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 (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
