Re: missing packages..
On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 12:06:48PM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> > 1. xv - John Bradley's X image viewer/manipulator..
>
> google found this:
>
> http://ftp.fifi.org/debian-local/stable/unofficial/
Ah, ok. So it is not assumed that anyone who creates a debian
package will make it available in the central repository....
Is that because of some policy enforcement for the 'official'
site that my system is searching by default? The comment on the
site implies that the problem is that the XV liscence
requires that it only be distributed in source form, but I don't
see why Debian could not, in that case, at least provide a
debian source package...
> > 2. xlock - I don't use it for locking the screen, but it is
> > a good for benchmarking x-servers because most systems have it...
>
> apt-cache show xlockmore
Ah - having installed it, I see that it is indeed the 'xlock'
application. The name change fooled me into thinking it was
some alternate screen locking program...
> > 3. mplayer - most players work ok with mpeg etc, but this is the
> > one with which I have had the most success with troublesome
> > formats like wmv.
>
> not in the official debian repositories. google for marillat as he
> has unofficial packages.
Ok, thanks for the tips...
Regards,
DigbyT
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