I think my apt-get has crashed. Here is a screenlog:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# apt-get install k3b Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following extra packages will be installed: flac id3lib libmad The following NEW packages will be installed: flac id3lib k3b libmad 0 packages upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 removed and 227 not upgraded. Need to get 5834kB of archives. After unpacking 16.5MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y Get:1 http://ayo.freshrpms.net redhat/9/i386/freshrpms flac 1.1.0-fr3 [921kB] Get:2 http://rpms.xcyb.org i386/stable k3b 1:0.11.22-1.xcyb.rh9 [3487kB] Get:3 http://ayo.freshrpms.net redhat/9/i386/freshrpms id3lib 3.8.3-5.fr [1343kB] Get:4 http://ayo.freshrpms.net redhat/9/i386/freshrpms libmad 0.15.0b-2.fr [82.9kB] Fetched 5834kB in 1m43s (56.6kB/s) Executing RPM (-Uvh)... warning: /var/cache/apt/archives/flac_1.1.0-fr3_i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID e42d547b warning: /var/cache/apt/archives/k3b_1%3a0.11.22-1.xcyb.rh9_i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 87e600b8 Preparing... ########################################### [100%] 1:flac ########################################### [ 25%] It has been at this last line for the last 30 min with no change. Ctrl-C doesn't work. I don't know if I close the terminal window, whether the process will stay active. I'm not sure how to abort it. If I do ps from another root shell, here is what I see: [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# ps PID TTY TIME CMD 25595 pts/4 00:00:00 su 25598 pts/4 00:00:00 bash 25662 pts/4 00:00:00 ps [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# I guess I'll [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# ps PID TTY TIME CMD 25595 pts/4 00:00:00 su 25598 pts/4 00:00:00 bash 25662 pts/4 00:00:00 ps [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]#ave it this way over the weekend, on the off chance its just a REALLY slow connection. Thank Kevin --- Kevin Toppenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > === message truncated === __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! 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