Re: newbiedoc error [Re: Testing URIs not working]

2003-11-07 Thread Tom
On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 04:51:22AM +, Pigeon wrote: > On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 04:58:15PM -0500, Wayne Topa wrote: > > Tom([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > > > On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 01:04:25PM -0500, Haines Brown wrote: > > > > > apt-cache search newbiedoc > > > > > newbiedoc > >

Re: newbiedoc error [Re: Testing URIs not working]

2003-11-07 Thread Pigeon
On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 04:58:15PM -0500, Wayne Topa wrote: > Tom([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > > On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 01:04:25PM -0500, Haines Brown wrote: > > > > apt-cache search newbiedoc > > > > newbiedoc > > > > I thought I'd read newbiedoc. The read a bit about runlevel

Re: Testing URIs not working

2003-11-07 Thread Wayne Topa
Colin Watson([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 04:49:02PM -0500, Wayne Topa wrote: > > Haines Brown([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > > > Just to show you I'm in a "learning mode", when I could not install > > > doc-linux-nonfree-text, I ran apt-cac

Re: Testing URIs not working

2003-11-07 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 04:49:02PM -0500, Wayne Topa wrote: > Haines Brown([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > > Just to show you I'm in a "learning mode", when I could not install > > doc-linux-nonfree-text, I ran apt-cache search and found out that it > > is properly "doc-linux-text".

Re: newbiedoc error [Re: Testing URIs not working]

2003-11-07 Thread Hoyt Bailey
- Original Message - From: "Tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 12:27 Subject: newbiedoc error [Re: Testing URIs not working] > On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 01:04:25PM -0500, Haines Brown wrote: > > > apt-cach

Re: Testing URIs not working

2003-11-07 Thread Wayne Topa
Haines Brown([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > > From: Wayne Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > [teach to fish mode] > > Yes, by all means! > > > apt-cache show newbiedoc > > I tried this on an uninstalled package (mysql), and nothing was > returned. But shouldn't this command have e

Re: newbiedoc error [Re: Testing URIs not working]

2003-11-07 Thread Wayne Topa
Tom([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 01:04:25PM -0500, Haines Brown wrote: > > > apt-cache search newbiedoc > > > newbiedoc > > I thought I'd read newbiedoc. The read a bit about runlevels (since I > didn't know about them), the first thing I read is incorre

newbiedoc error [Re: Testing URIs not working]

2003-11-07 Thread Tom
On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 01:04:25PM -0500, Haines Brown wrote: > > apt-cache search newbiedoc > > newbiedoc I thought I'd read newbiedoc. The read a bit about runlevels (since I didn't know about them), the first thing I read is incorrect: file:///home/tom/usr/share/doc/newbiedoc/newbiedoc-html/

Re: Testing URIs not working

2003-11-07 Thread Haines Brown
> From: Wayne Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > [teach to fish mode] Yes, by all means! > apt-cache search newbiedoc > newbiedoc Well, what is obvious to the experienced user, is something entirely new to the newbie. I realized that # aptitude search would search for uninstalled packages, but I did

Re: Testing URIs not working

2003-11-07 Thread Wayne Topa
Haines Brown([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > > > From: Wayne Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Have you read any of the below? > > > > /usr/share/doc/newbiedoc/newbiedoc-html/apt-get-intro/index-apt-get-intro.html > > /usr/share/doc/newbiedoc/newbiedoc-html/apt-get-intro/apt-and-in

Re: Testing URIs not working

2003-11-06 Thread Haines Brown
> From: Wayne Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Have you read any of the below? > > /usr/share/doc/newbiedoc/newbiedoc-html/apt-get-intro/index-apt-get-intro.html > /usr/share/doc/newbiedoc/newbiedoc-html/apt-get-intro/apt-and-install.html > /usr/share/doc/newbiedoc/newbiedoc-html/apt-get-intro/info.

Re: Testing URIs not working

2003-11-05 Thread Wayne Topa
Haines Brown([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Every step toward getting packages installation to work has been like > pulling teeth. Please be patient. > > I want my /etc/apt/sources.list to support the installation of testing > packages, and so I appended the line: > > deb http:/

Testing URIs not working

2003-11-05 Thread Haines Brown
Every step toward getting packages installation to work has been like pulling teeth. Please be patient. I want my /etc/apt/sources.list to support the installation of testing packages, and so I appended the line: deb http://ftp.debian.org testing main But when I run "# aptitude update" with it