HELP instllaing package

[00zero]

i am a noob trying to install a aegis (a program to connect to my schools network) i downloaded the linux versionm, unpacked it, and when i try to install i get this...


fakeroot
alien -i aegis.rpm
dpkg: unable to access dpkg status area: read-only file system


is there any other way to install this?

-jonathan

[mzilikazi]

My friend it seems you've gottten very far off track. :) It is quite simple.


su
apt-get update
apt-cache search aegis
aegis - Advanced software management tool.
aegis-doc - Documentation for aegis
aegis-tk - Aegis TK user interface
aegis-web - Aegis Web based user interface
aegis3 - Advanced software management tool.
aegis3-doc - Documentation for aegis3
aegis3-tk - Aegis TK user interface
aegis3-web - Aegis Web based user interface
cssc - Clone of the Unix SCCS revision-control system
apt-get install aegis (or whichever aegis pkg you like).

[00zero]

are we talking about aegis client by meetinghouse?

one problem, i cannot connect to the internet without the aegis client.

so i downloaded it with windows from meetinghouse as a rpm.bin file and extract from there to bin, rpm, to deb.

any other tips?

-jonathan

[00zero]

i cant edit so this is what happens when i do an apt-get install aegis on the copy i dowloaded with windows


apt-get install aegisclient_1.2.2-2_i386
W: Not using locking for read only lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock
E: Unable to write to /var/cache/apt/
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

-jonathan

[mzilikazi]

are we talking about aegis client by meetinghouse?

Hmm nope looks like it's not what you want afterall. Got a link for Aegis?


one problem, i cannot connect to the internet without the aegis client.


doh!


so i downloaded it with windows from meetinghouse as a rpm.bin file and extract from there to bin, rpm, to deb.

any other tips?

-jonathan

Well if you're trying to install Aegis to a live cd then unfortunately that won't work. You'll need an hdd install before you can install anything to it. You can however convert .rpm's to .debs w/ alien.

alien --to-deb <pkg.rpm>
dpkg -i <pkg.deb>

Dunno if that was much help.....

[probono]

Well if you're trying to install Aegis to a live cd then unfortunately that won't work. You'll need an hdd install before you can install anything to it.

Well... I wouldn't say that. See http://klik.berlios.de/

Is there a URL for the .rpm?

[00zero]

this is the link for the aegis im talking about

http://www.mtghouse.com/products/aegisclient/index.shtml

ill try klik and see if it works.

i would install it to hdd but i only plan on using it to connect to a solaris server and run an engineering cad program.

[00zero]

is there anyway to install klik without the internet?

-jonathan

[mzilikazi]

Well if you're trying to install Aegis to a live cd then unfortunately that won't work. You'll need an hdd install before you can install anything to it.

Well... I wouldn't say that. See http://klik.berlios.de/

Is there a URL for the .rpm?

Ah well I *might* have known that if the author of klik cared about xfce4 users. ;)