superkaramba

[Stephen]

Than I ran apt-get install superkaramba This is where the problems begun.

Thanks

Try apt-get -s install superkaramba/unstable to tell it where to get the package from this usually works otherwise it will try to install a lesser version.

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Remove the -s to install if everything looks good.
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[dave52355]

OK, Reinstalled Knoppix to HD. DL superkaramba from Debian web site. Ran in kpackage. Said it needed a new lib. DL Lib ran in Kpackage it to needed something. After a lot of back and forward activity I finally got superkaramba to install!

Which brings me to another question: If kpackager and apt-get are smart enough to see the required packages, why don't they just go out and get them?

On another note. The last 2 installs LISa has not been set to boot at startup. I have used rcconf to turn it on at boot. I can ping the other systems on my network (XP Pro and Lindows 4.0) but I cannot access them. Any ideas?

Thanks

[aay]

Which brings me to another question: If kpackager and apt-get are smart enough to see the required packages, why don't they just go out and get them?

apt-get will do this, but since Knoppix is a mixed system (stable, testing, unstable) some extra work is required.

What Stepen advised you above will often work.

apt-get -install superkaramba/unstable

The /unstable option tells knoppix to grab your desired program from unstable, but ONLY the package that you specify to be obtained from unstable will be taken from unstable. Dependencies will resolve to their defaults. This is where you may end up with dependency problems.

The way to get around this is as follows:

apt-get -t unstable install superkaramba

This not only grabs the program you want to install from unstable (in this case superkaramba) but it also grabs ALL DEPENDENCIES from unstable. This often works much better. It has almost always solved my problems. Best of all it tends not to remove and break other packages. This is a real problem to people who are new to debian. I've seen a lot of people who have tried to upgrade or install cetain packages and have ended up completely borking kde. I've done this myself in fact....but never with the "-t unstable" option.

Good luck.

Adam

[dave52355]

Thank you. One question:

Would apt-get -t install (program name) work for dependancy issues on stable platforms?

Thanks