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Hello Debian runners!
I hav some problems installing programs to my
Debian 2.2r4. (Accept the ones on the 3 installation CDs, which -as the only
method succeded for me. But the programs I want are not there!). I have tried
EVERYTHING I can think of, but nothing seems to work. (I even have used a "APT
HOWTO" by some N. Silva, and some FAQ about it). Perhaps some of you know whats
wrong. Here is what I did:
1. -I made the directory "debs" in root/, and
copied every .deb file into it.
-Then I (with touch) made a
override file, simply naming it "override". (and with nothing in it, the HOWTO
said this should be OK)
-Then i tipped:
dpkg-scanpackages debs override | gzip > debs/packages.gz
-So far so well, the machine
gave me the right number of files being read, so I suppose it did what its
supposed to. In the sources.list I added: deb file:/root debs/ And I commented
out the installation CDs path. Ï even tried with, and tried without the
"debs" in the beginning. No matter, everything gave:
- Then I tipped: apt-get update.
And it did not and did not help! (I have tired many times, reading this HOWTO
over and over again. It just wont work.
2. Second method: I tried the apt-cdrom add
command. (I have to download everythinh through an outbound connection because
my is far to slow, then save it on a CD). This wont do, it tells me "this is no
Debian CD". (This was with dselect). By the way: How do I prevent the maschine
from listing the 4000 packages I have on my CDs, so that I dont have to choose
from them again? Or, can I save the choises I have made, so I dont have to
go through it agaib?
3. My last unsuccsessfull methos: Installing from
sourch code. I did this (as said in the magazine "Linuxformat", that I purchased
with a CD and the program I want):
-tar xjf
/cdrom/Desktop/KDE22/packagename.tar.gz (I typed the packagename were this is
written). This point only partially worked; my machine wouldnt execute the "j"
command, but I managed without it. (tar xf ....).
-having untared and unarchived
the saying files, I changed to the directory where they was (on my harddisk, I
even tried beeing on the CD, but nomatter; the same result).("cd
packagename")
-Then i typed ./configure (The
CD has a program wich then is to execute). The machine prompted me "QT is
missing" and stopped. Perhaps this is the problem. Butr also when I tried the
KOffice, and then it missed nothing. I tried the next command:
-make There everything stopped.
"Cant find target it said". And there it is...
Should I write to the magazine, or am I doing
something wrong? Or perhaps my downloaded Debian files are to use? Any help wuld
be appreciated!
Hope someone could think of something!
Thanks in advance
Axel
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