Re: Use package manager to install (was: Re: Installing sawfish 1.8.1 on Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.1a)

[Darth Emacs <darthemacs gmail com>]

The new page looks great Tieka kazura!

I've been trying to install sawfish 1.8.90 from Flashrider's deb repository. I have a clean Debian 6.0 without desktop in place. I've modified my /etc/apt/sources.list file to include wheezy and sid. I then added the apt.nanolx.org repository. Using aptitude doesn't give any errors with 'aptitude update' but apt with 'apt-get update' does give me errors. I tried to correct the error using apt-pinning and calling the nanolx.org repo as 'release a=photonic' but it still didn't correct the error.

The reason this is a concern for me is that I use dselect for choosing specific versions of what I want to install. Dselect uses apt-get. I can't see inside the nanolx repo to force a specific version install. I have set up my apt-pinning to give nanolx.org the highest pinning. I'm going to jump into this install blind. I am installing on a different machine so will get back to you on what version of sawfish got installed sqeeze/wheezy/sid/photonic. I am trying what feels like the best bet for a sawfish 1.8.90 install since with encryption and my bandwidth each install takes 5-6 hours.

Here is the error I get out of apt-get update:

# apt-get update
Hit http://debian.uchicago.edu squeeze Release.gpg
Ign http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ squeeze/contrib Translation-en                      
Ign http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ squeeze/contrib Translation-en_US                   
Hit http://security.debian.org squeeze/updates Release.gpg                                 
Ign http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates/contrib Translation-en                     
Ign http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates/contrib Translation-en_US
Ign http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ squeeze/main Translation-en   
Ign http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ squeeze/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ squeeze/non-free Translation-en
Ign http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates/main Translation-en  
Ign http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates/non-free Translation-en
Ign http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates/non-free Translation-en_US
Hit http://security.debian.org squeeze/updates Release
Ign http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ squeeze/non-free Translation-en_US
Hit http://debian.uchicago.edu wheezy Release.gpg
Ign http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ wheezy/contrib Translation-en
Ign http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ wheezy/contrib Translation-en_US
Ign http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ wheezy/main Translation-en    
Ign http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ wheezy/main Translation-en_US 
Ign http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ wheezy/non-free Translation-en
Get:1 http://apt.nanolx.org photonic Release.gpg [490 B]             
Ign http://apt.nanolx.org/ photonic/main Translation-en              
Hit http://security.debian.org squeeze/updates/main Sources                                 
Ign http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ wheezy/non-free Translation-en_US                    
Hit http://debian.uchicago.edu sid Release.gpg                                              
Ign http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ sid/contrib Translation-en                           
Hit http://security.debian.org squeeze/updates/contrib Sources                              
Hit http://security.debian.org squeeze/updates/non-free Sources                             
Hit http://security.debian.org squeeze/updates/main i386 Packages                           
Hit http://security.debian.org squeeze/updates/contrib i386 Packages                        
Hit http://security.debian.org squeeze/updates/non-free i386 Packages                       
Ign http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ sid/contrib Translation-en_US                        
Ign http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ sid/main Translation-en        
Ign http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ sid/main Translation-en_US     
Ign http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ sid/non-free Translation-en    
Ign http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ sid/non-free Translation-en_US 
Hit http://debian.uchicago.edu squeeze Release                        
Hit http://debian.uchicago.edu wheezy Release                         
Hit http://debian.uchicago.edu sid Release                                                   
Hit http://debian.uchicago.edu squeeze/main Sources                  
Hit http://debian.uchicago.edu squeeze/contrib Sources
Hit http://debian.uchicago.edu squeeze/non-free Sources
Hit http://debian.uchicago.edu squeeze/main i386 Packages
Hit http://debian.uchicago.edu squeeze/contrib i386 Packages
Hit http://debian.uchicago.edu squeeze/non-free i386 Packages
Get:2 http://debian.uchicago.edu wheezy/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex [2,038 B]
Get:3 http://debian.uchicago.edu wheezy/contrib i386 Packages/DiffIndex [2,023 B]
Get:4 http://debian.uchicago.edu wheezy/non-free i386 Packages/DiffIndex [2,023 B]
Get:5 http://debian.uchicago.edu sid/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex [2,038 B]
Get:6 http://debian.uchicago.edu sid/contrib i386 Packages/DiffIndex [2,023 B]
Get:7 http://debian.uchicago.edu sid/non-free i386 Packages/DiffIndex [2,023 B]
Ign http://apt.nanolx.org/ photonic/main Translation-en_US
Get:8 http://apt.nanolx.org photonic Release [4,426 B]
Fetched 12.7 kB in 5s (2,397 B/s)              
W: Failed to fetch http://apt.nanolx.org/dists/photonic/Release  Unable to find expected entry  main/binary-i386/Packages in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)

E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 12:54 AM, Teika Kazura <teika lavabit com> wrote:

Thank you very much, Darth Emacs, I've polished the wiki page.

However, you went *unrecommendable* way. You should use the package
manager to avoid troubles, especially after upgrading. It's common
to get into troubles, from for example interference of old files.

In debian, there's precompiled packages, since Chris uses Debian.
deb-src is also there.

Teika (Teika kazura)

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