Re: package manager

On Sat, 23 Dec 2023 11:57:58 -0600 William Torrez Corea wrote: > > Hit:8 https://repo.steampowered.com/steam stable InRelease > > > > Hit:9 https://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/pgadmin/pgadmin4/apt/bullseye > > pgadmin4 InRelease > > Hit:10 tor+http://deb.ooni.org unstable InRelease > > Err:4 http://re

Re: package manager

Hi William, On Sat, Dec 23, 2023 at 11:57:58AM -0600, William Torrez Corea wrote: > > W: An error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is > > not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: > > http://repo.mysql.com/apt/debian bullseye InRelease: The followi

Re: easy package manager for debian based distros

is to look like, so I suggest you get writing, rather than leaving it up to someone else to second-guess what it is you want. > this will act as a readme for all > debian based distros to use apt as their only package manager. > then distros can just say read "man apt" upon inst

easy package manager for debian based distros

hi please add the most necessary and common examples of package management with apt to the synopsis of "man apt". this will act as a readme for all debian based distros to use apt as their only package manager. cli package management is way better than ubuntu's software package mana

Re: Disable/skip/ignore !! Configure the package manager dialog in preseed

On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 12:02 PM, Ravi Roy wrote: > Hi, > > [!!] Configure the package manager > >Cannot access repository > The repository on xx.xx.xx.xx could not be accessed, so its updates will > not be made available to you at this time. You should investigate

Disable/skip/ignore !! Configure the package manager dialog in preseed

non-free boolean true d-i apt-setup/contrib boolean true It works as expected but i getting below mentioned annoying dialog which i'm not sure how to ignore/skip/disable using pressed and should be able to install non-free and contrib tools from local repo: [!!] Configure the package

Aptitude package manager "package" Solved

Hi all: I appreciate everyone’s answer, now I’m clear that “aptitude” is still one of the main tool for package managing. I installed from a CD Rom created by jigdo and I verified myself the iso image with md5sum and sha1sums. The only different thing I did from previous installations is that

Re: Packages web page, was Re: Aptitude package manager "package"

On Wed 24 Jan 2018 at 16:38:24 (+), Curt wrote: > On 2018-01-24, wrote: > > > >> > [1] https://packages.debian.org/ > >> > [2] > >> > https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=aptitude&searchon=names&suite=all§ion=all > >> > >> Hm. I had occasion to go to ¹ yesterday. (In passing, if I re

Re: Packages web page, was Re: Aptitude package manager "package"

On 1/24/18, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 09:05:08AM -0600, David Wright wrote: >> So forget using this page for anything really vague like kernel-image, >> even if you set suite, section and then architecture; it can't even >> show you the most basic generic versions like lin

Re: Packages web page, was Re: Aptitude package manager "package"

, Jan 24, 2018 at 10:21:45AM +0100, Floris wrote: >> > Op Tue, 23 Jan 2018 20:44:19 +0100 schreef OECT T >> > : >> >> [...] >> >> > >I searched into Synaptics package manager and noticed that the >> > >package is not marked with the Debia

Re: Packages web page, was Re: Aptitude package manager "package"

On 2018-01-24, wrote: > >> > [1] https://packages.debian.org/ >> > [2] >> > https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=aptitude&searchon=names&suite=all§ion=all >> >> Hm. I had occasion to go to ¹ yesterday. (In passing, if I remove the >> word "index", I end up at a different page ² but the r

Re: Aptitude package manager "package"

On Tue, 23 Jan 2018, OECT T wrote: Hi all: I just installed Debian Stretch 9.3.0 and noticed that the Aptitude package was not installed by default. I searched into Synaptics package manager and noticed that the package is not marked with the Debian icon indicating that the package is not

Re: Packages web page, was Re: Aptitude package manager "package"

100 schreef OECT T : > > > > [...] > > > > > >I searched into Synaptics package manager and noticed that the > > > >package is not marked with the Debian icon >indicating that the > > > >package is not supported. > > > > > > > O

Packages web page, was Re: Aptitude package manager "package"

On Wed 24 Jan 2018 at 10:53:17 (+0100), to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 10:21:45AM +0100, Floris wrote: > > Op Tue, 23 Jan 2018 20:44:19 +0100 schreef OECT T : > > [...] > > > >I searched into Synaptics package manager and noticed that the > >

Re: Aptitude package manager "package"

searched into Synaptics package manager and noticed that the package > is not marked with the Debian icon indicating that the package is not > supported. This conclusion has been comprehensively dealt with by Tomas. > I would appreciate any comments about it. > > What other c

Re: Aptitude package manager "package"

quest that it be. >I searched into Synaptics package manager and noticed that the package >is not marked with the Debian icon indicating that the package is not >supported. That's not necessarily what the (lack of) icon means at all. It can simply be that the relevant package is n

Re: Aptitude package manager "package"

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 11:08:52AM +0100, Floris wrote: > Op Wed, 24 Jan 2018 10:53:17 +0100 schreef : > >Folks, learn to use the web site [...] > Thanks for explaining how to use the internet /s Always glad to help. > >For aptitude, it turns out t

Re: Aptitude package manager "package"

On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 07:44:19PM +, OECT T wrote: I just installed Debian Stretch 9.3.0 and noticed that the Aptitude package was not installed by default. I searched into Synaptics package manager and noticed that the package is not marked with the Debian icon indicating that the package

Re: Aptitude package manager "package"

Op Wed, 24 Jan 2018 10:53:17 +0100 schreef : -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 10:21:45AM +0100, Floris wrote: Op Tue, 23 Jan 2018 20:44:19 +0100 schreef OECT T : [...] >I searched into Synaptics package manager and noticed that the >package

Re: Aptitude package manager "package"

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 10:21:45AM +0100, Floris wrote: > Op Tue, 23 Jan 2018 20:44:19 +0100 schreef OECT T : [...] > >I searched into Synaptics package manager and noticed that the > >package is not marked with the Debian icon >i

Re: Aptitude package manager "package"

Op Tue, 23 Jan 2018 20:44:19 +0100 schreef OECT T : Hi all: I just installed Debian Stretch 9.3.0 and noticed that the Aptitude package was not installed by default. I searched into Synaptics package manager and noticed that the package is not marked with the Debian icon

Re: Aptitude package manager "package"

On 1/23/2018 8:44 PM, OECT T wrote: What other command line packages are recommended instead of Aptitude? https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/ch-pkgtools.en.html -- John Doe

Aptitude package manager "package"

Hi all: I just installed Debian Stretch 9.3.0 and noticed that the Aptitude package was not installed by default. I searched into Synaptics package manager and noticed that the package is not marked with the Debian icon indicating that the package is not supported. I would appreciate any

Re: repairing damage to package manager

songbird: > Chuck Hallenbeck wrote: >> >> One more O.T. observation: Debian let me do a truly dumb thing, but I >> wouldn't have it any other way. > > who here hasn't done an erroneous rm or some > other fumble fingered thing? > > a few weeks ago i was working on tagging some > pictures and

Re: repairing damage to package manager

Chuck Hallenbeck wrote: >Jochen Spieker wrote: >> Chuck Hallenbeck: >> > >> > # apt-get remove upgrade-system apt >> >> Nice one! This brightens my day a little as it reminds me how I found >> out the relationship betweent the commands available on MSDOS 5.0 and >> the contents of the C:\DOS dire

Re: repairing damage to package manager

On Friday 24 March 2017 19:57:56 Chuck Hallenbeck wrote: > One more O.T. observation: Debian let me do a truly dumb thing, but I > wouldn't have it any other way. :-))) +1 Lisi

Re: repairing damage to package manager

Chuck Hallenbeck: > > One more O.T. observation: Debian let me do a truly dumb thing, but I > wouldn't have it any other way. That's the spirit! J. -- If I am asked 'How are you' more than a million times in my life I promise to explode. [Agree] [Disagree]

Re: repairing damage to package manager

Hi J., On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 08:47:18PM +0100, Jochen Spieker wrote: > Chuck Hallenbeck: > > > > # apt-get remove upgrade-system apt > > Nice one! This brightens my day a little as it reminds me how I found > out the relationship betweent the commands available on MSDOS 5.0 and > the contents

Re: repairing damage to package manager

Chuck Hallenbeck: > > # apt-get remove upgrade-system apt Nice one! This brightens my day a little as it reminds me how I found out the relationship betweent the commands available on MSDOS 5.0 and the contents of the C:\DOS directory. :) I don't know how many times I had deleted stuff from there

Re: repairing damage to package manager

Hi, On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 03:22:06PM -0400, songbird wrote: > Chuck Hallenbeck wrote: > ... > > I presume you are suggesting using wget to retrieve the missing > > packages after identifying their URL's? > > if you haven't cleared /var/cache/apt/archives you > can check what is in there by:

Re: repairing damage to package manager

Chuck Hallenbeck wrote: ... > I presume you are suggesting using wget to retrieve the missing > packages after identifying their URL's? if you haven't cleared /var/cache/apt/archives you can check what is in there by: $ ls /var/cache/apt/archives/*.deb | grep apt and see what versions are show

Re: repairing damage to package manager

On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 11:53:59AM -0400, Chuck Hallenbeck wrote: > > I presume you are suggesting using wget to retrieve the missing > packages after identifying their URL's? > Yeah, or just download the package from packages.debian.org with a web browser, and then use dpkg -i on it. Check t

Re: repairing damage to package manager

Hi Jonathan, On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 03:40:52PM +, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 11:30:31AM -0400, Chuck Hallenbeck wrote: > > dpkg-reconfigure doesn't help, nor dpkg -i apt-get. > > "apt-get" exists in the "apt" package, but "dpkg -i" takes an argument to > a local .deb a

Re: repairing damage to package manager

On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 11:30:31AM -0400, Chuck Hallenbeck wrote: > dpkg-reconfigure doesn't help, nor dpkg -i apt-get. "apt-get" exists in the "apt" package, but "dpkg -i" takes an argument to a local .deb archive, not a package name. Try downloading a .deb of apt for your version of debian and a

Re: repairing damage to package manager

Correction below: On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 11:30:31AM -0400, Chuck Hallenbeck wrote: > Hi folks, > > I've been using Debian Stretch for a couple of months, and following > this list for a month or two. I'm afraid I did something stupid anyway, > and find myself with a damaged apt-get and can't fi

repairing damage to package manager

Hi folks, I've been using Debian Stretch for a couple of months, and following this list for a month or two. I'm afraid I did something stupid anyway, and find myself with a damaged apt-get and can't figure out how to fix it short of reinstalling. Here is what I did to damage it: The discussion

Re: Layers for the package manager

On Thu, 17 Nov 2016, Nicolas George wrote: > Le quintidi 25 brumaire, an CCXXV, Don Armstrong a écrit : > > This sounds like you're looking for debtags, which gives you the ability > > to subset packages by different tags. (For example, if you wanted all of > > the package management tools: > > >

Re: Layers for the package manager

Le duodi 22 brumaire, an CCXXV, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI a écrit : > Also, if I > wanted to run another program from stable, I could build another docker > image for that, but due to the clever way docker works, there'd be only > one copy of the

Re: Layers for the package manager

Le quintidi 25 brumaire, an CCXXV, Don Armstrong a écrit : > This sounds like you're looking for debtags, which gives you the ability > to subset packages by different tags. (For example, if you wanted all of > the package management tools: > > debtags search admin::package-management; > > gives

Re: Layers for the package manager

On Fri, 11 Nov 2016, Nicolas George wrote: > There is a feature in Debian that I find missing in Debian, I wonder if > other people would agree with me. > > I call that feature "layered package manager". This sounds like you're looking for debtags, which gives you the

Re: Layers for the package manager

On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 09:18:26PM +0100, Nicolas George wrote: > If I understand correctly how Docker works, its images are big blobs > that contain the program they are meant to distribute plus all its > dependencies. Am I mistaken? That's broadly true, at least, they are presented to the user t

Re: Layers for the package manager

On 12-11-2016 18:18, Nicolas George wrote: > If I understand correctly how Docker works, its images are big blobs > that contain the program they are meant to distribute plus all its > dependencies. Am I mistaken? > > If it works like that, that means when the next OpenSSL security issue > is found

Re: Layers for the package manager

Le primidi 21 brumaire, an CCXXV, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI a écrit : > docker does not work as you describe (and I know of nothing that does > anything close to your idea), but it does suit some of the uses you > mentioned (the ones quoted). If I understand correctly how Docker works, its images are b

Re: Layers for the package manager

On 11-11-2016 17:34, Nicolas George wrote: > Being able to install incompatible packages at the same time. > > Isolate servers. Run servers in a layer where the compilers and other > development tools are not visible. It does not actually add any security but > it may help mitigate or slow down an

Layers for the package manager

There is a feature in Debian that I find missing in Debian, I wonder if other people would agree with me. I call that feature "layered package manager". Here is what it means. The system has "layers" defined, organized as a directed acyclic graph, and packages are cont

Re: synaptic package manager error

Hi, Le 19-07-2016, à 22:49:48 -0400, Jesse Stephen a écrit : I am using GNOME. I have a problem with no sound on you tube I cant run updates And I can not download the Google talk plug-in because it says the package updater is open You need to kill the "package updater" first. One way

Re: synaptic package manager error

On Wednesday 20 July 2016 04:27:00 Gene Heskett wrote: > The proper command is: > > sudo dpkg --configure -a OR # dpkg --configure -a or Brian's dpkg --configure -a but become root first. We simply don't know enough. But I would assume the existence of root in Debian if there is no informat

Re: synaptic package manager error

On Tuesday 19 July 2016 17:35:51 Jesse Stephen wrote: > I'm getting an error message when I run ther synaptic package manager > that I have to manually run the dpkg-- configure to correct the > problem. This is not something I no how to do, I am very green at > this. The proper

Re: synaptic package manager error

I'm getting an error message when I run ther synaptic package manager > that > > I have to manually run the dpkg-- configure to correct the problem. This > is > > not something I no how to do, I am very green at this. > > It is almost impossible to advise on this when t

Re: synaptic package manager error

On Tue 19 Jul 2016 at 17:35:51 -0400, Jesse Stephen wrote: > I'm getting an error message when I run ther synaptic package manager that > I have to manually run the dpkg-- configure to correct the problem. This is > not something I no how to do, I am very green at this. It is alm

synaptic package manager error

I'm getting an error message when I run ther synaptic package manager that I have to manually run the dpkg-- configure to correct the problem. This is not something I no how to do, I am very green at this.

Re: What's DE-specific, what's independent? (was: Re: KDE package manager)

"Dan B." wrote: >For the various things that get installed for Gnome, KDE, etc., >which are specific to the chosen desktop environment, and which >work with any desktop environment (or perhaps any sufficiently >capable DE (e.g., FreeDesktop-compliant))? > >When a DE includes a (default) audio play

What's DE-specific, what's independent? (was: Re: KDE package manager)

Sian Mountbatten wrote: Doug writes: On 11/09/2011 03:33 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Jo, 03 nov 11, 10:59:43, Ken Heard wrote: Sian Mountbatten wrote, in part: Is there a KDE package manager available? For the various things that get installed for Gnome, KDE, etc., which are specific

Re: KDE package manager

Doug writes: > On 11/09/2011 03:33 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: >> On Jo, 03 nov 11, 10:59:43, Ken Heard wrote: >>> Sian Mountbatten wrote, in part: >>> >>>> Is there a KDE package manager available? >>> >>> What happened to KDE's Kp

Re: KDE package manager

Doug writes: > On 11/09/2011 03:33 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: >> On Jo, 03 nov 11, 10:59:43, Ken Heard wrote: >>> Sian Mountbatten wrote, in part: >>> >>>> Is there a KDE package manager available? >>> >>> What happened to KDE's Kp

Re: KDE package manager

On 11/09/2011 03:33 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Jo, 03 nov 11, 10:59:43, Ken Heard wrote: Sian Mountbatten wrote, in part: Is there a KDE package manager available? What happened to KDE's Kpackage? It is in Lenny, but I do not see it in the Debian repositories for Squeeze and Wheezy.

Re: KDE package manager

On Jo, 03 nov 11, 10:59:43, Ken Heard wrote: > Sian Mountbatten wrote, in part: > > > Is there a KDE package manager available? > > What happened to KDE's Kpackage? It is in Lenny, but I do not see it in > the Debian repositories for Squeeze and Wheezy. As far as

Re: KDE package manager

Am Mittwoch, 2. November 2011 schrieb Doug: > On 11/02/2011 01:56 PM, Sian Mountbatten wrote: > > Camaleón wrote: > >> On Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:22:14 +, Sian Mountbatten wrote: [...] > >>> world's easiest program to use. > >>> > >>>

Re: KDE package manager

>>> I've found a KDE package called packagesearch which will install and >>> probably remove (but I have not tried that yet) packages. The search >>> facility is excellent. >>> > packagesearch is great for searches. Yes, but that's not a packag

Re: KDE package manager

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sian Mountbatten wrote, in part: > Is there a KDE package manager available? What happened to KDE's Kpackage? It is in Lenny, but I do not see it in the Debian repositories for Squeeze and Wheezy. Ken Heard -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-

Re: KDE package manager

On Wed, Nov 02, 2011 at 03:07:16PM -0400, Doug wrote: > Of course Synaptic requires root permission. If you're not root, > you should not be allowed to install packages! Aren't you the owner > of the > Debian installation? If so, you surely have a root password. > Personally, I like aptitude's

Re: KDE package manager

Camaleón wrote: >>> What happened with our beloved Synaptic? :-) > >> It works, but it is in /usr/sbin so it needs root permissions. > > But of course, as it should be. > >> I've found a KDE package called packagesearch which will install and >> probably remove (but I have not tried that yet) p

Re: KDE package manager

install of course. > > The only package manager provided on wheezy is aptitude which is not the > world's easiest program to use. People who use aptitude will tell you it's better. > > Is there a KDE package manager available? Synaptic - simple, and, simple. PackageSe

Re: KDE package manager

On 11/02/2011 01:56 PM, Sian Mountbatten wrote: Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:22:14 +, Sian Mountbatten wrote: Having installed Debian/GNU wheezy onto my desktop, I am now looking for some KDE applications. The only package manager provided on wheezy is aptitude which is not

Re: KDE package manager

On 11/02/2011 12:22 PM, Sian Mountbatten wrote: Having installed Debian/GNU wheezy onto my desktop, I am now looking for some KDE applications. The only package manager provided on wheezy is aptitude which is not the world's easiest program to use. Is there a KDE package manager avai

Re: KDE package manager

On Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:56:06 +, Sian Mountbatten wrote: > Camaleón wrote: > >> On Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:22:14 +, Sian Mountbatten wrote: >> >>> Having installed Debian/GNU wheezy onto my desktop, I am now looking > for >>> some KDE applications. >

Re: KDE package manager

Camaleón wrote: > On Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:22:14 +, Sian Mountbatten wrote: > >> Having installed Debian/GNU wheezy onto my desktop, I am now looking for >> some KDE applications. >> >> The only package manager provided on wheezy is aptitude which is not the

Re: KDE package manager

On Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:22:14 +, Sian Mountbatten wrote: > Having installed Debian/GNU wheezy onto my desktop, I am now looking for > some KDE applications. > > The only package manager provided on wheezy is aptitude which is not the > world's easiest program to use.

Re: KDE package manager

On Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:22:14 + Sian Mountbatten wrote: > Having installed Debian/GNU wheezy onto my desktop, I am now looking > for some KDE applications. > > The only package manager provided on wheezy is aptitude which is not the > world's easiest program to use. >

KDE package manager

Having installed Debian/GNU wheezy onto my desktop, I am now looking for some KDE applications. The only package manager provided on wheezy is aptitude which is not the world's easiest program to use. Is there a KDE package manager available? -- Sian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian

Re: Canonical way to set compile flags with package manager

Raf Czlonka writes: > On Thu, Oct 06, 2011 at 11:02:11PM BST, Harry Putnam wrote: >> I went ahead and compiled it myself and installed in /usr/local >> >> Is there anyway to do that and still allow pkgmanager to keep track of >> the install? > > Apart from rebuilding the package from source pack

Re: Canonical way to set compile flags with package manager

On Thu, Oct 06, 2011 at 11:02:11PM BST, Harry Putnam wrote: > I went ahead and compiled it myself and installed in /usr/local > > Is there anyway to do that and still allow pkgmanager to keep track of > the install? Apart from rebuilding the package from source packages, would 'checkinstall' fulf

Re: Canonical way to set compile flags with package manager

On 10/06/2011 06:02 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: If I wanted a special compile time flag set at compile time, for a package, is the only way to just compile it myself, or is there some procedure where the package manager is involved and thereby is able to keep stats on the installed pkg? For example

Canonical way to set compile flags with package manager

If I wanted a special compile time flag set at compile time, for a package, is the only way to just compile it myself, or is there some procedure where the package manager is involved and thereby is able to keep stats on the installed pkg? For example: I keep a fair number of system files, like

Re: Debian 6.0.0 DVD (1) installation unable to complete setup of package manager due to corrupt ftp/ mirror repositories

On 02/17/2011 11:30 PM, Saibal K Saha wrote: Have spent the last several days trying to get a usable BitTorrent download of Debian 6.0.0. Since yesterday, the automated setup has been unable to complete setup of the package manager, from various ftp/ mirror sites. Have tried multiple sites in

Re: Debian 6.0.0 DVD (1) installation unable to complete setup of package manager due to corrupt ftp/ mirror repositories

On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 15:30:38 +0800, Saibal K Saha wrote: > Have spent the last several days trying to get a usable BitTorrent > download of Debian 6.0.0. Since yesterday, the automated setup has been > unable to complete setup of the package manager, from various ftp/ > mirror sites

Debian 6.0.0 DVD (1) installation unable to complete setup of package manager due to corrupt ftp/ mirror repositories

Have spent the last several days trying to get a usable BitTorrent download of Debian 6.0.0. Since yesterday, the automated setup has been unable to complete setup of the package manager, from various ftp/ mirror sites. Have tried multiple sites in multiple locations including Singapore, Australia

Re: What is Recommend CLI Package Manager Tool for Newb?

On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 04:46:03 +, T o n g wrote: [...] > $ apt-get install swatch [...] > The following extra packages will be installed: > libbit-vector-perl libcarp-clan-perl libdate-calc-perl libdate-manip-perl > libfile-tail-perl libperl5.10 libyaml-syck-perl perl perl-bas

Re: What is Recommend CLI Package Manager Tool for Newb?

In , s. keeling wrote: >Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. : >> Is there a description or screenshot of it somewhere? Can I easily >> engage it from the command-line? I'd like to play with it and see >> if it is as useful as the aptitude one. > >See the -s switch, just like aptitude. That's *not* aptitud

Re: What is Recommend CLI Package Manager Tool for Newb?

Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. : > > Is there a description or screenshot of it somewhere? Can I easily > engage it from the command-line? I'd like to play with it and see > if it is as useful as the aptitude one. See the -s switch, just like aptitude. -- Any technology distinguishable from magic

Re: What is Recommend CLI Package Manager Tool for Newb?

In <4c786423.7080...@cox.net>, Ron Johnson wrote: >On 08/27/2010 02:24 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >> In<1282920166.29761.13.ca...@huevos>, Chance Platt wrote: >>> I say pick one and stick to it. Apt and aptitude are close to parity >>> feature-wise anymore (I'm sure others will disagree and

Re: What is Recommend CLI Package Manager Tool for Newb?

On Vi, 27 aug 10, 07:23:20, Tom Browder wrote: > I have to say I'm getting confused. I'm in the middle of setting up > my first Debian server (which used to be Ubuntu). > > I will be administering it remotely and would like to use the best > tool for the job. For a stable server it probably doe

Re: What is Recommend CLI Package Manager Tool for Newb?

On 08/27/2010 02:24 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: In<1282920166.29761.13.ca...@huevos>, Chance Platt wrote: I say pick one and stick to it. Apt and aptitude are close to parity feature-wise anymore (I'm sure others will disagree and it depends on how you define "features") and there's some

Re: What is Recommend CLI Package Manager Tool for Newb?

On Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:23:20 -0500 Tom Browder shared this with us all: >Is there a consensus? Certainly. In Debian the consensus is always what you think sounds best to you, tried and tested by yourself, and then use because it's best for you. When people ask a similar question on the list -

Re: What is Recommend CLI Package Manager Tool for Newb?

In <1282920166.29761.13.ca...@huevos>, Chance Platt wrote: >I say pick one and stick to it. Apt and aptitude are close to parity >feature-wise anymore (I'm sure others will disagree and it depends on >how you define "features") and there's some disagreement if aptitude >really is the better choice

Re: What is Recommend CLI Package Manager Tool for Newb?

rades. It seems to me that the discussion about package managers here is almost political, in that many people who have a lot of experience with Debian have no real idea of the hit rate of each package manager for their respective features. To me, that's OK, because that means they're bot

Re: What is Recommend CLI Package Manager Tool for Newb?

On 27 Aug 2010, Tom Browder wrote: > I have to say I'm getting confused. I'm in the middle of setting up > my first Debian server (which used to be Ubuntu). > > I will be administering it remotely and would like to use the best > tool for the job. > > Now I read conflicting opinions from experi

Re: What is Recommend CLI Package Manager Tool for Newb?

On Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:33:19 +0400, Roman Khomasuridze wrote: >> I will be administering it remotely and would like to use the best tool >> for the job. >> >> Now I read conflicting opinions from experienced people about apt-*, >> aptitude, and wajit. >> >> Is there a consensus? consensus? I wish

Re: What is Recommend CLI Package Manager Tool for Newb?

Le 27/08/2010 à 14:23, Tom Browder a écrit : > > I have to say I'm getting confused. I'm in the middle of setting up > my first Debian server (which used to be Ubuntu). > > I will be administering it remotely and would like to use the best > tool for the job. > > Now I read conflicting opinion

Re: What is Recommend CLI Package Manager Tool for Newb?

On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 4:23 PM, Tom Browder wrote: > I have to say I'm getting confused. I'm in the middle of setting up > my first Debian server (which used to be Ubuntu). > > I will be administering it remotely and would like to use the best > tool for the job. > > Now I read conflicting opi

What is Recommend CLI Package Manager Tool for Newb?

I have to say I'm getting confused. I'm in the middle of setting up my first Debian server (which used to be Ubuntu). I will be administering it remotely and would like to use the best tool for the job. Now I read conflicting opinions from experienced people about apt-*, aptitude, and wajit. I

Texlive Package Manager (tlmgr) and Debian : Where is tlmgr package menager?

Dear List, I am using debian/testing repository for installing texlive. The current version of Texlive is texlive/testing uptodate 2009-7. But the package menager program 'Tlmgr' doesn't show up in my system. I have used a source compiled mpm package manager which is based o

Re: Unable to run snaptic package manager or apt-get

On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 05:00:02PM +0300, "Young, Loren R SGT NG NG NGB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > I attempted to download Ultimatix and now I am unable to use any of my > package managers to install programs. I have tried several apt-get commands > and receive the following err

Unable to run snaptic package manager or apt-get

Sirs/Madam, I attempted to download Ultimatix and now I am unable to use any of my package managers to install programs. I have tried several apt-get commands and receive the following error message: "Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock -open 13 permission denied." How might I corre

Re: Using Debian Package Manager

Am 2007-06-25 11:50:13, schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > I just installed Debian.? I'm wondering about the Synaptic Package > Manager.? As I've never used a GUI for Linux before, I will need to > get used to how things work. > > I wanted to install a motherboard monitor.

Re: Using Debian Package Manager

BartlebyScrivener wrote: On Jun 25, 11:00 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wanted to install a motherboard monitor.? I found one in the list, xmbmon, and chose to install it.? It said installation complete.? However, I have no idea how to find it and run it.? It's not showing up in the applic

Re: Using Debian Package Manager

On Mon, Jun 25, 2007 at 11:49:43AM -0800, Ken Irving wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > > > > I wanted to install a motherboard monitor. I found one in the list, > > > xmbmon, > > > and chose to install it. It said installation complete. However, I have > > > no > > > idea how to find it and r

Re: Using Debian Package Manager

> [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > > I wanted to install a motherboard monitor. I found one in the list, xmbmon, > > and chose to install it. It said installation complete. However, I have no > > idea how to find it and run it. It's not showing up in the applications > > list > > anywhere. You can see

Re: Using Debian Package Manager

[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > I just installed Debian. I'm wondering about the Synaptic Package Manager. > As > I've never used a GUI for Linux before, I will need to get used to how things > work. If you already have experience in using the command line, nothing stops you f

Re: Using Debian Package Manager

On Jun 25, 11:00 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I wanted to install a motherboard monitor.? I found one in the list, xmbmon, > and chose to install it.? It said installation complete.? However, I have no > idea how to find it and run it.? It's not showing up in the applications list > anywhere.

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