Re: apt-get and holding back packages

2003-09-09 Thread Sean Estabrooks
On 08 Sep 2003 21:50:18 -0500 Bret Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2003-09-08 at 19:35, TK wrote: > > Curtis Vaughan wrote: > > > > > I want to hold back certain packages prior to running apt-get upgrade. > > > Can't seem to find the answer in the man pages. > > > > > > Curtis > > >

Re: apt-get and holding back packages

2003-09-08 Thread Bret Hughes
On Mon, 2003-09-08 at 19:35, TK wrote: > Curtis Vaughan wrote: > > > I want to hold back certain packages prior to running apt-get upgrade. > > Can't seem to find the answer in the man pages. > > > > Curtis > > Latest Debian APT has a feature called pinning: > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/ap

Re: apt-get and holding back packages

2003-09-08 Thread TK
Curtis Vaughan wrote: I want to hold back certain packages prior to running apt-get upgrade. Can't seem to find the answer in the man pages. Curtis Latest Debian APT has a feature called pinning: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-apt-get#s-pin However, if you are using apt-get on redh

Re: apt-get for RH 9

2003-04-06 Thread Eduardo Silva
This is what I got in my RH 9: # Red Hat Linux 9 rpm http://ayo.freshrpms.net redhat/9/i386 os updates freshrpms rpm-src http://ayo.freshrpms.net redhat/9/i386 os updates freshrpms BR, CM Miller wrote: Please forgive if this has been asked, but I am behind in my RH Digest due to the volume. B

Re: apt-get failure

2002-11-21 Thread Jeff Bearer
no but http://apt.freshrpms.net does. On Thu, 2002-11-21 at 05:43, Dale Kosan wrote: > The tux family site does not have a 8.0 directory.. > > > > > > > > CM Miller wrote: > > Please forgive if this has already been answered, I > > get the digest format due to volume of traffic on this

Re: apt-get failure message (paul taylor)

2002-11-21 Thread CM Miller
At a command prompt, type: su - This gives us root will all environmental settings. Then try running apt-get and see what happens. -Chris >I have run the command again in root ( not as su). It >seems to start >then it >stops with this fuller error message: >"apt-getrpm/rpmListparser.

Re: apt-get

2002-11-21 Thread Martin Marques
On Mié 20 Nov 2002 17:05, paul taylor wrote: > I have redhat 8.0. I am trying to sue apt-get to keep my box up to date > the distro only has 7.3. I added 8.0 to the command line. the error > message: "Assertion 'res' failed" > > why is this happening and how do I fix it?? > thank you Could be chan

Re: apt-get failure

2002-11-21 Thread CM Miller
Here is a good website that I point alot of folks to about this apt-get http://apt-rpm.tuxfamily.org/ thanks -chris --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I am bad, it does have an 8.o section, sorry... Gary wrote: > Hi Paul, > > On Wednesday, November 20, 2002, 9:45 PM, you put forth, in part, a

Re: apt-get failure

2002-11-21 Thread Dale Kosan
I am bad, it does have an 8.o section, sorry... Gary wrote: Hi Paul, On Wednesday, November 20, 2002, 9:45 PM, you put forth, in part, about "apt-get failure": P> rpm-src ftp://apt-rpm.tuxfamily.org/apt redhat-8.0-i386/redhat os P> rpm-src ftp://apt-rpm.tuxfamily.org/apt redhat-updates-8.0/red

Re: apt-get failure

2002-11-21 Thread Dale Kosan
The tux family site does not have a 8.0 directory.. CM Miller wrote: Please forgive if this has already been answered, I get the digest format due to volume of traffic on this list. But, did u run it as root or as a end user? I believe that only root can run apt-get. thanks -Chri

Re: apt-get

2002-11-21 Thread Dale Kosan
Add the following lines to your /etc/apt/sources file: # Red Hat Linux 8.0 rpm http://apt.freshrpms.net redhat/8.0/en/i386 os updates freshrpms rpm-src http://apt.freshrpms.net redhat/8.0/en/i386 os updates freshrpms What version of apt are you running? This should have been there from the get g

Re: apt-get failure

2002-11-20 Thread CM Miller
Please forgive if this has already been answered, I get the digest format due to volume of traffic on this list. But, did u run it as root or as a end user? I believe that only root can run apt-get. thanks -Chris --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I want to use the apt-get feature to keep Red

Re: apt-get failure

2002-11-20 Thread Gary
Hi Paul, On Wednesday, November 20, 2002, 9:45 PM, you put forth, in part, about "apt-get failure": P> rpm-src ftp://apt-rpm.tuxfamily.org/apt redhat-8.0-i386/redhat os P> rpm-src ftp://apt-rpm.tuxfamily.org/apt redhat-updates-8.0/redhat os P> rpm-src ftp://apt-rpm.tuxfamily.org/apt redhat-extra

Re: apt-get failure

2002-11-20 Thread Paul Taylor
Gary I made the changes at the bottom. Redhat 8.0 sources.list  only has 7.3  I changed it to 8.0. it isn't working. Does this give a clue?? thank you paul # This list is restricted to Red Hat distributions. # # signed repositories can have a [sigtag] # if you remove it, no digital signature

Re: apt-get failure

2002-11-20 Thread Gary
Hi Paul, On Wednesday, November 20, 2002, 7:39 AM, you put forth, in part, about "apt-get failure": P> I want to use the apt-get feature to keep Redhat 8.0 in tip top shape. P> the sources.list file only has references to 7.3 and earlier. P> I added 8.0 figuring there had to be a mistake that

Re: apt-get kernel upgrade

2002-10-10 Thread Gordon Messmer
On Thu, 2002-10-10 at 06:59, Roger Schmeits wrote: > > How does one do a kernel upgrade using apt-get? apt-get install kernel apt will give you a list of available kernel packages, appended with version numbers. Pick one of these, and use the whole string as the name of the packages you want

Re: apt-get install

2002-08-16 Thread Gordon Messmer
On Fri, 2002-08-16 at 12:57, Ed Wilts wrote: > > This isn't always guaranteed to work. If package A splits into A and B, > and A now has a dependency on B that it didn't before, rpm -F will not > catch it. up2date will. > > Before you say this is very theoretical, let me point out that I've se

Re: apt-get install

2002-08-16 Thread Jason Costomiris
On Fri, Aug 16, 2002 at 11:45:11AM -0500, Roger Schmeits wrote: : I have been trying to install apt-get (RH7.2) using the following rpms. : This is a new install with no updates from RH. : : * : apt-0.3.19cnc55-fr8.i386.rpm : apt-devel-0.3.19cnc55-fr8.i386.rpm : ** : :

Re: apt-get install

2002-08-16 Thread Roger Schmeits
I am amazed at what happens when a person reads the man pages. this command works like a charm. wget -r --level=1 ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/updates/7.2/en/os/i386/ one question -- what about md5sum? On Fri, 2002-08-16 at 15:27, Bret Hughes wrote: > On Fri, 2002-08-16 at 15:16, Rog

Re: apt-get install

2002-08-16 Thread Roger Schmeits
Do you have an good suggestions on how I could yank all those updates down a some odd ball hours? *** wget -r ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/updates/7.2/ *** I am assuming some type of script running in cron? Roger Time to go home for the weekend -- thanks for the info.!!! On Fri,

Re: apt-get install

2002-08-16 Thread Bret Hughes
On Fri, 2002-08-16 at 15:16, Roger Schmeits wrote: > Where does redhat keep all its updates? If I want to have a machine to > keep current updates where does a person find them?? > I use ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/updates Bret -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMA

Re: apt-get install

2002-08-16 Thread Roger Schmeits
Where does redhat keep all its updates? If I want to have a machine to keep current updates where does a person find them?? On Fri, 2002-08-16 at 13:58, Bret Hughes wrote: > On Fri, 2002-08-16 at 13:19, Roger Schmeits wrote: > > > > version 4.0.3 > > > > go get the updates from redhat's site

Re: apt-get install

2002-08-16 Thread Ed Wilts
On Fri, Aug 16, 2002 at 01:58:25PM -0500, Bret Hughes wrote: > > I have never used the up2date service but it seems like a good thing for > a single machine. I keep a directory on the lan with all the updates dn > go a rpm -F on it occationally from each machine on the network. This isn't always

Re: apt-get install

2002-08-16 Thread Gordon Messmer
On Fri, 2002-08-16 at 09:45, Roger Schmeits wrote: > I have been trying to install apt-get (RH7.2) using the following rpms. > This is a new install with no updates from RH. You grabbed the wrong one. Go to http://apt.freshrpms.net/ The third link is to apt for "non-updated Red Hat Linux 7.2,rpm

Re: apt-get install

2002-08-16 Thread Bret Hughes
On Fri, 2002-08-16 at 13:19, Roger Schmeits wrote: > > version 4.0.3 > go get the updates from redhat's site or a mirror. There is an updated version out there. seems like you eill need popt and gnorpm updates too IIRC. There are quite a few updates for 7.2. I would be a good idea to upgrad

Re: apt-get install

2002-08-16 Thread Roger Schmeits
version 4.0.3 On Fri, 2002-08-16 at 12:40, Bret Hughes wrote: > On Fri, 2002-08-16 at 11:45, Roger Schmeits wrote: > > I have been trying to install apt-get (RH7.2) using the following rpms. > > This is a new install with no updates from RH. > > > > * > > apt-0.3.19cnc55-fr8.i386.rpm

Re: apt-get install

2002-08-16 Thread Bret Hughes
On Fri, 2002-08-16 at 11:45, Roger Schmeits wrote: > I have been trying to install apt-get (RH7.2) using the following rpms. > This is a new install with no updates from RH. > > * > apt-0.3.19cnc55-fr8.i386.rpm > apt-devel-0.3.19cnc55-fr8.i386.rpm > ** > > These are the

RE: apt-get install

2002-08-16 Thread Carter, Shaun G
where did you get the packages. Last time I installed apt-rpm from freshrpms.net, it went off without a hitch. A quick search on these files at rpmfind.net gives the package The RPM package management system.RedHat-7.3 for i386 rpm-4.0.4-7x.18.i386.rpm Go grab that one. Shaun -O

Re: Apt-get

2002-07-14 Thread Greg Wright
*** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 14/07/2002 at 1:23 AM Jesse Angell [EMAIL PROTECTED] [gregausit/redhat-list] wrote: >Is it possible to install apt-get on a redhat 7.1 system? >If so where do I get the source code, or rpm? > www.freshrpms.net Regards Greg Wright -- IT Consultan

Re: "apt-get" for RPM

2001-01-04 Thread Peter Peltonen
"Michael R. Jinks" wrote: > > yesterday there were some folks looking for this; finally found my > bookmark: > > http://freshmeat.net/news/2000/12/02/975819599.html Has anyone actually used it? Does it work? :) As the rpm program itself has incompatibilities between different versions (I cann