Question: So how do I, running from a slink CD, get and install potato's apt?
If I add entries for 'unstable' in /etc/apt/sources.list, and then go into dselect, it wants to upgrade my world to potato. Of course, I can always just go download the deb and run dpkg on it, but is there a better way? Pax. -Jonathan ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Friday, May 07, 1999 11:05 AM, Wayne Topa [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Subject: Help with apt > Date: Fri, May 07, 1999 at 03:04:48PM +0200 > > In reply to:Daniel Mashao > > Quoting Daniel Mashao([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > I cannot use apt-get at all. It seems to be working but then complains > > about a package that it cannot install. It says I must install it first > > then remove it. I cannot install the said package (gnotepad+) as the > > installer (dpkg) refuses. And finally I am in the chicken and egg > > problem. > > > > I have experienced similar problems before and would apprectiate any help > > to my specific problem. At the same time I would like to encourage all > > Debian maintainers to think about these kind of problems. They make Debian > > to look more like Windows (PLEASE take this in a good spirit. I like > > Debian a lot. In fact I am the only one using it locally) to me. I cannot > > understand why it does not work and I feel powerless to do anything. Apt > > cannot install anything even if it is not related to gnome (I have given > > up on getting it to work on my system) because it complains about the > > state of that package (gnomepad+). > > > > I have tried purging and removing apt (which works well) but I cannot use > > apt to install anything. > > > > Daniel > > I would like to help but there wasn't much info given (above) to > go by so.... > > VT1 root-Deb-Slink:~# dpkg -S gnotepad > dpkg: *gnotepad* not found. > > > VT1 root-Deb-Slink:~# dpkg -s apt > Package: apt > Status: install ok installed > Priority: optional > Section: admin > Installed-Size: 1168 > Maintainer: APT Development Team <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Version: 0.3.2 > [ snip ] > > The only problem I had with this version is that of half package > installs ( Not apt's fault, mine). It wouldn't install a package > because dpkg had only half installed it. I found a solution to that > bu going to '/var/lib/dpkg/status', finding the offending program and > chainging 'Status: install ok installed' to 'Status: purge ok > not-installed'. Apt finally satisfied, then started to work. > > BTW apt-0.3.2 is in potato and works great! > > HTH > > -- > To the systems programmer, users and applications serve only to provide > a test load. > _______________________________________________________ > Wayne T. Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null
