Hi Kim Thanks very much for the info. Have done it all but Cheese still will not open all I get is an error report box.
Best Regards Tony On 19/06/12 14:28, Kim Tyler wrote: > After downloading the packages from the ppa (I didn't want to include > the ppa in my repositories) I did a dpkg -i<cheese package names> > > In detail, after downloading the amd64 bit packages from the ppa into a > local directory, (I wasn't interested int he dev packages) > > > sudo apt-get remove cheese cheese-common libcheese-gtk21 libcheese3 > > (below is all one line) > > sudo dpkg -i > cheese_3.5.1-0ubuntu3~201206171022+git4558781~precise1_amd64.deb > libcheese-gtk21_3.5.1-0ubuntu3~201206171022+git4558781~precise1_amd64.deb > libcheese3_3.5.1-0ubuntu3~201206171022+git4558781~precise1_amd64.deb > cheese-common_3.5.1-0ubuntu3~201206171022+git4558781~precise1_all.deb > > (Note - dpkg is the basic command for adding and removing packages - > other programs like aptitude and apt-get and gdebi are built around it > and provide more functionality) > > I hope the above helps, if not, send me another email. > > Cheers and good luck, > > Kim > > On 19/06/12 19:02, Tony Ware wrote: >> How do I do this? I know the removal bit but not ppa dpkg -i >> >> On 19/06/12 00:32, Kim Tyler wrote: >>> Confirm not crashing. (deleted distro cheese using apt-get remove, >>> installed new cheese from ppa using dpkg -i). >>> >>> Working again! (yay!). >>> >>> NOTE:- many, many resolution options. >>> -- Tony Ware 70 St Marys Rise Writhlington BA33PD 07964188896 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/917757 Title: cheese crashed with SIGSEGV in cheese_camera_set_device_by_dev_uuid() To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/cheese/+bug/917757/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
