I found my proftpd install problem. When I try to install the latest proftpd from the unstable section of debian, it requires PERL5.005. So I downloaded PERL5.005 and tried to install it. It can't install because the base install has a previous version of PERL.
I tried to uninstall the previous version and dpkg reported it was an important program and won't uninstall. How do I get around this ? PERL5.005 is from the unstable section. Is there possibly something wrong with the package? If I use apt-get, it gets the older unpatched version of proftp and installs it successfully. Can I tell apt-get to get unstable versions ? How do I tell it to overwrite an older version of a package ? Should I??? thanks much for all the support, paul > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul McHale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, September 05, 1999 11:35 PM > To: Debian-User > Subject: Dumb package install question > > > > Hi, > > I have downloaded the latest proftp with the root patch (I believe) from > debian. I have it on floppy and can copy the file proftpd_1.2.0pre4-2.deb > to wherever. > > Question is how do I install it ? When I run dselect, it looks for > directories which don't exist on the floppy. I looked at dpkg and am a > little more confused :O. Any ideas on installing/configuring individually > downloaded packages ? > > Could someone also explain the numbering? This one is pre4-2. > When I check > www.proftp.org/download.html, it shows pre3 as the latest. I would assume > pre3 is before pre4. Are these the equivalent of Major, Minor release > numbers. I.e. 4-2 is version 4.2? Did debian patch it and > release it under > unstable ? This would explain why profrp.org doesn't list it yet. > > BTW. I tried apt-get. This was beautiful to watch it hunt down > packages on > it's own. I would assume it didn't update proftp because it is > unstable due > to the recent patch. It left the currently installed version on the HD. > > thanks, > > paul > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe > [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
