Re: No libforms0.89 -> no Lyx
Sorry for all the trouble. I uploaded a new libforms0.89 that conforms to policy wrt the xpm4g transition to libxpm4 on Sep 14th 2000, to unstable. The problem is that packages aren't moved into testing (woody) untill they are built for all architectures. Since the autobuilders don't handle non-free packages (I don't know why), their installation can be held up for a long time. Someone paranoid would say that the `get non-free out of Debian' issue was decided without a vote. :-( Peter "Carlo U. Segre" wrote: > I ran into the same problem and I ended up installing the package (and > other required ones) from unstable. > > Cheers, > > Carlo > > > I also noticed that Lyx was removed during a recent upgrade in > > "testing". I tried to reinstall it but found that it requires > > libforms0.89 Since Lyx is (in my opinion) one of the best document > > editors around, I was wondering if anyone else had worked around this > > problem. libforms0.89-bin and libforms0.89-dev are both listed in the > > online list of packages, but just plain libforms0.89 is missing. I > > cannot apt-get install any of the 3. Suggestions?
RE: No libforms0.89 -> no Lyx
I ran into the same problem and I ended up installing the package (and other required ones) from unstable. Cheers, Carlo > I also noticed that Lyx was removed during a recent upgrade in > "testing". I tried to reinstall it but found that it requires > libforms0.89 Since Lyx is (in my opinion) one of the best document > editors around, I was wondering if anyone else had worked around this > problem. libforms0.89-bin and libforms0.89-dev are both listed in the > online list of packages, but just plain libforms0.89 is missing. I > cannot apt-get install any of the 3. Suggestions? -- Carlo U. Segre -- Associate Professor of Physics Illinois Institute of Technology Voice: 312.567.3498Fax: 312.567.3494 [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.iit.edu/~segre
Re: No libforms0.89 -> no Lyx
On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, Glen Snyder wrote:
> Thanks to Mike for the tip that got the X4 upgrade in testing working
> for me. I'm a happy camper again.
>
> I also noticed that Lyx was removed during a recent upgrade in
> "testing". I tried to reinstall it but found that it requires
> libforms0.89 Since Lyx is (in my opinion) one of the best document
> editors around, I was wondering if anyone else had worked around this
> problem. libforms0.89-bin and libforms0.89-dev are both listed in the
> online list of packages, but just plain libforms0.89 is missing. I
> cannot apt-get install any of the 3. Suggestions?
>
> Thanks in advance
> Glen
I worked around this problem as follows: I downloaded the source for the
debian libforms0.89 packages and built a new package. The problem is that
libforms explicitly requires xpm4g which has been subsumed into the
xfree86 packages. I had to remove the dependency in the debian/control
file and then rebuild the packages. At that point, I could reinstall
libforms. However, I use LyX quite a bit, and I wanted the latest stable
version which is 1.1.6fix1 as of today. So, I used deb-make to debianize
the latest LyX and installed that as well. Thus, I am not sure if
rebuilding libforms will solve all the dependency problems for LyX. BTW,
I'm sure this problem will be fixed within a couple days. Now that you
have reminded me, I'll write to the libforms maintainer and/or the LyX
maintainer.
Thanks. Syrus.
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