On Thu, 12 Feb 1998, you wrote: > Many packages didn't install, and some could not be removed > (timezone, wg15-locale, etc). I manually > removed the packages the script didn't, then ran autoup.sh again,
What version of autoup.sh did you use? The most recent is v0.19. The problems you describe are similar to ones that we encountered prior to about v0.14. Did you run script to record the session, or did you note the exact error messages? It would be helpful to have this information. By manually removing the files that it failed to remove, and rerunning the script, you appear to have completed the script successfully. If all the packages that the script lists for removal have been removed, and all the package that the script lists for installation have been installed, your system should be stable, and the balance of the upgrade can be handled by dselect. > Eventually, the script completed, and I was ready to upgrade > via dselect using ftp. More problems ensued. I'm being told that > packages I want are not found, even though the option to update > available packages worked. Can someone give me specific paths to > specify in dselect for ftp upgrade? The directory structure for hamm is different from that used earlier. The paths for dselect are dists/unstable/main/binary-i386, dists/unstable/non-free/binary-i386, and dists/unstable/contrib/binary-i386. > I want to convert my system to Hamm, but I can't complete, and > I'm afraid to shutdown or reboot for fear it may not come back up. > Are there packages that run under Bo that won't under Hamm? > (xloadimage, etc?). Which libraries must I have to run X-windows, > gimp, etc, and which libraries must NOT be loaded to avoid > conflicts? I suggest you let dselect update its package list using the paths mentioned above, enter the select phase and resolve any conflicts it shows, then let it install everything it has marked for installation. I recommend that you wait until after this step to select any more packages. It will probably be necessary to make several passes (usually 2 or 3, but sometimes half a dozen) through the install - configure cycle to satisfy dependencies. If you use the dpkg-mountable option (highly recommended if you have a local mirror), it will probably show some predepends that must be resolved manually before it starts the actual installation. With the dpkg-mountable option, it is necessary to run the update phase after each install phase. After this, you should have the necessary run time libraries installed. The descriptions in dselect or in /var/lib/dpkg/available list the libraries that are required for the various packages. In general, dselect will take care of those for you. I see that several people have told you about dpkg -l to get a list of packages installed on your system. Have fun, Bob -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .