Re: Debian woes
If a standard package depends a non-free package, it won't resolve it
and I have to manually install the non-free package free before
installing
the standard package.
Lawrence
Dale Scheetz wrote:
> I can offer several suggestions...
>
> I did about 5 installs from scratch during pre-release testing with
> varying degrees of smoothness. However, I was always able to complete the
> installation. Here is what I have found:
>
> 1. Depending on which packages are chosen, the order of installation will
> be different, resulting in different degrees of success satisfying
> dpendencies. When the X installation is attempted along with the
> "standard" installation the order of installation causes dependency
> failures. The most important of which is that, because of missing
> libraries, the configuration programs will not execute successfully. There
> are two solutions to this:
>
> A. After a failed intallation pass with dselect, make a
> "configure" pass followed by another installation pass. Repeat
> until all packages successfully install.
>
> B. Install the "standard" packages in one run, and the X packages
> only after the standard installation is complete.
>
> The second method (B) provides a smoother installation path and is the
> recommended path.
>
> Method A is the "proven method" for dealing with dependency ordering
> problems in dselect. At times the error messages look un-recoverable, but
> succeeding passes will eventually resolve the problems and allow complete
> installation. Simply have faith and keep plugging. (Note: if the same
> error occurs over and over even after several passes, and is the only
> error occuring, then there is a "real" problem with that package that
> should be asked about on the list.
>
> 2. Several X packages have "hidden" dependencies on other packages, so it
> is possible to select a set of packages that dselect thinks are fine but
> where there is actually a dependence on a package not yet selected. My
> testing experience produced the following list:
>
> Required Packages:
>
> xbase Basic X programs
> xserver-vga16 Configuration server
> xserver-<your choice> Operational server
> xfntbase Basic Font set
> xlib6 Library provided in "standard"
>
> Recommended Packages:
>
> Some Window Manager:
> fvwm2 A window manager
> xpm4.7 Pixmap runtime libraries
> fvwm-common Files common to fvwm2 and fvwm
> xloadimage A suggested graphics viewer
>
> Additional Fonts:
> xfnt100 100dpi fonts
> xfnt75 75dpi fonts
> xfntbig Large fonts
> xfntcyr Cyrillic fonts
> xfntil2 ISO 8859-2 fonts
> xfntpex Pex minimal font support
> xfntscl Scalable fonts
>
> Available Window Managers in Debian 1.3
> 9wm Plan 9 Window Manager
> afterstep NextStep look and feel WM
> ctwm Claud's Tab WM
> fvwm F Virtual WM
> fvwm2 F2 VWM
> fvwm95 F VWM with Win95 look and feel
> gwm Generic WM
> olvwm OpenLook VWM
> wm2 Small unconfigurable WM
>
> Many of the "hidden" dependencies are being worked out for the 1.3.1
> release, and this should make X easier to install.
>
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