Re: OT: Plucker with Potato

[ktb <ktb@nixnotes.org>]

On Sat, Jun 09, 2001 at 12:08:24AM -0400, Barry Mathieu wrote:
> I probably committed a major Debian Faux-Pax by editing my source file
> to temporarily point at the testing release to allow me to install
> plucker.  That is, with testing (rather than stable) in my source file
> I,
> 
> apt-get update
> apt-get install plucker
>

Some binaries from testing can be installed as you have found out.  You
probably already know this but you should point your sources.list back
to stable and rerun apt-get update before installing anything else.  

In the future you might if you want to try installing a package off
testing or unstable you could down-load the package and run -
# dpkg -i package.deb
to install.

> To my surprise, no conflicts were indicated and plucker installed.
> 
> I've even plucked a few sites, and wow, this is a useful package for me.
> 
> Unfortunately, no images are being displayed on my pilot. I believe this
> may be due to the older version of netpbm in potato. Also, Zlib
> compression is missing from the viewer.
> 
> I would like to obtain the functionality of viewing images on my pilot
> and Zlib compression. I'm hoping someone can offer a suggestion on how
> to overcome this dilemma.
> 
> I've considered attempting to compile from sources. However, I am
> definitely a bit of a neophyte and it takes me so long to get things
> working, I worry about breaking them. For instance, I definitely fear
> screwing up the installed package list.

I really haven't used plucker so I can't advise you as to what you need
to make it work but -
http://packages.debian.org/testing/otherosfs/plucker.html
shows what packages are needed.

If you need updated packages off of testing or unstable you can often 
compile the source by pointing your src lines in /etc/apt/sources.list to 
testing or unstable then run -
# apt-get update
# apt-get -b source package_name

This will build a .deb from source.
hth,
kent

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