Access to non-free from aptitude?
Somewhere I read that this should be done by modifying the /etc/apt/sources.list file. I tried changing this to: > deb http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ lenny main > deb http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ lenny non-free but I'm still only seeing the stuff in main. The thing I'm looking for at the moment is the info pages for emacs. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110512062553.60e99...@debian.hsd1.il.comcast.net.
Re: Access to non-free from aptitude?
On 05/12/2011 01:25 PM, Charles Blair wrote: Somewhere I read that this should be done by modifying the /etc/apt/sources.list file. I tried changing this to: deb http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ lenny main deb http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ lenny non-free deb http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free but I'm still only seeing the stuff in main. The thing I'm looking for at the moment is the info pages for emacs. Alex -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4dcbc8ac.9040...@biotec.tu-dresden.de
Re: Access to non-free from aptitude?
Hi Charles, On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 06:25:53AM -0500, Charles Blair wrote: >Somewhere I read that this should be done by modifying > the /etc/apt/sources.list file. I tried changing this to: > > > deb http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ lenny main > > deb http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ lenny non-free > >but I'm still only seeing the stuff in main. > >The thing I'm looking for at the moment is the info pages > for emacs. Did you run a "aptitude update" after the change, in order to ask aptitude to reload the lists? If not, you can't see the non-free stuff.. Axel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110512114731.GA15307@axel
Re: Access to non-free from aptitude?
On 5/12/11, Charles Blair wrote: >Somewhere I read that this should be done by modifying > the /etc/apt/sources.list file. I tried changing this to: > >> deb http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ lenny main >> deb http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ lenny non-free > >but I'm still only seeing the stuff in main. > >The thing I'm looking for at the moment is the info pages > for emacs. > > > -- Not sure if this will help or not, but have you tried putting it all in the same line: > deb http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ lenny main non-free then make sure to: > aptitude update after you make the changes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/banlktim6wbl95j_ccer5ypa5jcjyi5l...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Access to non-free from aptitude?
On 12 May 2011 21:25, Charles Blair wrote: > Somewhere I read that this should be done by modifying > the /etc/apt/sources.list file. I tried changing this to: > > > deb http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ lenny main > > deb http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ lenny non-free > Hello Charles, You can do all this on the one line, as in: deb http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free Then do: Update Safe-upgrade You will have to ensure that you have saved the changes after editing the file, also, otherwise it will simply revert to it's former state, which is what sounds like is happening. > > but I'm still only seeing the stuff in main. > > The thing I'm looking for at the moment is the info pages > for emacs. > I don't know about this as I'm one of the lucky ones that uses Vim, but I should suspect that those should be in main anyway? Regards, Weaver. -- Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful. — Lucius Annæus Seneca. Terrorism, the new religion.
access to non-free from aptitude (continued)?
[Sorry, I'm using claws-mail and it doesn't seem to let me post follow-ups] Thanks to everyone for the prompt responses, but I still have a problem. My /etc/apt/sources.list includes > deb http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free I tried typing "aptitude update". Part of the output: > Ign http://debian.uchicago.edu lenny/non-free Translation-en_US > Ign http://debian.uchicago.edu lenny/non-free Packages/DiffIndex > Hit http://debian.uchicago.edu lenny/non-free Packages However, when I start aptitude, click on "not installed packages," then on "editors," the only thing I see is main. Is there an aptitude tutorial someplace? I suspect there are a lot of basic things I don't know. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110512103810.2933f...@debian.hsd1.il.comcast.net.
Re: Access to non-free from aptitude?
On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 10:24:15PM +1000, Heddle Weaver wrote: > I don't know about this as I'm one of the lucky ones that uses Vim, but I > should suspect that those should be in main anyway? > Regards, You would think so, but due to invariant sections in the documentation they're stuck in non-free. Cheers, Tom -- Genius is the talent of a person who is dead. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: access to non-free from aptitude (continued)?
Hi Charles, On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 10:38:10AM -0500, Charles Blair wrote: >[Sorry, I'm using claws-mail and it doesn't seem to let > me post follow-ups] > > Thanks to everyone for the prompt responses, but I still have > a problem. My /etc/apt/sources.list includes > > > deb http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free > >I tried typing "aptitude update". Part of the output: > > > Ign http://debian.uchicago.edu lenny/non-free Translation-en_US > > Ign http://debian.uchicago.edu lenny/non-free Packages/DiffIndex > > Hit http://debian.uchicago.edu lenny/non-free Packages > >However, when I start aptitude, click on "not installed > packages," then on "editors," the only thing I see is main. Just to be sure: You are using lenny, and not squeeze ? :-) And another remark: Whenever there appear NEW packages, aptitude will show them in a special section (not "not installed packages", but "new packages"). As you added the "non-free" repository, all packages from non-free are now seen as "new" -- and should appear there (and NOT in the section "not installed packages", where you looked :-))) If I'm right (and they are in "new" right now), the following should work: If you execute "aptitude search emacs22-common", aptitude should find both "emacs22-common" and "emacs22-common-non-dfsg". and aptitude install emacs22-common-non-dfsg should install it. You can use "aptitude forget-new" to transfer all those "new" packages into the "not installed"-section. Alternatively, you can do the same in aptitude : Actions -> Forget new packages" > >Is there an aptitude tutorial someplace? I suspect there > are a lot of basic things I don't know. > You could try: http://wiki.debian.org/Aptitude which also refers to the apt-documentation http://wiki.debian.org/Apt and the "full" package-management documentation http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html HTH, Axel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110512165033.GD28822@axel
Re: access to non-free from aptitude (continued)?
On 13 May 2011 01:38, Charles Blair wrote: > [Sorry, I'm using claws-mail and it doesn't seem to let > me post follow-ups] > > Thanks to everyone for the prompt responses, but I still have > a problem. My /etc/apt/sources.list includes > > > deb http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free > > I tried typing "aptitude update". Part of the output: > > > Ign http://debian.uchicago.edu lenny/non-free Translation-en_US > > Ign http://debian.uchicago.edu lenny/non-free Packages/DiffIndex > > Hit http://debian.uchicago.edu lenny/non-free Packages > > However, when I start aptitude, click on "not installed > packages," then on "editors," the only thing I see is main. > > Is there an aptitude tutorial someplace? I suspect there > are a lot of basic things I don't know. > There's a package in the repositories (in main) called aptitude-doc-en, I think from memory. You could check that be searching through the ncurses aptitude interface. Regards, Weaver. -- Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful. — Lucius Annæus Seneca. Terrorism, the new religion.
Re: access to non-free from aptitude (continued)?
Charles Blair (c-bl...@illinois.edu on 2011-05-12 10:38 -0500): >[Sorry, I'm using claws-mail and it doesn't seem to let > me post follow-ups] Are you sure? I'm using claws-mail (granted, from Wheezy, so newer than your version) and am writing this message with "Reply to list (Ctrl+L)" [..] >I tried typing "aptitude update". Part of the output: > > > Ign http://debian.uchicago.edu lenny/non-free Translation-en_US > > Ign http://debian.uchicago.edu lenny/non-free Packages/DiffIndex > > Hit http://debian.uchicago.edu lenny/non-free Packages > >However, when I start aptitude, click on "not installed > packages," then on "editors," the only thing I see is main. can you type in a terminal: $ apt-cache policy emacs21-common-non-dfsg and post the output? Regards, Arno -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110512225839.1276c...@neminis.loos.site
Re: access to non-free from aptitude (continued)?
On Jo, 12 mai 11, 18:50:33, Axel Freyn wrote: [...] > And another remark: Whenever there appear NEW packages, aptitude will > show them in a special section (not "not installed packages", but "new > packages"). As you added the "non-free" repository, all packages from > non-free are now seen as "new" -- and should appear there (and NOT in > the section "not installed packages", where you looked :-))) ... > You can use "aptitude forget-new" to transfer all those "new" packages > into the "not installed"-section. Alternatively, you can do the same in > aptitude : Actions -> Forget new packages" A package can and will show up in more than one category in aptitude. Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: access to non-free from aptitude (continued)?
Hi Andrei, On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 02:03:22PM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Jo, 12 mai 11, 18:50:33, Axel Freyn wrote: > > [...] > > > And another remark: Whenever there appear NEW packages, aptitude will > > show them in a special section (not "not installed packages", but "new > > packages"). As you added the "non-free" repository, all packages from > > non-free are now seen as "new" -- and should appear there (and NOT in > > the section "not installed packages", where you looked :-))) > ... > > You can use "aptitude forget-new" to transfer all those "new" packages > > into the "not installed"-section. Alternatively, you can do the same in > > aptitude : Actions -> Forget new packages" > > A package can and will show up in more than one category in aptitude. not on my aptitude :-) I tried the following (on squeeze): - adding "deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free" to sources.list, run "aptitude update" - start aptitude, search for emacs22-common-non-dfsg: it appears in "New Packages -> editors -> non-free", but NOT in "Not installed Packages -> editors -> non-free" Maybe it can be configured somewhere in aptitude, or it's a new property in aptitude squeeze? However, I have no lenny at hand to check... Regards, Axel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110514123356.GX15307@axel
Re: access to non-free from aptitude (continued)?
On Sb, 14 mai 11, 14:33:56, Axel Freyn wrote: > > > > A package can and will show up in more than one category in aptitude. > not on my aptitude :-) Sorry, I should have checked before. For some reason a while ago I came to the conclusion that one package can show up in more than one category, but it now turns out to be false. Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic signature.asc Description: Digital signature
