Re: 2 apt-get questions

2003-02-06 Thread Paul Johnson
On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 01:08:52AM -0500, Hal Vaughan wrote: 1) How can I specify the source site to use to retreive a specific package? (In this case, I added download.kde.org with all the info to point to the KDE 3.1 packages, but apt doesn't seem to see anything above KDE 2.2, even after

Re: 2 apt-get questions

2003-02-06 Thread Paul Johnson
On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 12:28:26AM -0600, Steve Wollkind wrote: interacts with apt-get later (I doubt you can uninstall packages installed this way with apt-get remove...I would imageine apt is simply unaware of them, but someone who knows more about this should comment on it). Yes, you can.

Re: 2 apt-get questions

2003-02-06 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Thursday 06 February 2003 04:09 am, Paul Johnson wrote: On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 01:08:52AM -0500, Hal Vaughan wrote: 1) How can I specify the source site to use to retreive a specific package? (In this case, I added download.kde.org with all the info to point to the KDE 3.1 packages, but

Re: 2 apt-get questions

2003-02-06 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Thursday 06 February 2003 02:06 am, Svein Ove Aas wrote: torsdag 6. februar 2003, 07:08, skrev Hal Vaughan: 1) How can I specify the source site to use to retreive a specific package? (In this case, I added download.kde.org with all the info to point to the KDE 3.1 packages, but apt

Re: 2 apt-get questions

2003-02-06 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Thursday 06 February 2003 04:10 am, Paul Johnson wrote: On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 12:28:26AM -0600, Steve Wollkind wrote: interacts with apt-get later (I doubt you can uninstall packages installed this way with apt-get remove...I would imageine apt is simply unaware of them, but someone

Re: 2 apt-get questions

2003-02-06 Thread Kent West
Hal Vaughan wrote: Actually, I should have asked this with the question. The game is Enigma, and I found the binaries on mirrors, but the game is listed on the Debian website. It doesn't show up when I apt-cache search enigma. Is that because I'm using stable and it's in testing or

2 apt-get questions

2003-02-05 Thread Hal Vaughan
I know this should be very simple and easy to find, but I'm having trouble answering these two questions. I've been through the apt-get man page a few times. Since I'm trying to do something on a one-time-only basis, this shouldn't be a config problem -- I'd expect it to be available as a

Re: 2 apt-get questions

2003-02-05 Thread Kent West
Hal Vaughan wrote: I know this should be very simple and easy to find, but I'm having trouble answering these two questions. I've been through the apt-get man page a few times. Since I'm trying to do something on a one-time-only basis, this shouldn't be a config problem -- I'd expect it to

Re: 2 apt-get questions

2003-02-05 Thread Steve Wollkind
On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 01:08:52AM -0500, Hal Vaughan wrote: 2) How can I install a .deb file that I've downloaded with my browser? (I downloaded a game that was a .deb file into my home directory. I searched the /var dir tree and found .deb files in /var/cache/apt/archives, so I copied

Re: 2 apt-get questions

2003-02-05 Thread Nick Hastings
Hi, * Hal Vaughan [EMAIL PROTECTED] [030206 15:22]: I know this should be very simple and easy to find, but I'm having trouble answering these two questions. I've been through the apt-get man page a few times. Since I'm trying to do something on a one-time-only basis, this shouldn't be a

Re: 2 apt-get questions

2003-02-05 Thread Svein Ove Aas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 torsdag 6. februar 2003, 07:08, skrev Hal Vaughan: I know this should be very simple and easy to find, but I'm having trouble answering these two questions. I've been through the apt-get man page a few times. Since I'm trying to do something on a