Re: installing lazpaint (a non-debian package) on a debian system, ideally in a user-level account

2019-10-19 Thread Dan Hitt
On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 8:17 PM John Crawley wrote: > On 2019-10-19 11:24, Dan Hitt wrote: > > There's a piece of software, lazpaint, that i would like to install on > > my debian system. > > The project dates from 2011, so i think it's pretty well established. > > https://sourceforge.net/project

Re: installing lazpaint (a non-debian package) on a debian system, ideally in a user-level account

2019-10-18 Thread John Crawley
On 2019-10-19 11:24, Dan Hitt wrote: There's a piece of software, lazpaint, that i would like to install on my debian system. The project dates from 2011, so i think it's pretty well established. https://sourceforge.net/projects/lazpaint/ So i'm wondering if there's some way to invoke dpkg to ge

Re: installing lazpaint (a non-debian package) on a debian system, ideally in a user-level account

2019-10-18 Thread Dan Ritter
Dan Hitt wrote: > There's a piece of software, lazpaint, that i would like to install on my > debian system. > > As far as i can tell, it is not listed at packages.debian.org. > > It does have a *.deb file however. > > The project dates from 2011, so i think it's pretty well established. > > h

installing lazpaint (a non-debian package) on a debian system, ideally in a user-level account

2019-10-18 Thread Dan Hitt
There's a piece of software, lazpaint, that i would like to install on my debian system. As far as i can tell, it is not listed at packages.debian.org. It does have a *.deb file however. The project dates from 2011, so i think it's pretty well established. https://sourceforge.net/projects/lazpa

Re: Iceweasel disables Java plugin, demands non-Debian package

2012-07-22 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 21 Jul 2012 18:46:02 -0400, Carl Fink wrote: > If I want to use Java applets (needed, for instance, to watch PBS > video), I can install icedtea-7-plugin, which depends on openjdk. > > Then Iceweasel disables it with no option to re-enable it and says, "For > your safety, Firefox has disa

Iceweasel disables Java plugin, demands non-Debian package

2012-07-21 Thread Carl Fink
If I want to use Java applets (needed, for instance, to watch PBS video), I can install icedtea-7-plugin, which depends on openjdk. Then Iceweasel disables it with no option to re-enable it and says, "For your safety, Firefox has disabled your outdated version of Java. Please upgrade to the latest

Re: Compiling non-Debian package (amaya) OpenGL libraries required

2012-03-06 Thread Sian Mountbatten
On 06/03/12 15:40, Camaleón wrote: On Mon, 05 Mar 2012 22:15:45 +, Sian Mountbatten wrote: Does anybody know which package provides OpenGL libraries for development? I am using the siduction distribution which is based on Debian sid. http://www.w3.org/Amaya/User/AmayaWX.html#What THT.

Re: Compiling non-Debian package (amaya) OpenGL libraries required

2012-03-06 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 05 Mar 2012 22:15:45 +, Sian Mountbatten wrote: > Does anybody know which package provides OpenGL libraries for > development? > > I am using the siduction distribution which is based on Debian sid. http://www.w3.org/Amaya/User/AmayaWX.html#What THT. Greetings, -- Camaleón --

Re: Compiling non-Debian package (amaya) OpenGL libraries required

2012-03-06 Thread Alberto Luaces
Sian Mountbatten writes: > Hi All! > > Does anybody know which package provides OpenGL libraries for development? > > I am using the siduction distribution which is based on Debian sid. Look for libGL.so (as is, without trailing numbers) under your usr/. It could have been installed as a result

Compiling non-Debian package (amaya) OpenGL libraries required

2012-03-05 Thread Sian Mountbatten
Hi All! Does anybody know which package provides OpenGL libraries for development? I am using the siduction distribution which is based on Debian sid. -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trou

Re: best way to install non debian package

2002-03-14 Thread Emil Pedersen
"Panuganty, Ramesh" wrote: > > Good that this discussion came up. I lost my checkinstall file which I > downloaded earlier and can't reach this site now (always inaccessible?). > Can somebody give me a copy of this checkinstall package? I dl'ed it a few hours ago from http://www.mirrors.w

RE: best way to install non debian package

2002-03-13 Thread Panuganty, Ramesh
002 8:46 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: best way to install non debian package On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 10:15:00AM +0100, Fran?ois Chenais wrote: > > > > If you want install non-debian software, i.e., after compiling a > > compressed tarball, I woul

Re: best way to install non debian package

2002-03-13 Thread Sridhar M.A.
On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 10:15:00AM +0100, Fran?ois Chenais wrote: > > > > If you want install non-debian software, i.e., after compiling a > > compressed tarball, I would suggest that you give checkinstall a try. It > > creates a deb package, which installs the binaries in /usr/local.

Re: best way to install non debian package

2002-03-13 Thread François
> > If you want install non-debian software, i.e., after compiling a > compressed tarball, I would suggest that you give checkinstall a try. It > creates a deb package, which installs the binaries in /usr/local. > Installation/Removal is thru dpkg -i/-r. Bonus is that you can install > the resulat

Re: best way to install non debian package

2002-03-12 Thread Sridhar M.A.
On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 11:02:15AM +, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote: > On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 11:01:01AM +0100, Fran?ois Chenais wrote: > > > > What's the best way to install package which are not(yet) in debian > > package format or in the current distribution ? > > > > For e

Re: best way to install non debian package

2002-03-12 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 11:01:01AM +0100, François Chenais wrote: > Hello, > > > What's the best way to install package which are not(yet) in debian > package format or in the current distribution ? > > For example, I need pilot-link > 0.10.0 to use with palm m125 > but

best way to install non debian package

2002-03-12 Thread François
Hello, What's the best way to install package which are not(yet) in debian package format or in the current distribution ? For example, I need pilot-link > 0.10.0 to use with palm m125 but have no deb package. In which directory may I install it ?

Re: non-Debian package

2001-03-04 Thread John Galt
ge to a Debian >".deb" package ?? Yes. Not very well IME, but it'll usually do it. > I don't think apt or apt-get need or understand packages with the >.deb suffix. So is it possible to use apt or apt-get on a non-Debian >package to install it on a Debian sy

Re: non-Debian package

2001-03-04 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sun, Mar 04, 2001 at 09:45:24AM -0500, Holp, John Mr. wrote: > > man alien, whereis alien, whatis alien, etc., etc produce no > indication of such a thing on my Debian 2.2.17 machine. apt-get install alien

Re: non-Debian package

2001-03-04 Thread Robert Waldner
;IHMO Yes It does. >> I don't think apt or apt-get need or understand packages with the >> .deb suffix. So is it possible to use apt or apt-get on a non-Debian >> package to install it on a Debian system? >> >My alien version it has the option -i which i

Re: non-Debian package

2001-03-04 Thread Matthew Sackman
ackages with the > .deb suffix. So is it possible to use apt or apt-get on a non-Debian > package to install it on a Debian system? > > man alien, whereis alien, whatis alien, etc., etc produce no > indication of such a thing on my Debian 2.2.17 machine. ...which seems to in

Re: non-Debian package

2001-03-04 Thread Florian Bartels
syntax something like; > > alien package_name.rpm > > Will apparently convert/create a Red Hat ".rpm" package to a Debian > ".deb" package?? IHMO Yes > I don't think apt or apt-get need or understand packages with t

non-Debian package

2001-03-04 Thread Holp, John Mr.
apparently convert/create a Red Hat ".rpm" package to a Debian ".deb" package ?? I don't think apt or apt-get need or understand packages with the .deb suffix. So is it possible to use apt or apt-get on a non-Debian package to install it on a Debian system?