On Fri, Mar 07, 2014 at 09:56:40AM -0700, Paul E Condon wrote: > I run Wheezy, desktop Xfce. I want to start using a password > safe. I've done some searching on the Web and would like to use Bruce > Schneier's "Password Safe". There is a package in Sid by the name > "mypasswordsafe.deb". I hope that this is a version of Schneier's > software suitable modified to word with Debian. But ... I have never > installed anything from Sid before and I want some help/guidance. I'm not sure where you're getting this "mypasswordsafe.deb" package from. https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=mypasswordsafe reports no results. If you've downloaded the package from Mr Schneier's site then it's not "in sid" (it's not "in Debian" at all). That doesn't necessarily mean it won't work, though, just that you shouldn't expect support here (i.e Go pester Bruce if it breaks). If you trust the package, you can try: dpkg -i mypasswordsafe.deb apt-get -f install Though perhaps a saner way to manage that is to install the gdebi package (apt-get install gdebi, or gdebi-kde if you use KDE), then run gdebi-gtk mypasswordsafe.deb GDebi will tell you what packages the .deb depends on BEFORE it installs it. It will also tell you if those dependencies aren't satisfiable. (It might be that, if the package is compiled for Sid, it depends on libraries newer than you have, for example). > > There doesn't seem to be a back-port, but I may not have the right > backport line. > Is "deb http://mirrors.geeks.org/debian/ wheezy-updates main " what I > need? No. Wheezy-Updates and Wheezy-Backports are different things. Wheezy-Updates is what used to be called "volatile": a small repository of packages which need to be updated frequently (virus signature updates, API changes etc). Wheezy-Backports is a more-or-less adhoc repository of newer packages compiled for stable. The apt-line for wheezy backports would be: deb http://mirrors.geeks.com/debian wheezy-backports main > > If, yes, I can conclude that a backport is not yet available. If it > is not yet available, is there some other password safe software that > someone will suggest for use while I wait for what I really want. > > TIA > -- > Paul E Condon > pecondon@mesanetworks.net > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > Archive: [🔎] 20140307165640.GA5568@big.lan.gnu">https://lists.debian.org/[🔎] 20140307165640.GA5568@big.lan.gnu >
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