Re: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?
This one time, at band camp, Wathen, Metherion said: > i did some digging around the debian site and found what youre talking about > - jidgo. i'll give it a shot after the holiday, however i'd like to know > what is a .raw file and what do you do with it after downloading it? --how > do you make it into a cd, is my question? > > thanks in advance, > Happy holidays everyone, > mw. Rename it to .iso - they're the same thing. -- -- | Stephen Gran | Why does a hearse horse snicker,| | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | hauling a lawyer away? -- Carl| | http://www.lobefin.net/~steve | Sandburg| -- msg15772/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?
On November 27, 2002 09:32 am, Wathen, Metherion wrote: > hey thanks that's a good idea, > im planning on upgrading soon anyway, > other than the install discs (7 for woody), you say that the other software > is available as a downloadable iso or something? No jigdo iso, just download the program directly - it's small. It's ported to linux and windows. Check the download section of debian.org. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?
i did some digging around the debian site and found what youre talking about - jidgo. i'll give it a shot after the holiday, however i'd like to know what is a .raw file and what do you do with it after downloading it? --how do you make it into a cd, is my question? thanks in advance, Happy holidays everyone, mw. -Original Message- From: Levi Waldron [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 3:17 PM To: Wathen, Metherion Subject: Re: How do I add CD's to dselect package list? On November 27, 2002 09:32 am, Wathen, Metherion wrote: > hey thanks that's a good idea, > im planning on upgrading soon anyway, > other than the install discs (7 for woody), you say that the other software > is available as a downloadable iso or something? No jigdo iso, just download the program directly - it's small. It's ported to linux and windows. Check the download section of debian.org. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?
Hello, Am 14:53 2002-11-26 -0500 hat Wathen, Metherion geschrieben: > >Thanks, >What kind of info goes into a Packages.gz file (hate to be such a newbie but >I'm transferring from the windows world). >I looked at 'man apt-cdrom' and got really confused so any help you can >offer is appreciated. You need dpkg-scanpackages (already installes with the Base). Please read the manpage for the exactly Syntax. >thanks, >mw. Michelle -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?
hey thanks that's a good idea, im planning on upgrading soon anyway, other than the install discs (7 for woody), you say that the other software is available as a downloadable iso or something? thanks, mw. -Original Message- From: Levi Waldron [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 9:25 AM To: Wathen, Metherion Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: How do I add CD's to dselect package list? On November 27, 2002 09:02 am, Wathen, Metherion wrote: > Hi, > well, i have real fast internet connection from work, so its easier to > download there than at home. > what i really need to do is get a laptop and install debian on it and then > tie into the connection at work and ... > (maybe one day) > > thanks for your help i going to make sure i have alien installed, that is > one cool proggy! > mw You could download some Debian installation discs from work, then have all the packages and dependencies and be able to add each entire disc in one fell swoop with "apt-cdrom add" Check the jigdo program from debian.org for the downloading. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?
On November 27, 2002 09:02 am, Wathen, Metherion wrote: > Hi, > well, i have real fast internet connection from work, so its easier to > download there than at home. > what i really need to do is get a laptop and install debian on it and then > tie into the connection at work and ... > (maybe one day) > > thanks for your help i going to make sure i have alien installed, that is > one cool proggy! > mw You could download some Debian installation discs from work, then have all the packages and dependencies and be able to add each entire disc in one fell swoop with "apt-cdrom add" Check the jigdo program from debian.org for the downloading. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?
Hi, well, i have real fast internet connection from work, so its easier to download there than at home. what i really need to do is get a laptop and install debian on it and then tie into the connection at work and ... (maybe one day) thanks for your help i going to make sure i have alien installed, that is one cool proggy! mw -Original Message- From: Levi Waldron [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 4:38 PM To: Wathen, Metherion Cc: Debian-User (E-mail) Subject: Re: How do I add CD's to dselect package list? Just curious, why did you make up a CD of .debs and other programs, as opposing to installing directly from a debian online source using apt (ie, apt-get install package-name? If you don't know what I'm talking about, fess up and we'll point you in the right direction. The easiest way to install debs directly from your cd would be: mount /cdrom dpkg -i /cdrom/packagename.deb For non-deb files, alien /cdrom/packagename.tar.gz will convert it to a deb to be installed as above. On November 26, 2002 02:53 pm, Wathen, Metherion wrote: > Thanks, > What kind of info goes into a Packages.gz file (hate to be such a newbie > but I'm transferring from the windows world). > I looked at 'man apt-cdrom' and got really confused so any help you can > offer is appreciated. > > thanks, > mw. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?
Hi and thanks for your help, The machine that i want to install the packages onto does not have an internet connection, my internet is 56k modem dialup through aol/compuserve -nothing against them, its free for a year!- but i prolly wouldnt want to d/l anything of any real size that way, you know like over a meg or two. mw -Original Message- From: Stefan Janecek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 4:44 PM To: Debian-User (E-mail) Subject: Re: How do I add CD's to dselect package list? On Sat, 2002-11-23 at 07:21, Michelle Konzack wrote: > Hi, > > > Am 09:17 2002-11-20 -0500 hat Wathen, Metherion geschrieben: > > > >Hi all, > >I need to know how to add CD's with programs and dependencies I downloaded > >from Debian.org to the list searched by dselect. > > What about deselect -> Access method -> CDROM No. Nowadays, you should really use APT. (and, as far as i can remember, dselect's cdrom method does not maintain a cache of what's on your CDs) mw: do you have internet connection on the machine you want to install the packages to? if yes: no need to download them to CD first - use 'apt-get install' instead. cheers, Stefan. > > >Thanks in advance, > >mw. > > Michelle -- Did you know that if you play a Windows 2000 cd backwards, you will hear the voice of Satan? That's nothing! If you play it forward, it'll install Windows 2000. __ Stefan Janecek Institute of Semiconductor & Solid State Physics Universtity of Linz/Austria -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?
On Sat, 2002-11-23 at 07:21, Michelle Konzack wrote: > Hi, > > > Am 09:17 2002-11-20 -0500 hat Wathen, Metherion geschrieben: > > > >Hi all, > >I need to know how to add CD's with programs and dependencies I downloaded > >from Debian.org to the list searched by dselect. > > What about deselect -> Access method -> CDROM No. Nowadays, you should really use APT. (and, as far as i can remember, dselect's cdrom method does not maintain a cache of what's on your CDs) mw: do you have internet connection on the machine you want to install the packages to? if yes: no need to download them to CD first - use 'apt-get install' instead. cheers, Stefan. > > >Thanks in advance, > >mw. > > Michelle -- Did you know that if you play a Windows 2000 cd backwards, you will hear the voice of Satan? That's nothing! If you play it forward, it'll install Windows 2000. __ Stefan Janecek Institute of Semiconductor & Solid State Physics Universtity of Linz/Austria signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?
Just curious, why did you make up a CD of .debs and other programs, as opposing to installing directly from a debian online source using apt (ie, apt-get install package-name? If you don't know what I'm talking about, fess up and we'll point you in the right direction. The easiest way to install debs directly from your cd would be: mount /cdrom dpkg -i /cdrom/packagename.deb For non-deb files, alien /cdrom/packagename.tar.gz will convert it to a deb to be installed as above. On November 26, 2002 02:53 pm, Wathen, Metherion wrote: > Thanks, > What kind of info goes into a Packages.gz file (hate to be such a newbie > but I'm transferring from the windows world). > I looked at 'man apt-cdrom' and got really confused so any help you can > offer is appreciated. > > thanks, > mw. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?
Thanks, What kind of info goes into a Packages.gz file (hate to be such a newbie but I'm transferring from the windows world). I looked at 'man apt-cdrom' and got really confused so any help you can offer is appreciated. thanks, mw. -Original Message- From: Michelle Konzack [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2002 1:25 AM To: Wathen, Metherion Cc: Debian-User (E-mail) Subject: RE: How do I add CD's to dselect package list? Hi again, Am 10:11 2002-11-20 -0500 hat Wathen, Metherion geschrieben: > >Thanks, >The CD's prolly are not in the correct directory structure - where do I go >to find out about the correct structure? >These are CD's I just burned myself with .debs, tarballs, and such. 1) Make a Packages(.gz) file and put it onto the cdrom... 2) mount the CD-Rom 3) Run dselect 4) Access method -> mounted ... >Thanks again, >mw. Michelle -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?
Hi again, Am 10:11 2002-11-20 -0500 hat Wathen, Metherion geschrieben: > >Thanks, >The CD's prolly are not in the correct directory structure - where do I go >to find out about the correct structure? >These are CD's I just burned myself with .debs, tarballs, and such. 1) Make a Packages(.gz) file and put it onto the cdrom... 2) mount the CD-Rom 3) Run dselect 4) Access method -> mounted ... >Thanks again, >mw. Michelle -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?
Hi, Am 09:17 2002-11-20 -0500 hat Wathen, Metherion geschrieben: > >Hi all, >I need to know how to add CD's with programs and dependencies I downloaded >from Debian.org to the list searched by dselect. What about deselect -> Access method -> CDROM >Thanks in advance, >mw. Michelle -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?
On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 08:55:02PM +1100, Rob Weir wrote: > On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 10:11:42AM -0500, Wathen, Metherion wrote: > > Thanks, > > The CD's prolly are not in the correct directory structure - where do I go > > to find out about the correct structure? > > These are CD's I just burned myself with .debs, tarballs, and such. > > Ah. You can't just tell apt to use any old pile of debs, they need to > be in a particular directory structure with certain special files. They don't really need to be in a particular directory structure; that's just convention. As long as you have the certain special files (i.e. Packages.gz, and Sources.gz if necessary), then the Filename: fields in those .debs will sort it out. -- Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 10:11:42AM -0500, Wathen, Metherion wrote: > Thanks, > The CD's prolly are not in the correct directory structure - where do I go > to find out about the correct structure? > These are CD's I just burned myself with .debs, tarballs, and such. Ah. You can't just tell apt to use any old pile of debs, they need to be in a particular directory structure with certain special files. Copy the debs somewhere, then run apt-ftparchive on them to generate the Packages files that you need, or use debian-cd to build a bunch of Debian cds from a huge pile of .debs. -rob msg14369/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?
man apt-cdrom On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 09:17:37AM -0500, Wathen, Metherion wrote: > Hi all, > I need to know how to add CD's with programs and dependencies I downloaded > from Debian.org to the list searched by dselect. > > Thanks in advance, > mw. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?
I believe the instructions are here: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-basico.en.html#s-cdrom Peter Wathen, Metherion wrote: > Hi all, > I need to know how to add CD's with programs and dependencies I > downloaded from Debian.org to the list searched by dselect. > > Thanks in advance, > mw. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?
Hi, Am Mittwoch, 20. November 2002 15:17 schrieb Wathen, Metherion: > Hi all, > I need to know how to add CD's with programs and dependencies I > downloaded from Debian.org to the list searched by dselect. man apt-cdrom > > Thanks in advance, > mw. Torsten -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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uuups. forgot to CC the list ... -Forwarded Message- From: Stefan Janecek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Wathen, Metherion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: How do I add CD's to dselect package list? Date: 20 Nov 2002 16:01:47 +0100 On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 15:17, Wathen, Metherion wrote: > Hi all, > I need to know how to add CD's with programs and dependencies I downloaded > from Debian.org to the list searched by dselect. If your CD is a Debian archive (i.e. correct directory structure, Packages.gz files and the like) just do 'apt-cdrom add'. (I suppose you use the apt access method in dselect, which you really should use...) HTH, Stefan. > > Thanks in advance, > mw. -- Did you know that if you play a Windows 2000 cd backwards, you will hear the voice of Satan? That's nothing! If you play it forward, it'll install Windows 2000. __ Stefan Janecek Institute of Semiconductor & Solid State Physics Universtity of Linz/Austria signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?
On Wednesday 20 November 2002 05:17 am, Wathen, Metherion wrote: > Hi all, > I need to know how to add CD's with programs and dependencies I > downloaded from Debian.org to the list searched by dselect. > > Thanks in advance, > mw. You can add a cdrom with 'apt-cdrom add' -- Greg Madden Debian GNU/Linux -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?
Thanks, The CD's prolly are not in the correct directory structure - where do I go to find out about the correct structure? These are CD's I just burned myself with .debs, tarballs, and such. Thanks again, mw. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How do I add CD's to dselect package list?
Hi all, I need to know how to add CD's with programs and dependencies I downloaded from Debian.org to the list searched by dselect. Thanks in advance, mw. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
