RE: running grace the plotting program...
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> Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:00:32 -0400
> To: mikef20000@hotmail.com
> CC: debian-amd64@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: running grace the plotting program...
> From: lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca
>
> On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 01:56:59PM +0000, Michael Fothergill wrote:
>> OK.....
>>
>> debian:/home/mikef# dpkg -L grace | grep bin
>> debian:/home/mikef#
>>
>>
>> It's not there...... Have I forgotten something? It needed two of the Lenny DVDs to install it.
>
> # dpkg -L grace|grep bin
> /usr/bin
> /usr/bin/xmgrace
> /usr/bin/fdf2fit
> /usr/bin/convcal
> /usr/bin/grconvert
> /usr/bin/grace-thumbnailer
> /usr/bin/gracebat
> /usr/bin/grace
>
> Somehow it appears you either don't have the package installed, or it
> got severely broken somehow.
I tried reinstalling it a bit:
debian:/etc/apt# apt-get install grace6
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
fftw2 lesstif2 libmpich1.0gf libplot2c2 libt1-5 xmhtml1
Suggested packages:
fftw-dev mpich-bin tetex-bin
The following NEW packages will be installed
fftw2 grace6 lesstif2 libmpich1.0gf libplot2c2 libt1-5 xmhtml1
0 upgraded, 7 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/3954kB of archives.
After this operation, 11.5MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Media Change: Please insert the disc labelled
‘Debian GNU/Linux testing _Lenny_ - Official Snapshot amd64 DVD Binary-1 20080407-11:52’
in the drive ‘/cdrom/’ and press enter
Selecting previously deselected package lesstif2.
(Reading database ... 106238 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking lesstif2 (from .../lesstif2_0.95.0-2.1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libplot2c2.
Unpacking libplot2c2 (from .../libplot2c2_2.5-2_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libt1-5.
Unpacking libt1-5 (from .../libt1-5_5.1.2-2_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libmpich1.0gf.
Unpacking libmpich1.0gf (from .../libmpich1.0gf_1.2.7-8_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package fftw2.
Unpacking fftw2 (from .../fftw2_2.1.3-20.1_amd64.deb) ...
Media Change: Please insert the disc labelled
‘Debian GNU/Linux testing _Lenny_ - Official Snapshot amd64 DVD Binary-2 20080407-11:52’
in the drive ‘/cdrom/’ and press enter
Selecting previously deselected package xmhtml1.
(Reading database ... 106303 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking xmhtml1 (from .../xmhtml1_1.1.7-14_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package grace6.
Unpacking grace6 (from .../grace6_5.99.1+dev4-5.1_amd64.deb) ...
Processing triggers for menu ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up libmpich1.0gf (1.2.7-8) ...
Setting up fftw2 (2.1.3-20.1) ...
Setting up lesstif2 (1:0.95.0-2.1) ...
Setting up libplot2c2 (2.5-2) ...
Setting up libt1-5 (5.1.2-2) ...
Setting up xmhtml1 (1.1.7-14) ...
Setting up grace6 (5.99.1+dev4-5.1) ...
Updating font configuration of grace6...
Cleaning up category type1..
Updating category type1..
Processing triggers for menu ...
debian:/etc/apt#
If you try to eject the DVD here it says I do not have the permission to do it......
I commented out the sid repositories in my apt source file to try to stop the kernel being upgraded every five minutes:
debian:/etc/apt# more sources.list
#
# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Lenny_ - Official Snapshot amd64 DVD Binary-1 20080407-11:52]/ lenny contrib main
deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Lenny_ - Official Snapshot amd64 DVD Binary-5 20080407-11:52]/ lenny contrib main
deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Lenny_ - Official Snapshot amd64 DVD Binary-4 20080407-11:52]/ lenny contrib main
deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Lenny_ - Official Snapshot amd64 DVD Binary-3 20080407-11:52]/ lenny contrib main
deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Lenny_ - Official Snapshot amd64 DVD Binary-2 20080407-11:52]/ lenny contrib main
deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Lenny_ - Official Snapshot amd64 DVD Binary-1 20080407-11:52]/ lenny contrib main
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib
#deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian sid main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib
deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian sid main contrib non-free
deb http://javadesktop.org/lg3d/debian testing contrib
I have been doing system upgrades as prompted but only for Lenny not Sid recently....
Could this be a source of the grace installation problem?
Regards
MF
>
> # dpkg -l grace
> Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
> | Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
> |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
> ||/ Name Version Description
> +++-==============-==============-============================================
> ii grace 1:5.1.21-2+b1 An XY plotting tool
>
> ii means installed.
>
> --
> Len SOrensen
>
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