Re: amd64-archive update

[Klaus Becker <colonius@free.fr>]

Le Montag 13 März 2006 12:41, Matthieu Helleboid a écrit :
> Le Dimanche 12 Mars 2006 20:33, Klaus Becker a écrit :
> > Hello Matthieu,
>
> Hello,
>
> > using your script, I installed firefox, opera, mplayer and w32codecs. But
> > I cannot install flash :
> >
> > apt-get install mozilla-flash-player7=7.0.61-1duo1-0.0.0.local.1
> > ...
> > E: Version '7.0.61-1duo1-0.0.0.local.1' for 'mozilla-flash-player7' was
> > not found.
> >
> > It's not in /var/lib/amd64-archive.
>
> strange, I have
>
> sudo find /var/lib/amd64-archive/ -name "*flash*"
> /var/lib/amd64-archive/pool/non-free/f/flash-player7-binary-i386
> /var/lib/amd64-archive/pool/non-free/f/flash-player7-binary-i386/mozilla-fl
>ash-player7_7.0.61-1duo1_i386.deb
> /var/lib/amd64-archive/pool/non-free/f/flash-player7-binary-i386/mozilla-fl
>ash-player7_7.0.61-1duo1-0.0.0.local.1_amd64.deb
>
> sudo apt-cache policy mozilla-flash-player7
> mozilla-flash-player7:
>   Installé : 7.0.61-1duo1-0.0.0.local.1
>   Candidat : 7.0.61-1duo1-0.0.0.local.1
>  Table de version :
>  *** 7.0.61-1duo1-0.0.0.local.1 0
>         991 file: debian-unofficial/non-free Packages
>         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
> and you ?

I dont' have all that, but flashplayer7 works with firefox, so it's not a 
problem.
>
> > When I finished installing your packages, can I safely
> > delete /var/lib/amd64-archive? In which way?
>
> yes, you can purge amd64-archive, it should remove /var/lib/amd64-archive.
> installed packages will remain installed.

Ok, but shouldn't I keep it for updates of the programs you provide? Or will 
updates work without amd64-archive?

bye
Klaus