Continuation » package management

Oracle XE on Ubuntu

seeder — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 21:58:20 +0000

Is dead simple …. just remember, if you have used _any_ previous Beta or RPM version. use --purge not --remove when delete previous version… this will save you a lot of time, which I spent wondering why on earth it does not install in full/startup what ever …

In Absence of Console Cable , N770 strikes back!

seeder — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 20:39:59 +0000

Today, I was planing on playing more with my new router, unfortunately I have no console cable ( will arrive tomorrow ) and I was not hardcore enough to upgrade IOS on it.

I ended up installing new OS on my Nokia 770 , the 2006 edition. I have not used it for a while and I have not looked in to software repositories for it, for very very long time.

As many portals cover what it comes with ( the new 2006 edition ) they tend to say a lot about Gtalk client … But my most beloved new functionality is Application Installer.

App Installer is just a frontend to regular software management system called APT, and it is originating from Debian… not my favorite SMS but still it does the job. Users of real operating systems like Linux, *BSD are spoiled by management systems. If you do not know what is this and how it works, you have probably lived in a cave with Windows.

Just added most of the repos from Maemo Wiki and now hassle I am able to install most of the available software , with a touch of a button. No looking for applications websites, no looking for dependencies ( 2005 was lacking that part ), just one place to find them all. Love That!

As I have mentioned, I have not checked what software was created for N770, for long time. Today I have discovered missing App. Glurp, the MPD client , which works! If you are some music addict, like me, and you have MPD running on some computer for 24/7 … this app is a real gem. It turns your N770 in to really expensive remote control with all the features of “big computers” clients.

So my favorite apps for N770 are :

Fbreader
Glurp
Password Safe

All other are just useful from time to time… and Application Installer in its new incarnation will be very useful from time to time.

seeder — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 17:58:29 +0000

I just do not like when perfectly working system is “upgraded” to not working. Today I have upgraded my X.org X11 to 7.1 and … my Fglrx drivers stopped working. Does not matter which version, it just does not work due to binary incompatibility between modules and X11. crap! I had to merge f86-video-ati which does not support any acceleration … and now my Firefox is bloody slow! when scrolling. Accutally , I would love to know why…

That situation makes me think about some Portage tweak. It has warned me that my ati-drivers are blocking xorg-server-1.1 ( or some other latest number) but this block has stopped whole upgrade for my world… what if it would just tell me that this and this will not be upgraded due to this block, and carry on with stuff which does not depend on blocked ebuilds. And when all new versions will reach portage it will upgrade remaining software.

Second tweak would be to rollback last X upgrades. Like in my situation I found my system malfunctioning after upgrade, and I would like to rollback to previous working perfectly ( OK, almost ) state. emerge –rollback ati-drivers-X.X.X and all software which is blocking because it is to new would be downgraded. Cool!

To be honest … it might be there, but no body told me about it( GWN? ) and forums are just too crowdy.

debian

seeder — Mon, 21 Jun 2004 00:55:00 +0000

my god, debian is the most ideological designed distro/PM system, in it’s docs, there are no concrete date about design of PM, but idealogical crap how they split to us, non-us, free or not, damn i want to know what do you have under the hood, not how free you are

In Poznan

seeder — Mon, 14 Jun 2004 03:15:00 +0000

I’m back in Poznan. In Gozdnica I made Kpackage, and something about my Project, the software management system for little organization with 4 computers.

Today i have to learn a little tommorow I have exam on Computer Systems Security.

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kpackage

seeder — Fri, 11 Jun 2004 04:08:00 +0000

heh, i have 49 pages , and limit is 60, but i have not included apt, and my project yet! 10 pages for intro to apt, and my pro! damn

dissertation :)

seeder — Thu, 10 Jun 2004 19:17:00 +0000

so , i woke up, i pissed out my brother and now hunting for news .

but this day will dissertation day so, i hope i’ll finish kpackage section, and start probably /making packages/

Mono and windows

seeder — Thu, 10 Jun 2004 02:44:00 +0000

Ok it was my fault, i installed gtk# libs in to wrong directory.

Remember ( howto install Mono&gtk#):

+ Install Mono,
+ add it to the PATH(manually)
+ Install Gtk# in to the same dir, where is Mono installed

I took some screenshotz from Kpackage ( knoppix 3.3 )

Mono

seeder — Wed, 09 Jun 2004 23:57:00 +0000

I’m at parents home now. Was trying to setup .Net and GTK# to run #Reduktor in here, but it doesn’t work, i don’t know why. As usual on Windows it does not Work. I don’t know why people use that crap, and PAY for it.

Today i should also finish Kpackage from my dissertation, but you know, maybe i will…