Comments for Technopotomus http://technopotomus.com Home Network Project Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:02:05 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 Comment on apt-get or aptitude by A.Y. Siu http://technopotomus.com/2009/05/apt-get-or-aptitude/comment-page-1/#comment-51 A.Y. Siu Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:02:05 +0000 http://technopotomus.com/?p=192#comment-51 I used to think <i>aptitude</i> handled dependencies better... until <i>apt-get</i> got the <i>autoremove</i> feature (which also appears in Synaptic now) and until I saw a lot of Ubuntu Forums users getting situations in which <i>aptitude</i> was a bit too aggressive and wanted to uninstall everything. Now I always recommend <i>apt-get</i>. I used to think aptitude handled dependencies better… until apt-get got the autoremove feature (which also appears in Synaptic now) and until I saw a lot of Ubuntu Forums users getting situations in which aptitude was a bit too aggressive and wanted to uninstall everything.

Now I always recommend apt-get.

]]> Comment on Debian installation by lance http://technopotomus.com/2009/04/debian-installation/comment-page-1/#comment-5 lance Tue, 21 Apr 2009 03:31:57 +0000 http://technopotomus.com/?p=91#comment-5 According to the <a href="http://www.nongnu.org/gksu/" rel="nofollow">GKSU site</a>, that would be neccesary for running graphical applications. Since my install is lacking a GUI altogether there should be no need for such. Another broader explanation of this can be found at <a href="http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/graphicalsudo" rel="nofollow">psychocats</a>. Even though it's for Ubuntu, it should still be applicable considering the lack of GUI. According to the GKSU site, that would be neccesary for running graphical applications. Since my install is lacking a GUI altogether there should be no need for such. Another broader explanation of this can be found at psychocats. Even though it’s for Ubuntu, it should still be applicable considering the lack of GUI.

]]> Comment on Debian installation by em4r1z http://technopotomus.com/2009/04/debian-installation/comment-page-1/#comment-4 em4r1z Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:09:29 +0000 http://technopotomus.com/?p=91#comment-4 You don't need to use SUDO. In fact, if security is your concern, you shouldn't. If you must use it (most likely due to a wrong habit imposed by Ubuntu), you'll need to enable GKSUDO as the back-end of GKSU within GConf-Editor or you'll encounter authentication problems for Debian's default installation wasn't built based on the use of SUDO. You don’t need to use SUDO. In fact, if security is your concern, you shouldn’t.
If you must use it (most likely due to a wrong habit imposed by Ubuntu), you’ll need to enable GKSUDO as the back-end of GKSU within GConf-Editor or you’ll encounter authentication problems for Debian’s default installation wasn’t built based on the use of SUDO.

]]> Comment on Debian installation by lance http://technopotomus.com/2009/04/debian-installation/comment-page-1/#comment-3 lance Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:37:54 +0000 http://technopotomus.com/?p=91#comment-3 I don't know why I do that either. But now I do know of a better way to do it. Your input is quite welcome, I'd much rather have a more complete setup. Thanks. I don’t know why I do that either. But now I do know of a better way to do it. Your input is quite welcome, I’d much rather have a more complete setup. Thanks.

]]> Comment on Debian installation by miksuh http://technopotomus.com/2009/04/debian-installation/comment-page-1/#comment-2 miksuh Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:06:51 +0000 http://technopotomus.com/?p=91#comment-2 I suggest that you use sources.list like this rather than the one in the article. In the article contrib section of security repository is in use, but otherwise contrib or non-free sections are not in use. i don't understand why you do that. So make your sources.list look like this: deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian lenny main non-free contrib deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian lenny main non-free contrib deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main non-free contrib deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main non-free contrib deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main non-free contrib deb-src http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main non-free contrib If you use Debian on desktop you most likely want to use debian-multimedia.org repository too. deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org lenny main deb-src http://www.debian-multimedia.org lenny main After you add debian-multimedia.org do this: # apt-get update # apt-get install debian-multimedia-keyring I suggest that you use sources.list like this rather than the one in the article. In the article contrib section of security repository is in use, but otherwise contrib or non-free sections are not in use. i don’t understand why you do that. So make your sources.list look like this:

deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian lenny main non-free contrib
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian lenny main non-free contrib
deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main non-free contrib
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main non-free contrib
deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main non-free contrib
deb-src http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main non-free contrib

If you use Debian on desktop you most likely want to use debian-multimedia.org repository too.

deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org lenny main
deb-src http://www.debian-multimedia.org lenny main

After you add debian-multimedia.org do this:

# apt-get update
# apt-get install debian-multimedia-keyring

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