RE: Dumb package install question
I ran:
# apt-get -f install
Which straightened out my previous PERL error/conflict by removing 5.005.
I then ran:
# apt-get install proftpd
It supposedly installed and started it. When I run:
server:~# ps aux | grep pro
root 937 0.0 1.8 1800 844 ? S 00:42 0:00 proftpd
So it is running. FTP login screen reports:
ProFTPD 1.2.0pre1 Server (ProFTPD)
When I run:
server:~# dpkg -i proftpd_1.2.0pre4-2.deb
(Reading database ... 11147 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace proftpd 1.2.0pre1-2 (using proftpd_1.2.0pre4-2.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement proftpd ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of proftpd:
proftpd depends on perl5; however:
Package perl5 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing proftpd (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
proftpd
It reports no PERL5. I guess I am surprised it needs it now. Maybe the
dependancies have changed ! Would that make sense ...
paul
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Seth R Arnold [mailto:sarnold@willamette.edu]
> Sent: Monday, September 06, 1999 12:27 AM
> To: Debian-User
> Subject: Re: Dumb package install question
>
>
> Hello paul
>
> On Sun, Sep 05, 1999 at 11:35:13PM -0400, Paul McHale wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have downloaded the latest proftp with the root patch (I believe) from
> > debian. I have it on floppy and can copy the file
> proftpd_1.2.0pre4-2.deb
> > to wherever.
> >
> > Question is how do I install it ? When I run dselect, it looks for
> > directories which don't exist on the floppy. I looked at dpkg and am a
> > little more confused :O. Any ideas on installing/configuring
> individually
> > downloaded packages ?
>
> Well, my apt-get just did the whole silly thing for me, so I can't promise
> this will work. However, it is worth suggesting. :)
>
> try this:
>
> # dpkg --install ./proftpd_1.2.0pre4-2.deb
>
> > Could someone also explain the numbering? This one is pre4-2.
> When I check
> > www.proftp.org/download.html, it shows pre3 as the latest. I
> would assume
> > pre3 is before pre4. Are these the equivalent of Major, Minor release
> > numbers. I.e. 4-2 is version 4.2? Did debian patch it and
> release it under
> > unstable ? This would explain why profrp.org doesn't list it yet.
>
> It would not suprise me -- the patch was VERY simple. :) But, no
> authoritative answers from me on this. :)
>
> > BTW. I tried apt-get. This was beautiful to watch it hunt
> down packages on
> > it's own. I would assume it didn't update proftp because it is
> unstable due
> > to the recent patch. It left the currently installed version on the HD.
>
> I too am deeply impressed with apt. apt-get update, apt-get install
> <package>, thirty seconds after starting, the package is INSTALLED! No
> graphical deal to mess with, no cryptic command lines, nothing goofy. It
> just works.
>
> (But, a note -- dselect is sort of nice for scanning through the list of
> what I *can* install -- apt is nicer for the "I need this
> package", dselect
> for "what else can I play with..." :)
>
> So, a big thanks to all those who went before me, making debian
> worth using.
>
> :)
>
>
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