Re: [arch] Using pacman to intall downloaded packages

2007-05-11 Thread Eric Belanger
On Fri, 11 May 2007, Roman Kyrylych wrote: >> all seemed to go well until I tried to run the application. >> >> $ figlet >> /usr/bin/figlet: cannot execute binary file >> >> My question is this, I downloaded these packages from the >> extra/os/x86_64 folder from the same mirror I dl'ed the ISO. >>

Re: [arch] Package cleaning

2007-05-11 Thread David Rosenstrauch
David Rosenstrauch wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I confess to being a casual user, but I am also an Arch Linux >> advocate and competent with computers. Were some of these packages >> moved to the community or aur repos, I would certainly consider >> investing some time periodically to upda

Re: [arch] Eclipse software updates broken?

2007-05-11 Thread David Rosenstrauch
Alper KANAT wrote: > Well; I also want to ask a question about Eclipse in Arch.. As everyone > know, Eclipse has a broad range of updates and plugins, and whenever I > try to install them it can't do it because of the permissions of the > Eclipse directories.. > > Is there an easier way of install

Re: [arch] Package cleaning

2007-05-11 Thread David Rosenstrauch
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I confess to being a casual user, but I am also an Arch Linux > advocate and competent with computers. Were some of these packages > moved to the community or aur repos, I would certainly consider > investing some time periodically to update or maintain them. +1 I alre

Re: [arch] Eclipse software updates broken?

2007-05-11 Thread Alper KANAT
Well; I also want to ask a question about Eclipse in Arch.. As everyone know, Eclipse has a broad range of updates and plugins, and whenever I try to install them it can't do it because of the permissions of the Eclipse directories.. Is there an easier way of installing Eclipse plugins and updates

Re: [arch] ArchStats behind proxy

2007-05-11 Thread Dan McGee
On 5/11/07, Vladislav Titov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have performed one more check again. Dan mentioned that archstats is using > libcurl. So I have tried to use curl directly with my proxy. Command > curl http://somehost.to.get/ > works successfully and displays retrieved information. Proxy

Re: [arch] Using pacman to intall downloaded packages

2007-05-11 Thread Roman Kyrylych
2007/5/11, Wayne Oliver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Roman Kyrylych > > Sent: 11 May 2007 01:44 > > To: General Discusson about Arch Linux > > Subject: Re: [arch] Using pacman to intall downloaded packages

Re: [arch] Using pacman to intall downloaded packages

2007-05-11 Thread Wayne Oliver
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Roman Kyrylych > Sent: 11 May 2007 01:44 > To: General Discusson about Arch Linux > Subject: Re: [arch] Using pacman to intall downloaded packages > > 2007/5/11, Wayne Oliver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi

Re: [arch] Using pacman to intall downloaded packages

2007-05-11 Thread Roman Kyrylych
2007/5/11, Wayne Oliver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi All, > > I have been using gentoo for the last +- 5 years anyway after a hdd > dying on me yesterday I decided to try arch last night. > > I downloaded and installed the ISO and was impressed with the speed, > simplicity and my general first impress

[arch] Eclipse software updates broken?

2007-05-11 Thread bardo
Hi. I think there's something wrong with eclipse: every time I try to use the "software updates" function (under help) I get a bunch of errors about files not found. It looks like it's searching for the wrong directory. Example message: 'Error creating feature "file:/opt/eclipse/features/org.ecli

[arch] Using pacman to intall downloaded packages

2007-05-11 Thread Wayne Oliver
Hi All, I have been using gentoo for the last +- 5 years anyway after a hdd dying on me yesterday I decided to try arch last night. I downloaded and installed the ISO and was impressed with the speed, simplicity and my general first impression was good. I had also downloaded some extra packages

Re: [arch] ArchStats behind proxy

2007-05-11 Thread Vladislav Titov
I have performed one more check again. Dan mentioned that archstats is using libcurl. So I have tried to use curl directly with my proxy. Command curl http://somehost.to.get/ works successfully and displays retrieved information. Proxy host is defined using http_proxy,ftp_proxy environment varia