Mark, VERY good information. Thank you very much.
I just got the apt-get system working, and a front end named synaptic. I'm going to play with it some now. Thanks! Kevin --- Mark Street <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Take a deep breath.... You must be the root user in > order to install packages > onto the system. It would also be a good idea to > import the public > encryption key from the site where you downloaded > apt from. > > I have not jumped into this thread because I am > still a bit new around here > and I don't want to be a loud mouth. But here goes. > > I assume from previous discussion this is a Red Hat > 9 box. I still have one > of those around too. ; ) > > Since Red Hat stopped supporting that distribution > with bug fixes and updates > sometime ago you really should take a look at > http://fedoralegacy.org for > your updates and bug fixes, I am sure you can add > their repository to your > apt sources.list file. They have repositories of > packages for the > distributions of Red Hat and Fedora that are not > actively being supported by > Red Hat. > > 'apt' and another tool called 'yum' are two tools > that are front ends to the > rpm command. Their main job is to help an > administrator manage the software > that is installed on the machine by installing, > freshening, updating and > removing software packages. They perform most of > the leg work involved in > managing software. You supply apt or yum with a > list of repositories. These > are sites on the Internet that store packages for > your specific distribution > and version of Linux. The configuration files are > stored in /etc/apt/ for > apt and in /etc/yum.conf for yum. Each > configuration file has a name and a > URL that points to the directory that contains the > packages for your > distribution. > > IF your configuration file has an entry to a > repository that contains software > that you may want to install on your system you can > install any packages that > are contained within that repository with a simple > command from the command > line. like.... > > apt-get upgrade > or > apt-get install k3b > > yum upgrade > or > yum install k3b > > You can edit your yum or apt configuration files to > search any of the > repositories around the net. Personally on my Red > Hat boxes I use the yum > tool most of the time, on some boxes I use both apt > and yum. > > These tools can be very useful for those users who > are not very familiar with > the different packages and dependencies that must be > met for some software to > function properly. The tools handle all the > dependencies, downloading and > installation of the software for you. But there is > a dark side..... We > won't talk about that now.... > > On Friday 25 March 2005 15:02, Kevin Toppenberg > wrote: > > I downloaded apt-0.5.5cnc6-fr1.i386.rpm > > Then here is the screen log: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] downloads]$ rpm -Uvh > > apt-0.5.5cnc6-fr1.i386.rpm > > warning: apt-0.5.5cnc6-fr1.i386.rpm: V3 DSA > signature: > > NOKEY, key ID e42d547b > > error: cannot get exclusive lock on > > /var/lib/rpm/Packages > > error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - > > Operation not permitted (1) > > error: cannot open Packages database in > /var/lib/rpm > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] downloads]$ > > > > Now what? > > > > Kevin > > > > --- Nancy Anthracite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Look here and all shall be clear! > > > > > http://www.pycs.net/lateral/stories/31.html#getting-apt > > > > > After you get it installed, THEN you will be on > your > > > way. > > > > > > However, it looks like Bhaskar had another > solution > > > which is probably even > > > easier. > > > > > > On Wednesday 23 March 2005 02:46 pm, Kevin > > > > > > Toppenberg wrote: > > > > No I am not familiar with apt. Someone else > had > > > > posted instructions for using it too. But I > don't > > > > know how to install the system. > > > > > > > > Kevin > > > > > > > > --- Nancy Anthracite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > I found an apt repository for the RPM of > that > > > > > > for > > > > > > > > red hat 9 with the info on > > > > > this page. > > > > > > http://k3b.plainblack.com/index.pl/download#93 > > > > > > > > > > Are you familiar with apt? Assuming you have > apt > > > > > installed, enter the > > > > > appropriate lines in that file next to the * > and > > > > > then, as root > > > > > > > > > > apt-get update > > > > > apt-get install k3b > > > > > ******************************************************** > > > > > > > * apt - /etc/apt/sources.list > > > > > > > > > > rpm http://rpms.xcyb.org/redhat/9 i386 > stable > > > > > bleeding > > > > > rpm-src http://rpms.xcyb.org/redhat/9 i386 > > > > > > stable > > > > > > > > bleeding > > > > > > > > > > or > > > > > > > > > > rpm http://rpms.xcyb.org/redhat/9 i686 > stable > > > > > bleeding > > > > > rpm-src http://rpms.xcyb.org/redhat/9 i686 > > > > > > stable > > > > > > > > bleeding > > > > > > > > > > or > > > > > > > > > > rpm http://rpms.xcyb.org/redhat/9 athlon > stable > > > > > bleeding > > > > > rpm-src http://rpms.xcyb.org/redhat/9 athlon > > > > > > stable > > > > > > > > bleeding > > > > > > > > > > depending on the architecture. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wednesday 23 March 2005 07:34 am, Kevin > > > > > > > > > > Toppenberg wrote: > > > > > > After the great advice given on this > board, I > > > > > > have > > > > > > > > > decided to get k3b going. I did cdrecord > === message truncated === __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
