However, when I start aptitude, click on "not installed
packages," then on "editors," the only thing I see is main.
Is there an aptitude tutorial someplace? I suspect there
are a lot of basic things I don't know.
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05-12-2011, 04:50 PM
Axel Freyn
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Hi Charles,
On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 10:38:10AM -0500, Charles Blair wrote:
> [Sorry, I'm using claws-mail and it doesn't seem to let
> me post follow-ups]
>
> Thanks to everyone for the prompt responses, but I still have
> a problem. My /etc/apt/sources.list includes
>
> > deb http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free
>
> I tried typing "aptitude update". Part of the output:
>
> > Ign http://debian.uchicago.edu lenny/non-free Translation-en_US
> > Ign http://debian.uchicago.edu lenny/non-free Packages/DiffIndex
> > Hit http://debian.uchicago.edu lenny/non-free Packages
>
> However, when I start aptitude, click on "not installed
> packages," then on "editors," the only thing I see is main.
Just to be sure: You are using lenny, and not squeeze ? :-)
And another remark: Whenever there appear NEW packages, aptitude will
show them in a special section (not "not installed packages", but "new
packages"). As you added the "non-free" repository, all packages from
non-free are now seen as "new" -- and should appear there (and NOT in
the section "not installed packages", where you looked :-)))
If I'm right (and they are in "new" right now), the following should
work:
If you execute "aptitude search emacs22-common", aptitude should find
both "emacs22-common" and "emacs22-common-non-dfsg".
and
aptitude install emacs22-common-non-dfsg
should install it.
You can use "aptitude forget-new" to transfer all those "new" packages
into the "not installed"-section. Alternatively, you can do the same in
aptitude : Actions -> Forget new packages"
>
> Is there an aptitude tutorial someplace? I suspect there
> are a lot of basic things I don't know.
>
You could try:
http://wiki.debian.org/Aptitude
which also refers to the apt-documentation
http://wiki.debian.org/Apt
and the "full" package-management documentation
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html
HTH,
Axel
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05-12-2011, 07:29 PM
Heddle Weaver
access to non-free from aptitude (continued)?
On 13 May 2011 01:38, Charles Blair <c-blair@illinois.edu> wrote:
Â* [Sorry, I'm using claws-mail and it doesn't seem to let
me post follow-ups]
Â* Â* Â*Thanks to everyone for the prompt responses, but I still have
a problem. Â*My /etc/apt/sources.list includes
> deb http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free
Â* I tried typing "aptitude update". Â*Part of the output:
> Hit http://debian.uchicago.edu lenny/non-free Packages
Â* However, when I start aptitude, click on "not installed
packages," then on "editors," the only thing I see is main.
Â* Is there an aptitude tutorial someplace? Â*I suspect there
are a lot of basic things I don't know.
There's a package in the repositories (in main) called aptitude-doc-en, I think from memory.
You could check that be searching through the ncurses aptitude interface.
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05-12-2011, 08:58 PM
Arno Schuring
access to non-free from aptitude (continued)?
Charles Blair (c-blair@illinois.edu on 2011-05-12 10:38 -0500):
> [Sorry, I'm using claws-mail and it doesn't seem to let
> me post follow-ups]
Are you sure? I'm using claws-mail (granted, from Wheezy, so newer than
your version) and am writing this message with "Reply to list (Ctrl+L)"
[..]
> I tried typing "aptitude update". Part of the output:
>
> > Ign http://debian.uchicago.edu lenny/non-free Translation-en_US
> > Ign http://debian.uchicago.edu lenny/non-free Packages/DiffIndex
> > Hit http://debian.uchicago.edu lenny/non-free Packages
>
> However, when I start aptitude, click on "not installed
> packages," then on "editors," the only thing I see is main.
can you type in a terminal:
$ apt-cache policy emacs21-common-non-dfsg
and post the output?
Regards,
Arno
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05-14-2011, 11:03 AM
Andrei Popescu
access to non-free from aptitude (continued)?
On Jo, 12 mai 11, 18:50:33, Axel Freyn wrote:
[...]
> And another remark: Whenever there appear NEW packages, aptitude will
> show them in a special section (not "not installed packages", but "new
> packages"). As you added the "non-free" repository, all packages from
> non-free are now seen as "new" -- and should appear there (and NOT in
> the section "not installed packages", where you looked :-)))
...
> You can use "aptitude forget-new" to transfer all those "new" packages
> into the "not installed"-section. Alternatively, you can do the same in
> aptitude : Actions -> Forget new packages"
A package can and will show up in more than one category in aptitude.
Regards,
Andrei
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05-14-2011, 12:33 PM
Axel Freyn
access to non-free from aptitude (continued)?
Hi Andrei,
On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 02:03:22PM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> On Jo, 12 mai 11, 18:50:33, Axel Freyn wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > And another remark: Whenever there appear NEW packages, aptitude will
> > show them in a special section (not "not installed packages", but "new
> > packages"). As you added the "non-free" repository, all packages from
> > non-free are now seen as "new" -- and should appear there (and NOT in
> > the section "not installed packages", where you looked :-)))
> ...
> > You can use "aptitude forget-new" to transfer all those "new" packages
> > into the "not installed"-section. Alternatively, you can do the same in
> > aptitude : Actions -> Forget new packages"
>
> A package can and will show up in more than one category in aptitude.
not on my aptitude :-)
I tried the following (on squeeze):
- adding "deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib
non-free" to sources.list, run "aptitude update"
- start aptitude, search for emacs22-common-non-dfsg:
it appears in "New Packages -> editors -> non-free", but NOT in "Not
installed Packages -> editors -> non-free"
Maybe it can be configured somewhere in aptitude, or it's a new property
in aptitude squeeze? However, I have no lenny at hand to check...
Regards,
Axel
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05-14-2011, 05:51 PM
Andrei Popescu
access to non-free from aptitude (continued)?
On Sb, 14 mai 11, 14:33:56, Axel Freyn wrote:
> >
> > A package can and will show up in more than one category in aptitude.
> not on my aptitude :-)
Sorry, I should have checked before.
For some reason a while ago I came to the conclusion that one package
can show up in more than one category, but it now turns out to be false.
Regards,
Andrei
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