Re: pppconfig "command not found"

[Wackojacko <wackojacko32@ntlworld.com>]

Joe Hart wrote:
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> eklektik wrote:
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> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: M-L <rose_snug@bigpond.com>
> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> > Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 2:32:56 AM
> > Subject: Re: pppconfig "command not found"
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> > On Saturday 24 March 2007 15:00, eklektik sent this for all our perusal:
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> > > ---} ----- Original Message ----
> > > ---} From: M-L <rose_snug@bigpond.com>
> > > ---} To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> > > ---} Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 10:01:56 PM
> > > ---} Subject: Re: pppconfig "command not found"
> > > ---}
> > > ---} On Saturday 24 March 2007 11:54, eklektik sent this for all our
> > > perusal: ---} >---} Hi,
> > > ---} >---} I've just installed etch and want to hook up to the Internet via
> > > an ---} > external modem. But when I issue the command pppconfig I get the
> > > message ---} > "command not found." pppconfig always worked for me before.
> > > Now I dont know ---} > how to hook up to the internet. ---} Also after
> > > installation my ubuntu on ---} > the other partition doesn't see the
> > > partitions any longer. What could be ---} > the problem. ---}
> > > ---} >---} jmak
> > > ---}
> > > ---} Probably a silly question but :- did you install pppconfig?
> > > ---}
> > > ---} Actually the pppconfig is not installed from some reasons. I thought
> > > when I install the distro the pppconfig is part of the istallation. So what
> > > can I do now? ---}
> > > ---} jmak
> > > ---}
> > > ---} (Sorry the previous email went to the wrong place)
> > Easily fixed; as root just type "apt-get install pppconfig" [without the 
> > quotes of course] into a terminal. Once installed just run it in the same 
> > terminal as root.
> >
> > HTH
> > Charlie
> >
> > Thanks,
> > But the pppconfig package cannot be found on the cd and I cannot connect to the internet to install it. Is there way to connect to the internet without pppconfig?
> >
> > Jmak
> >
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> The catch-22.  How can you install something from the internet if you
> can't connect to the internet.  Been there, done that.
>
> Solution.  Use another distro (like knoppix) that comes with pppconfig
> and download the ppconfig.deb file and put it somewhere on the hard
> drive, then you can use dpkg to install it when you reboot.
>
> Joe
>
> Joe
Or, as someone has already hinted at, the OP could boot into the Ubuntu 
partition he already has installed and then *chroot* into the debian 
partition and run apt-get as normal using the internet connection from 
ubuntu.

HTH

Wackojacko