Re: Webmin doesn't install properly on Woody?
On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 18:38:50 -0500 (EST),
"Jaldhar H. Vyas" <jaldhar@debian.org> wrote in message
<[🔎] Pine.LNX.4.58.0401121835240.20175@diku.intranet.braincell.com>:
> On Mon, 12 Jan 2004, Arnt Karlsen wrote:
>
> > ..while webmin is now at 1.121.
> >
>
> Whoops I meant 1.121
>
> $ apt-cache show webmin
> Package: webmin
> Priority: optional
> Section: admin
> Installed-Size: 5444
> Maintainer: Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar@debian.org>
> Architecture: all
> Version: 1.121-1
> Replaces: webmin-ssl
> Provides: webmin-ssl
> Depends: perl, debconf, libpam-runtime (>= 0.76-13.1),
> libauthen-pam-perl, libnet-ssleay-perl, openssl
> Recommends: webmin-core
> Conflicts: webmin-ssl
> Filename: pool/main/w/webmin/webmin_1.121-1_all.deb
> Size: 1016670
> MD5sum: 602a26b2035f68f7b1be5b0a0828dcb2
> Description: Web-based administration toolkit
> Webmin is a web-based interface for system administration for Unix.
> Using any browser that supports tables and forms (and Java for the
> File Manager module), you can setup user accounts, Apache, DNS, file
> sharing and so on.
>
>
> > ..the third way is first install the woody stuff with apt-get, then
> > enter webmin's own update menu and update it, it'll them suck
> > in a tarball with all modules.
> >
>
> Except I've disabled that feature.
>
> > ..the 3 wee bits missing IMHO, is it oughtta first check which
> > modules are installed, and offer to weed out the surplus modules
> > (some are new), and it oughtta report the changes to the database,
> > or place it in /usr/local or /opt.
> >
>
> And that's why the proper way is to use .debs!
..agreed, Red Hat derivatives fetch a new rpm, but the
.deb fetches a tarball instead, on updateing.
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