On Tuesday 07 June 2016 11:10:19 Curt wrote: > On 2016-06-07, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: > >> Installing (in simulation mode because it pulls in an enormous > >> amount of stuff) freecad and freecad-docs in Wheezy LTS from Wheezy > >> backports works for me (why qt4-dev-tools?) using apt-get. > >> > >> Viz > >> > >> apt-get -s -t wheezy-backports install freecad freecad-docs. > >> > >> Or maybe I'm not following you closely enough. Should be > >> straight-forward (famous last words). > > > > And these are in that category, emphasis on gory. > > > > oot@coyote:/home/gene# apt-get -s -t wheezy-backports install > > freecad freecad-doc Reading package lists... Done > > Building dependency tree > > Reading state information... Done > > The following extra packages will be installed: > > libsoqt4-20 python-pivy qt4-dev-tools > > Suggested packages: > > qt4-doc-html > > Recommended packages: > > qt4-designer qt4-doc > > The following NEW packages will be installed: > > freecad freecad-doc qt4-dev-tools > > The following packages will be upgraded: > > libsoqt4-20 python-pivy > > 2 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 6 not upgraded. > > Inst libsoqt4-20 [1.5.0-2] (1.6.0~e8310f-1~bpo70+1 Debian > > Backports:/wheezy-backports [i386]) Inst qt4-dev-tools > > (4:4.8.6+git64-g5dc8b2b+dfsg-3~bpo70+1 Debian > > Backports:/wheezy-backports [i386]) Inst python-pivy > > [0.5.0~v609hg-1] (0.5.0~v609hg-3~bpo70+1 Debian > > Backports:/wheezy-backports [i386]) Inst freecad > > (0.14.3702+dfsg-3~bpo70+1 Debian Backports:/wheezy-backports [i386]) > > Inst freecad-doc (0.14.3702+dfsg-3~bpo70+1 Debian > > Backports:/wheezy-backports [all]) Conf libsoqt4-20 > > (1.6.0~e8310f-1~bpo70+1 Debian Backports:/wheezy-backports [i386]) > > Conf qt4-dev-tools (4:4.8.6+git64-g5dc8b2b+dfsg-3~bpo70+1 Debian > > Backports:/wheezy-backports [i386]) Conf python-pivy > > (0.5.0~v609hg-3~bpo70+1 Debian Backports:/wheezy-backports [i386]) > > Conf freecad (0.14.3702+dfsg-3~bpo70+1 Debian > > Backports:/wheezy-backports [i386]) Conf freecad-doc > > (0.14.3702+dfsg-3~bpo70+1 Debian Backports:/wheezy-backports [all]) > > Right, so no problem. Your sources.list is irregular (not quite the > word perhaps)
But your KDE isn't 100% usable, the TDE version is. > and there must be another freecad version in one of > those irregular repositories because freecad is not available in > vanilla Wheezy at all. If you look above, the only mention for the source of the file is from wheezy-backports. > I thought we were talking about the version in wheezy-backports, which > prompted me to post what I posted. That is where it would come from as its enabled in the sources.list. So it seems odd that it is there in a recent enough version, but its newer required dependencies are not. That's a bug IMO. But since its well known that my interests are at best described as "eclectic", my oar in those waters is just a toothpick. Sigh.... Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
