Am Mo, den 20.09.2004 schrieb mark acierno um 4:51: > Ok as you will all quickly figure out - i'm new to this! > > For starters I have a sun ultra 2 running debian 3r2. > > I started out wanting to install shapelib since Xastir ( a ham radio program) > uses this library. So I downloaded downloaded? did you use apt-get or just a webbrowser? have you got the right version vor debian 3r2. because there is NO shapelib for debian 3r2 on debian.org website. http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?keywords=shapelib&searchon=names&subword=1&version=all&release=all > it and then tried to install it. But time > after time I ran into compatibility / update issues. (Lib6, had a problem > with libshpl which needed an update of another file ect. ect) I I went to > the Debian web page and saw that there was an update cd. So I downloaded it, > burned a cd-rom and installed it on my Ultra 2. I ran apt-cdrom and put in > the update disk. I ran dselect and went through the steps updating certain > software (non of which see to be helpful in running shapelib). The problem is > now that the package manager in genome will not not launch! it looks like it > will start up but then with out so much as an error message - it quits! > > so I have 3 issues..... this shapelib needs updates of a bunch of files - > isn't there a way to have the package manager ( or dselect) figure out the > dependancies needed and update what is required for shapelib - or any other > package. Then, what has happened to the package manager... I killed it but > i'm not sure how! - is it possible that the database it uses has been > corrupted (just a guess). Lastly, It seems like there are updates to > software - or so the package manager told me shapelib needed them before it > died - but they aren't on the update disk! should I be updating in a > different manner? > > can any one help me out with any of these issues ??? > on a console run the following: apt-get -f install if then any erros occur. write them here. if everything went fine then do after ready an apt-get install xastir :))) regards daniel > thanx > > mark >
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