Re: How can one get debian installed?

2001-07-28 Thread dman
On Sat, Jul 28, 2001 at 02:37:02PM +0100, Frank Zimmermann wrote: | apt-get needs AFAIK a Contents-file. It looks to me like you've | downloaded the files and then try to install it with apt-get. So | you'll have to tell apt-get where the files are. | | I think you'll have to create a Contents.gz

Re: How can one get debian installed?

2001-07-28 Thread Jeremy
> > Does anyone have any ideas what the hell is going on here? > > > It looks to me like you've downloaded the files and then try to install it > with apt-get. I'm not sure how well this will pertain to you, but if it were me, I'd just run the apt-get update, and then apt-get install your_package

Re: How can one get debian installed?

2001-07-28 Thread destruss
On 28 Jul 2001, at 14:37, Frank Zimmermann wrote: > Robert Schweikert wrote: > > > > > > # /usr/bin/apt-get --no-download install > > /usr/dists/upgrades/xserver-3dlabs_3.3.6-11potato32.deb > > Reading Package Lists... > > Building Dependency Tree... > > E: Couldn't find package > > /usr/dists/

Re: How can one get debian installed?

2001-07-28 Thread Frank Zimmermann
Robert Schweikert wrote: # /usr/bin/apt-get --no-download install /usr/dists/upgrades/xserver-3dlabs_3.3.6-11potato32.deb Reading Package Lists... Building Dependency Tree... E: Couldn't find package /usr/dists/upgrades/xserver-3dlabs_3.3.6-11potato32.deb # /usr/bin/apt-get --no-download inst

How can one get debian installed?

2001-07-28 Thread Robert Schweikert
I am having a hard time gettin anything to work. I downloaded the 2.2r3 CDRoms and burned all three disks. Then I went on to install the distribution but I cannot get it to work. Well it works in single user environment, but I cannot believe that that is how everyone is using the distribution. Whe