On 2013/3/3 4:20 PM, Joe wrote:
On Sun, 03 Mar 2013 14:53:37 -0500-snip-
Mark Filipak <markfilipak.linux@gmail.com> wrote:
There are packages which will install .deb files in this way, havingBTW, before I go on, I already tried opening a file manager (in
Debian+LXDE) and simply double-clicking one of the .deb files.
Nothing happened.
set up the right file association, but they are not installed by default
in LXDE. Anyway, the missing link here is that you use dpkg:
dpkg -i <full-name-of-.deb-file>
May I make a few comments here?
First, Thanks Joe!
Second, I just returned from Debian-land. I discovered Aptitude *was* installed. The reason I didn't think it was installed was because it wasn't listed in LXDE's "System Tools" menu. But when I opened a terminal session and typed in "aptitude", there it was.
Third, the rest of your very good information is getting snipped, but I promise that I will use it.
For now, I need help interpreting what I found in Debian-land.
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mark@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages$ su
Password:
root@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages# aptitude update
Ign cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.6 _Squeeze_ - Official Snapshot amd64 LIVE/INSTALL Binary 20121214-16:56] squeeze Release.gpg
Ign cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.6 _Squeeze_ - Official Snapshot amd64 LIVE/INSTALL Binary 20121214-16:56]/ squeeze/main Translation-en
Ign cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.6 _Squeeze_ - Official Snapshot amd64 LIVE/INSTALL Binary 20121214-16:56]/ squeeze/main Translation-en_US
Ign cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.6 _Squeeze_ - Official Snapshot amd64 LIVE/INSTALL Binary 20121214-16:56] squeeze Release
Ign cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.6 _Squeeze_ - Official Snapshot amd64 LIVE/INSTALL Binary 20121214-16:56] squeeze/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
root@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages# aptitude install wicd
Couldn't find any package whose name or description matched "wicd"
Couldn't find any package whose name or description matched "wicd"
No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used.
root@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages# aptitude install wicd_1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3_all.deb
Couldn't find any package whose name or description matched "wicd_1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3_all.deb"
Couldn't find any package whose name or description matched "wicd_1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3_all.deb"
No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used.
root@MarkFilipak:/media/usb8/Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages#
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What I did:
The packages resided in a FAT-32 partition that I prepared in Windows.
I opened the FAT-32 (./media/usb8) in a file browser.
I browsed to the folder that contained the packages (./Setup/Debian 6.0.6 64-bit/Packages).
>From the file browser's menu, I opened a terminal window in the current folder.
My session dialog is above.
I copied the session dialog to a text file and saved it in the FAT-32 partition.
I booted Windows and copied the session dialog into this message.
Questions/comments (in no particular order):
Comment: I submitted 'aptitude update' because it was part of the example I followed.
Comment: I submitted 'aptitude install wicd' because it was part of the example I followed. Obviously, 'wicd' is not sufficient.
Question: Why didn't 'aptitude install wicd_1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3_all.deb' work?
Question (your response is optional): Why is there a redundant failure line for each failure?
Question (your response is optional): Why, following the redundant failure line, are 3 additional lines written? This is the sort of behavior that confuses people and makes them think that Linux is unfriendly.
Oh, one last thing: 'wicd_1.7.0+ds1-5+squeeze3_all.deb' is correct and is in the correct folder. Why 'aptitude' couldn't find it is a mystery to me.
Thanks & Ciao - Mark.Archive: [🔎] 5133D156.5010409@gmail.com" target="_blank">http://lists.debian.org/[🔎] 5133D156.5010409@gmail.com
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