Re: apt does not doe what is should

From: AT (notme_at_example.com)
Date: 06/13/05 

Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 15:57:35 +0200

On Mon, 13 Jun 2005 13:11:37 +0000, houghi wrote:

> AT wrote:
>> This is what bothers me most, since I installed apt numerous times and it
>> always worked flawlessly for me.
>
> Well, perhaps it is because no-one has written a clear easy howto on
> what to do.
> http://linux01.gwdg.de/apt4rpm/home.html is confusing
> http://www.thewholeclan.com/will/archives/000017.html is much better and
> that is what I followed
>
> And don't get me even started on http://apt4rpm.sourceforge.net/ wich is
> put together in the same way most people who use Exell as a database
> loose controll. Adding a bit here and a bit there and you only know what
> is going on if you don't need it.

Yes I know, forget the docs.
 
>>>> The glabels problem might not necessarily be an apt problem but a problem
>>>> with this particular gnome install (it's not default I guess). Could you
>>>> post your apt configuration for closer analysis?
>>>
>>> Yes, it is a default SUSE instalation. If anyhow possible I use default
>>> SUSE stuff.
>>
>> That's strange, because I can't find glabels on the DVD or in the
>> SuSE repository.
>
> I thought you wre talking about gnome install. glables I just installed
> with `apt-get install glabels`. It broke pan and I had to reinstall
> pango. So I can choose to have either a working glabels or a working
> pan.

I was just confused because glabels is not in the official gnome packages.
The only aptable version I've found is the one in RPMS.usr-local-bin
(with which I have no experience), which would, I guess, be compiled
against that gnome version. Though I may be wrong and everything may work
somehow.

>>
>>> What would you like to see from apt?
>>
>> /etc/apt/sources.list

Can you give me this please?

>> Let's put apt aside for a moment. Could you check the Video-DVDRip rpm,
>> paths and contents, comparing against what rpm actually installed please.
>> Mine looks like this and everything is where it should be:
>>
>> # rpm -ql Video-DVDRip
> <snip>
> Saved the list, put my list in another file and did a diff. No
> difference.

Question is, is everything on your system where it should be? Do you have
this file? /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3/Video/DVDRip.pm 

-- 
Andreas

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