Re: mozilla M8, but compiled for slink
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On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, Peter Mickle wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 26, 1999 at 12:25:53PM +1000, Peter Ross wrote:
> > On 24-Aug-1999, Josip Rodin <joy@cibalia.gkvk.hr> wrote:
> > > Hi people,
> > >
> > > You can find mozilla .debs compiled for glibc2.0 (slink version) here:
> > >
> > > http://pandora.debian.org/~joy/slink/
> > >
>
> hi, i get the message "Malformed line ..." when i include the above in my
> sources.list file in order to try to "apt-get" mozilla. could someone
> please help with the correct address? thanks,
In order for apt-get to be able to find the packages, it requires a
Packages or Packages.gz file. And in order to write the proper
sources.list line, you need to know the format of the Filename field in
that Packages file.
For example, the Packages file for unstable main on http.us.debian.org has
a filename line like this:
Filename: dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/admin/apt_0.3.11.deb
The apt sources.list line for this archive is like this:
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
Notice that if you take the first field
("http://http.us.debian.org/debian";) and add the filename to it, you get
the path where you can download the package:
http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/admin/apt_0.3.11.deb
So, if the filename line in the Packages file for your mozilla website
were "slink/mozilla_19990716.M8-2.deb", the sources.list line would be
"deb http://pandora.debian.org/~joy slink/". If the filename line were
"./mozilla_19990716.M8-2.deb", the sources.list line would be "deb
http://pandora.debian.org/~joy/slink /".
The slash at the end tells apt that it should only look in the specific
path http://pandora.debian.org/~joy/slink/ for the Packages file. Without
the slash, at least three fields are required, e.g.
"http://http.us.debian.org/debian";, "unstable", and "main". apt takes
these and pieces them together into a specification for the path to the
particular architecture you need.
As has been pointed out, you'll probably just have to download the debs by
hand and install them with dpkg -i.
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