3rd Party Applications

[Steven Vollom]

On Monday 03 August 2009 11:51:43 am Goh Lip wrote:
> Steven Vollom wrote:
> > When I installed Karmic, my 3rd party Software shows many entries like
> > disabled on upgrade to Karmic.  It is logical that they were for Jaunty,
> > but should I remove them? Thanks!!
> >
> > Steven
>
> Leave these alone, no need to uninstall; after Karmic is fully
> installed, reinstall these applications. They wont need to be downloaded

To do this, I just check the unchecked box.  Is that correct?

> again. Are you on alpha 3?

I am not totally sure.  I found a site where there was a big list of PPA's for 
Karmic with their keys.  I installed all that I knew I would need, even in the 
future.  It was from that installation that a window came up requesting if I 
wanted to upgrade to Karmic.  I clicked on Yes and installed.  I don't 
remember the level of Alpha being mentioned; I do remember that it indicated 
Rc, so that makes me think I am at a current level of the application.
> Again use
> sudo aptitude update
> sudo aptitude safe-upgrade

I just ran the update and safe-upgrade commands, so if they put me at alpha 3, 
that is where I am now.

In attempting to install moblock, and using kpackagekit to make the addition, 
I had a new bug.  When I tried to report it, the server kept timing out.  I 
never got it reported and tried for more than 2 hours.

Now that I ran these two commands, I am going to attempt the same installation 
and see if the bug has been fixed, so I won't have to worry about forgetting to 
report it.
>
> Any 'not-ready' packages won't appear and 'bug' you.
>
>
> Below is copy of earlier message on apt-cdrom
>
> > Steven, this may help ease in reinstallation of your OS, should you need
> > to do it. I am putting in a new subject so that it will not confuse you
> > with your current boot problems. Other than backing up your home, and I
> > understand you have a separate partition now for it, the following will
> > help you reinstall your various applications like biblestudy, wine etc.
> > without needing to download again.
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make a folder called say, Repo in your home.
install dpkg-dev and build-essential
 sudo cp /var/cache/apt/archives/*.deb /home/Steven/Repo
cd /home/Steven/Repo
sudo dpkg-scanpackages . /dev/null | gzip -9c > Packages.gz
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I have isolated the part I am now talking about to make sure you refer to it 
when reading my reply.  Goh Lip.  I may not be as far along on my 
understanding as you are giving me credit.

To get the result you suggest, am I to copy and paste:

install dpkg-dev and build-essential
sudo cp /var/cache/apt/archives/*.deb /home/steven/Repo
cd /home/steven/Repo
sudo dpkg-scanpackages . /dev/null | gzip -9c > Packages.gz

These four commands exactly as written to get the result I need, or am I 
expected to make adjustments based upon my knowledge of the task?  For 
instance, I changed the capital 'S' to a small 's', because that is the way it 
currently appears in my system.

>>burn a cd of all the items in Repo

Are there any special instructions in how I set up the burn procedure, ie. 
something like making it executable, or anything, or do I just burn the folder 
Repo?
> >
> > After installation,

When I put the CD in the other computer,  do the commands you gave me instruct 
it to install in the proper place for the below instruction to function, or do 
I put the CD in the other computer's CDROM, then enter the command and then it 
puts the instruction in the proper place?  You may have answered this question 
in the next paragraph, but I want to be sure, so I don't make another mistake.

> > sudo apt-cdrom add
> >
> >
> > Whenever you do any installation, it will probe your cdrom and install
> > from there and use these files instead of downloading again unless there
> > are newer versions available.
> >
> > Before you copy files to Repo, it is advisable to
> > sudo apt-get autoremove
> > sudo apt-get autoclean
>
> Regards,
> Goh Lip

Thanks, my friend for the wonderful reply.  I am as happy as a gopher chewing 
his way through soft dirt.  This was a very fun segment of my learning 
process.  You have me laughing with joy.  Happy Days to you and family.

Steven