Re: How to find software?
Jerome BENOIT wrote: Hello Patrick, Lachlan Patrick wrote: Lachlan Patrick wrote: Hi, I'm looking for LaTeX or alsaplayer. Anyone have any idea which Debian 3.1r1 CD these packages might be on? Loki Thanks to all who replied. One other question: is there an up-to-date Printing How-To somewhere? I need to get my HP non-postscript inkjet working. Short answer: Install CUPS and its friends: it should be Ok. hth, Jerome PS: see www.miktex.org to compose [La]TeX document on Window$ computer. You'll need xprint as well to print from your browser. Also, this site... http://www.linuxprinting.org/ Regards, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to find software?
Steve Lamb wrote: Ing. Vladimir M. Kerka wrote: Lachlan Patrick wrote: I'm looking for LaTeX or alsaplayer. Anyone have any idea which Debian 3.1r1 CD these packages might be on? Try apt-cache search latex, apt-cache search alsaplayer, or Synaptic - the latter is the best solution, how to find any package with description and dependecies Am I the only one who's reading this exchange and wondering what people are thinking? No. As the OP has contacted the list, it's fairly safe to assume that he has net access? What's wrong with a net install with aptitude or the ilk. Save the CDs for your next base install. Regards, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to find software?
Lachlan Patrick wrote: Hi, I'm looking for LaTeX or alsaplayer. Anyone have any idea which Debian 3.1r1 CD these packages might be on? tetex-base: CD3 tetex-bin: CD3 tetex-extra: CD3 alsa-utils: CD3 H -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to find software?
On Wed, Mar 29, 2006 at 07:04:12PM +0800, Katipo wrote: No. As the OP has contacted the list, it's fairly safe to assume that he has net access? What's wrong with a net install with aptitude or the ilk. Save the CDs for your next base install. Regards, Is it aslo possible to assume that he has 56k or 33k (as I have) dialup connection and set of CD sitting on table? I selected tetex-bin (not latex) in aptitude and here is what it want: aptitude 0.2.15.8Will use 138MB of disk space DL Size: 59.5MB So it will download cca. 60MB data. If I am lucky I can download at speed 3KB/s so it will take more than 5.5 hour to download (if you pray hard and link does not break). What is wrong with using CD that you aready have? Save payment to phone company and ISP and buy a bread (or go to movie if your stomach is full). Juraj Fedel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to find software?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Mar 29, 2006 at 11:03:26AM -0500, Matthias Julius wrote: Katipo [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Steve Lamb wrote: Am I the only one who's reading this exchange and wondering what people are thinking? No. As the OP has contacted the list, it's fairly safe to assume that he has net access? What tells you that the OP contacted the list from the same machine he wants to install LaTeX on? What's wrong with a net install with aptitude or the ilk. Not everyone is up to wait and/or pay to see large packages like tetex trickling through a phone line. Especially if he has the CDs already. If he has the CDs already, aptitude would prompt him to install the proper CD when he tries to install tetex. If not, it won't know about tetex. So I presume he will take out replies and *then* go to get the proper CD from whatever source he had to buy CDs from. Could CDs be expensive where he lives? Or hard to obtain? Or does he have it fixed in his mind that he has to download entire CDs instead of just packages? I have no idea. I can't imagine it would cost him less to download a CD when he only needs one package. I can imagine he'd like to buy one CD, though. I'm really curious about this. It depends on the individual environment, I suppose. Here, a local call is worth twenty cents. A loaf of bread, a lot more. And computors don't need to sleep here, so I did a net install over my 56K modem, with no pain whatsoever, while I was in bed. Including LaTeX and Alsa, and a whole lot more. Regards, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to find software?
Lachlan Patrick wrote: Hi, I'm looking for LaTeX or alsaplayer. Anyone have any idea which Debian 3.1r1 CD these packages might be on? Loki Thanks to all who replied. One other question: is there an up-to-date Printing How-To somewhere? I need to get my HP non-postscript inkjet working. FYI: I sent an email a week or two ago to this list which was somewhat wordy but did explain that I need CDs specifically. But I got no replies, probably because it was too wordy, so I decided next time to send a much shorter, more direct set of questions. Sorry for the lack of context that time around! For those curious about why I need CDs... here's the wordy explanation. My Debian machine is at home. It's not on the net, so I needed to install from CD. I'm typing this email from my work PC, which I can't mess with, so I don't have Debian installed on it, so I can't directly use aptitude to download packages. I'm not a Debian guru; I just prefer the environ- ment to Windows. In my spare time, I've written a novel on it, using vi, LaTeX, ps2pdf (and python). But much of my hardware didn't work, e.g. I wanted to use the CD-drive to do scheduled backups, and to be able to print, but I was using an ancient version of Debian which didn't have all the drivers or kernel modules. So I was stuck with a dual-boot Windows solution, which was not ideal. I'd rather not need to boot into Windows ever! I decided to freshly install a more recent version of Debian. So, I downloaded ISO images, and just created the first 2 Debian CDs. This proved to be more than adequate to install a functional base desktop system in under 2GB of disk, but a few things were still missing. I didn't want to create all of the other 12 CDs just to get a few packages, so I thought I'd ask what CDs they are on. Although I can use the web at work to discover package dependencies, I didn't know how to discover which CDs those packages are on. In my case, the answer seems to be disk 3, and the link http://www.debian.org/CD/jigdo-cd/#search lets you search for specific files. So I now have a two stage process I can use to find all the dependencies, then find the CDs they are on. (Since my PC's apt database only knows about the first two CDs which it has been exposed to, it had no way of telling me to insert CD 3 when I want LaTeX. Indeed, there was no way inside aptitude to select LaTeX... it's not listed yet.) I didn't know this online search facility existed, so I think that will solve my problems. Thank you to one and all, and I hope this has satisfied any curiosity. Loki -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to find software?
On Thu, Mar 30, 2006 at 11:52:28AM +1000, Lachlan Patrick wrote: Lachlan Patrick wrote: For those curious about why I need CDs... here's the wordy explanation. Quite curious. Especially why you want just *certain* CDs. My Debian machine is at home. It's not on the net, so I needed to install from CD. I'm typing this email from my work PC, which I can't mess with, so I don't have Debian installed on it, so I can't directly use aptitude to download packages. I figured you might not have direct net access. I'm not a Debian guru; I just prefer the environ- ment to Windows. In my spare time, I've written a novel on it, using vi, LaTeX, ps2pdf (and python). But much of my hardware didn't work, e.g. I wanted to use the CD-drive to do scheduled backups, and to be able to print, but I was using an ancient version of Debian which didn't have all the drivers or kernel modules. So I was stuck with a dual-boot Windows solution, which was not ideal. I'd rather not need to boot into Windows ever! I decided to freshly install a more recent version of Debian. So, I downloaded ISO images, and just created the first 2 Debian CDs. This proved to be more than adequate to install a functional base desktop system in under 2GB of disk, but a few things were still missing. I didn't want to create all of the other 12 CDs just to get a few packages, so I thought I'd ask what CDs they are on. Although I can use the web at work to discover package dependencies, I didn't know how to discover which CDs those packages are on. So presumably they let you download CDs at work. But not too many. That makes sense. Thank you for the explanation. -- hendrik In my case, the answer seems to be disk 3, and the link http://www.debian.org/CD/jigdo-cd/#search lets you search for specific files. So I now have a two stage process I can use to find all the dependencies, then find the CDs they are on. (Since my PC's apt database only knows about the first two CDs which it has been exposed to, it had no way of telling me to insert CD 3 when I want LaTeX. Indeed, there was no way inside aptitude to select LaTeX... it's not listed yet.) I didn't know this online search facility existed, so I think that will solve my problems. Incidentally, I believe the packages are allocated to CDs on the basis of popularity. So in the absence of other information, the next CD in sequence might be the most useful next CD to burn. Thank you to one and all, and I hope this has satisfied any curiosity. Sure did! -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to find software?
Hello Patrick, Lachlan Patrick wrote: Lachlan Patrick wrote: Hi, I'm looking for LaTeX or alsaplayer. Anyone have any idea which Debian 3.1r1 CD these packages might be on? Loki Thanks to all who replied. One other question: is there an up-to-date Printing How-To somewhere? I need to get my HP non-postscript inkjet working. Short answer: Install CUPS and its friends: it should be Ok. hth, Jerome PS: see www.miktex.org to compose [La]TeX document on Window$ computer. FYI: I sent an email a week or two ago to this list which was somewhat wordy but did explain that I need CDs specifically. But I got no replies, probably because it was too wordy, so I decided next time to send a much shorter, more direct set of questions. Sorry for the lack of context that time around! For those curious about why I need CDs... here's the wordy explanation. My Debian machine is at home. It's not on the net, so I needed to install from CD. I'm typing this email from my work PC, which I can't mess with, so I don't have Debian installed on it, so I can't directly use aptitude to download packages. I'm not a Debian guru; I just prefer the environ- ment to Windows. In my spare time, I've written a novel on it, using vi, LaTeX, ps2pdf (and python). But much of my hardware didn't work, e.g. I wanted to use the CD-drive to do scheduled backups, and to be able to print, but I was using an ancient version of Debian which didn't have all the drivers or kernel modules. So I was stuck with a dual-boot Windows solution, which was not ideal. I'd rather not need to boot into Windows ever! I decided to freshly install a more recent version of Debian. So, I downloaded ISO images, and just created the first 2 Debian CDs. This proved to be more than adequate to install a functional base desktop system in under 2GB of disk, but a few things were still missing. I didn't want to create all of the other 12 CDs just to get a few packages, so I thought I'd ask what CDs they are on. Although I can use the web at work to discover package dependencies, I didn't know how to discover which CDs those packages are on. In my case, the answer seems to be disk 3, and the link http://www.debian.org/CD/jigdo-cd/#search lets you search for specific files. So I now have a two stage process I can use to find all the dependencies, then find the CDs they are on. (Since my PC's apt database only knows about the first two CDs which it has been exposed to, it had no way of telling me to insert CD 3 when I want LaTeX. Indeed, there was no way inside aptitude to select LaTeX... it's not listed yet.) I didn't know this online search facility existed, so I think that will solve my problems. Thank you to one and all, and I hope this has satisfied any curiosity. Loki -- Jerome BENOIT jgmbenoit_at_mailsnare_dot_net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to find software?
On Wed, Mar 29, 2006 at 03:20:44PM +1000, Lachlan Patrick wrote: Hi, I'm looking for LaTeX or alsaplayer. Anyone have any idea which Debian 3.1r1 CD these packages might be on? Try http://www.debian.org/CD/jigdo-cd/#search signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: How to find software?
Hello Patrick, this does not work that way: a good start is man dselect If your are in hurry then as root launch dselect and try to follow the instructions: to get a working LaTeX you must install tetex, for alsaplayer, I do not know. hth, Jerome Lachlan Patrick wrote: Hi, I'm looking for LaTeX or alsaplayer. Anyone have any idea which Debian 3.1r1 CD these packages might be on? Loki -- Jerome BENOIT jgmbenoit_at_mailsnare_dot_net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to find software?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Lachlan Patrick wrote: Hi, I'm looking for LaTeX or alsaplayer. Anyone have any idea which Debian 3.1r1 CD these packages might be on? Loki Try apt-cache search latex, apt-cache search alsaplayer, or Synaptic - the latter is the best solution, how to find any package with description and dependecies HAND Vlada - -- Ing. Vladimir M. Kerka Klukovicka 1530 155 00 Praha 5 - Stodulky Czech Republic e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] web:www.dinmont.cz NOTE: rm -rf /bin/ladin Nedostavam a nerozesilam viry, protoze nepouzivam M$ Windows -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEKjUuizaXOOTBYxcRApn/AJ4lxySQS3ohhPZNEe1yaHxBJp5g/QCfZSVY hdjvmyF9hV0XZF4sPmtoUEA= =uSYV -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to find software?
Ing. Vladimir M. Kerka wrote: Lachlan Patrick wrote: I'm looking for LaTeX or alsaplayer. Anyone have any idea which Debian 3.1r1 CD these packages might be on? Try apt-cache search latex, apt-cache search alsaplayer, or Synaptic - the latter is the best solution, how to find any package with description and dependecies Am I the only one who's reading this exchange and wondering what people are thinking? How, exactly, does dselect (in the previous reply) and apt-cache help him determine which CD the software is on? I mean what if he's on a slow link, has the CDs a friend gave him and wants to install from that medium. Am I missing some magical function of dselect and apt-cache which describes which CD a package is on? Mine certainly don't cough up that information. It's not in the package description. Is this another case of rewriting the question and then answering the rewrite? -- Steve Lamb -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
