Re: [SLUG] Modules not found... (well then I ask a favour)
Thanks Guys, I will have to remember that apt-zip as I'm found a bit of a more permanent solution. Buy old 3G HD, find out old 33k non-winmodem, install in machine near phone line, with Debian on the new hard drive, slow and nasty... oh well. Then I can either apt-zip away, or possibly temporarily Ethernet across the backyard to my room (I live in the garage, hence no phone, hence no net). I just thought I'd ask if anyone had a bunch of the packages lying around already on cd or in their apt-cache (or whatever it is) >>> Matthew Dalton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 22/11/00 17:50:01 >>> James Wilkinson wrote: > > This one time, at band camp, Steven downing said: > > Try apt-zip Hmmm... I haven't seen this before. >From debian.org, about the apt-zip package: "These scripts simplify the process of using dselect and apt on a non-networked Debian box, using removable media like ZIP floppies. One generates a `fetch' script (supporting backends such as wget and lftp, in a modular, extensible way) to be run on a host with better connectivity, check space constraints of your removable media, and then install the package on your Debian box." Looks like they're assuming that the connected box is *nix. Steven's is 'doze. Doh! Matthew -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Modules not found... (well then I ask a favour)
James Wilkinson wrote: > > This one time, at band camp, Steven downing said: > > >Unfortunately I figure this would mean trolling through the debian archive = > >directories to find all the dependencies needed for a package (source or = > >binary) with a Windows ftp client and then finding the required number of = > >floppies to transfer it all across. For things like task-xwindows-complete= > > (or even core) this is pretty onerous, and I need to go to xfree4.0.1 for = > >the new nvidia drivers, which is why I was looking for a cd, as well as = > >the upgrade you mentioned. > > Try apt-zip Hmmm... I haven't seen this before. >From debian.org, about the apt-zip package: "These scripts simplify the process of using dselect and apt on a non-networked Debian box, using removable media like ZIP floppies. One generates a `fetch' script (supporting backends such as wget and lftp, in a modular, extensible way) to be run on a host with better connectivity, check space constraints of your removable media, and then install the package on your Debian box." Looks like they're assuming that the connected box is *nix. Steven's is 'doze. Doh! Matthew -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Modules not found... (well then I ask a favour)
This one time, at band camp, Steven downing said: >Unfortunately I figure this would mean trolling through the debian archive = >directories to find all the dependencies needed for a package (source or = >binary) with a Windows ftp client and then finding the required number of = >floppies to transfer it all across. For things like task-xwindows-complete= > (or even core) this is pretty onerous, and I need to go to xfree4.0.1 for = >the new nvidia drivers, which is why I was looking for a cd, as well as = >the upgrade you mentioned. Try apt-zip -- "This is not an attack! It is a pre-emptive retaliation." (o_ ' //\ v_/_ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Modules not found... (well then I ask a favour)
Steven downing wrote: > > Unfortunately I figure this would mean trolling through the debian archive >directories to find all the dependencies needed for a package (source or binary) with >a Windows ftp client and then finding the required number of floppies to transfer it >all across. For things like task-xwindows-complete (or even core) this is pretty >onerous, and I need to go to xfree4.0.1 for the new nvidia drivers, which is why I >was looking for a cd, as well as the upgrade you mentioned. > Thanks for the suggestion though... > I love the Debian way, but without net connection or a burner its a little harder to >keep up to date. Sounds like you need an ethernet connection between your connected MS box and your debian box. Better still, make the debian box the connected one, and use ip-masquerading for the MS box (still need that ethernet connection though). If you at least want to get modutils-2.3.20 working, it would be useful for you to know that you won't have to download any extra packages from unstable to get it to compile and install. Matthew -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Modules not found... (well then I ask a favour)
Unfortunately I figure this would mean trolling through the debian archive directories to find all the dependencies needed for a package (source or binary) with a Windows ftp client and then finding the required number of floppies to transfer it all across. For things like task-xwindows-complete (or even core) this is pretty onerous, and I need to go to xfree4.0.1 for the new nvidia drivers, which is why I was looking for a cd, as well as the upgrade you mentioned. Thanks for the suggestion though... I love the Debian way, but without net connection or a burner its a little harder to keep up to date. >>> Matthew Dalton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 22/11/00 15:29:58 >>> Steven downing wrote: > > Nuts! Once again I need debian unstable... > So is there anyone going to the meeting on Friday with a cd or three of the >unstable archive (in its most stable incarnation if possible). Unfortunately the >machine in question is unconnected, and our net-connected M$ machine has no >cd-burner, and a 56K dialup. > Payment/Gratitude gratefully given... Just compile the source packages from modutils-2.3.20 under potato and install the resulting deb. That's what I did. See this article: http://www.debianplanet.org/debianplanet/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=1 Matthew -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Modules not found... (well then I ask a favour)
Steven downing wrote: > > Nuts! Once again I need debian unstable... > So is there anyone going to the meeting on Friday with a cd or three of the >unstable archive (in its most stable incarnation if possible). Unfortunately the >machine in question is unconnected, and our net-connected M$ machine has no >cd-burner, and a 56K dialup. > Payment/Gratitude gratefully given... Just compile the source packages from modutils-2.3.20 under potato and install the resulting deb. That's what I did. See this article: http://www.debianplanet.org/debianplanet/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=1 Matthew -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Modules not found... (well then I ask a favour)
Nuts! Once again I need debian unstable... So is there anyone going to the meeting on Friday with a cd or three of the unstable archive (in its most stable incarnation if possible). Unfortunately the machine in question is unconnected, and our net-connected M$ machine has no cd-burner, and a 56K dialup. Payment/Gratitude gratefully given... -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
