Re: pppconfig "command not found"

[eklektik <joz_mak@yahoo.ca>]

----- Original Message ----
From: Marty <martyb@ix.netcom.com>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 4:19:23 PM
Subject: Re: pppconfig "command not found"

eklektik wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Marty <martyb@ix.netcom.com>
> To: eklektik <joz_mak@yahoo.ca>
> Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 1:58:48 PM
> Subject: Re: pppconfig "command not found"
> 
> eklektik wrote:
> 
>> This was the output massage:
>> depends on ppp (<=2.3.7)
>> package ppp is not installed
>> 
>> Jmak
> 
> I suspect that you didn't choose the right install options.  You may
> be able to correct the problem by re-running the installer,
> called "base-install."  Try "man base-install" to see if there's a
> man page.
> 
> There may be a more fundamental problem, however.  Earlier you posted
> that your installation media lacks pppconfig, which is part of the main 
> distribution. Do you have a full set of the installation media?  You
> should not have to run around the net looking for missing pieces.

<snip>
>      -->This is the repository  I downloaded from.
> 
> http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/etch_di_rc2/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-xfce-CD-1.iso
> 
> I didn't see CD-2, so I suspect CD-1 was the only available iso for xfce.
> 
> jmak

Apparently somebody decided that ppp and pppconfig are not essential.  I think 
your case suggests that it is, so you might want to take up the issue on a
developer list such as debian-cd or debian-testing, or just file a bug report.

In the meantime you can find the dependancies of ppp using the command 
"apt-cache depends ppp" and install each of those dependancies before you
installing ppp and pppconfig.

Here is the output I get on Sarge:

$ apt-cache depends ppp
ppp
   Depends: libc6
   Depends: libpam0g
   Depends: libpcap0.7
   Depends: zlib1g
   Depends: libpam-modules
   Depends: libpam-runtime
   Depends: netbase
   Depends: procps
   Depends: makedev
   Suggests: libatm1
   Conflicts: <ppp-pam>
   Conflicts: <ppp-udeb>
   Conflicts: pppdcapiplugin
   Replaces: <ppp-pam>
   Replaces: <ppp-udeb>


Thanks for clarifying the issue. I wait till the final version come out hoping that it will include the package. In the mean time I take up the issue on the developer-testing list or file a bug report as you suggested.

Jmak




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