Re: [orca-list] orca on debian

[Mark Peveto <southernprince73 gmail com>]

Hi John,
I think I figured out the dpkg thing about the same time you wrote your message.  Appreciate the info, though.
Now I'm gonna see if my artic wants to play.


Mark Peveto
Registered Linux user number 600552
Test machine powered by Debian


On Mon, 15 May 2017, John G Heim wrote:

> If you've already downloaded a .deb file, you install it with dpkg. For
> example, "dpkg -i <filename>".
>
> I'm not sure there is a formal definition of a ppa but it essentially amounts
> to a package repository with a signing key. A repository is a set of one or
> more .deb files with documents that describe them in a way apt and aptitude
> can understand. If you add the repository to your list of repositories, then
> apt-get can resolve dependencies before it installs a package from the
> repository or ppa.
>
> If a package is just available for download as a .deb file. You can install
> the package with the dpkg command as mentioned above. This may generate
> dependency errors. But usually these can be resolved via the apt system,
> "apt-get -fy install". Do that and then try the dpkg command again.
>
>
> On 05/15/2017 11:42 AM, Mark Peveto wrote:
> > Hmm, trying to apt-get install the .deb package, but it won't do it.
> > Suggestions?  Here's my error.
> > Reading package lists... Done
> > Building dependency tree
> > Reading state information... Done
> > E: Unable to locate package gnome-orca_3.22.2-3_all.deb
> > E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'gnome-orca_3.22.2-3_all.deb'
> > Again, I'd downloaded the package, so it was sitting right there to be
> > found.
> >
> >
> > Mark Peveto
> > Registered Linux user number 600552
> > Test machine powered by Debian
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 15 May 2017, Richard via orca-list wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Mark,
> > >
> > > You can get the latest Orca version for Debian here:
> > > http://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/debian/pool/main/g/gnome-orca/
> > >
> > > I think you'd just apt-get install it. I'm unsure if it will pull the
> > > dependancies it will need. Since Debian doesn't rely on PPAs like Ubuntu
> > > does,
> > > though I could be mistaken.
> > >
> > > The latest version as of now for Debian is here:
> > > http://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/debian/pool/main/g/gnome-orca/gnome-orca_3.22.2-3_all.deb
> > >
> > > Hope this helps.
> > >
> > > On 5/15/2017 7:21, Mark Peveto wrote:
> > > > Hi all,
> > > > I just installed the smaller version of Debian.  I think they call it
> > > > the
> > > > net install.  I noticed it doesn't have the latest version of orca,
> > > > because
> > > > I
> > > > don't have the option for progress beeps.  I miss my beeps, so how can I
> > > > update this when Debian informs me hat I have the latest version?  I
> > > > think
> > > > it's
> > > > confused.  LOL!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Mark Peveto
> > > > Registered Linux user number 600552
> > > > Everything happens after coffee!
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> GNOME Universal Access guide:
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> Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org