Re: [LI] dpkg install problems

[Syed Khader Vali <sidcarter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Oct 18, 1999 at 06:19:32PM +0000, RAVIKANT K RAO wrote:
> Hi there,
>   I wanted to install KDE on my New Debian 2.1 m/c ... and here's what
> happened.
> -----------
> rockford:/home/ravi# dpkg -i kdenetwork_1.1.2-19990911-1_i386.deb
Hello there,
This is the easiest and the most hassle free method of installing packages on
debian.
First make sure you have all the necessary packages for installing kde.
ok
They are 

kdeadmin_1.1.2-19990906-1_i386.deb
kdebase-doc_1.1.2-19990906-1_all.deb
kdebase-i18n_1.1.2-19990906-1_all.deb
kdebase_1.1.2-19990906-1_i386.deb
kdegames_1.1.2-19990906-1_i386.deb
kdegraphics_1.1.2-19990906-1_i386.deb
kdelibs-doc_1.1.2-19990906-1.0_all.deb
kdelibs2g-dev_1.1.2-19990906-1.0_i386.deb
kdelibs2g_1.1.2-19990906-1.0_i386.deb
kdemultimedia_1.1.2-19990906-1_i386.deb
kdenetwork-dev_1.1.2-19990911-1_i386.deb
kdenetwork_1.1.2-19990911-1_i386.deb
kdesupport0g-dev_1.1.2-19990906-1.0_i386.deb
kdesupport0g_1.1.2-19990906-1.0_i386.deb
kdetoys_1.1.2-19990906-1_i386.deb
kdeutils_1.1.2-19990906-1_i386.deb
kdewallpapers_1.1.2-19990906-1_all.deb
kdm_1.1.2-19990906-1_i386.deb
korganizer_1.1.2-19990906-1_i386.deb
qt1g-dev_1.44-6_i386.deb
qt1g-doc_1.44-6_all.deb
qt1g_1.44-6_i386.deb
rman_3.0.6-2.deb


You can exclude some unnecesary packages from these. ( Hey but not the libs ;-)
Now put them in some directory . For ex /home/tmp

and then
run

dpkg -i *.deb from /home/tmp
Of course as root

> 1 ] Apparently I dont have /usr/local/sbin and /sbin in root's PATH ... so
> how do I add that to $PATH ?

RTFM says that for root only /bin should be in the path and nothing else
for security reasons. But now even /sbin and /usr/sbin and /usr/X11/bin are also
included cause we got X11 and more utils also.  Anyway my root's path si as follows

 echo $PATH
 /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin

So I guess something wrong out there

You can add these in your path by editing either the ~/.bash_profile in your 
root directory or ~/.profile.

I maybe wrong in which case gurus can takeover. ;-)

Regards
	Khader

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