libpam0g-util Version: 0.65-0.9 Section: l

Re: [Hamm Install] package dependency problems

1998-06-11 Thread Ed Cogburn
Francois Gouget wrote: > > Hi, > > I downloaded Hamm last night from fp.mi.us.debian.org and I got quite > a lot of package download problems. Packages that seem to have moved > between the ime I selected them and the time I downloaded them. > > Anyway, I have a lot of pa

Re: [Hamm Install] package dependency problems

1998-06-11 Thread Johnie Ingram
"Francois" == Francois Gouget?= writes: Francois> (a rather bad name imho), not perl. perl-base Francois> replaces perl which I guess means it provides Francois> it (once the install worked out ok). Or maybe Francois> the package perl provides perl because it is Francois> called perl then. Pack

RE: [Hamm Install] package dependency problems

1998-06-11 Thread Francois Gouget
On Wednesday, June 10, 1998 3:49 PM, Johnie Ingram [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > "Francois" == Francois Gouget?= writes: > > Francois> 5.004.04-2)'. I tried to find another package > Francois> that would provide 'perl' but did not find > > Perl itself provides perl: > > ./hamm/hamm/b

Re: [Hamm Install] package dependency problems

1998-06-10 Thread Johnie Ingram
"Francois" == Francois Gouget?= writes: Francois> 5.004.04-2)'. I tried to find another package Francois> that would provide 'perl' but did not find Perl itself provides perl: ./hamm/hamm/binary-i386/interpreters/perl_5.004.04-6.deb Francois> 'libg++' not the one I expected. I could

[Hamm Install] package dependency problems

1998-06-10 Thread Francois Gouget
Hi, I downloaded Hamm last night from fp.mi.us.debian.org and I got quite a lot of package download problems. Packages that seem to have moved between the ime I selected them and the time I downloaded them. Anyway, I have a lot of package problems, 58 packages are in th