dpkg -i file.deb ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Spangler" <spangler.robert@xxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2008 4:51 PM Subject: Re: Debian Questions > Maybe a bug that I need to report. > > Another question: Maybe I skipped over it but the aptitude manpage doesn't > seem to explain how to install a .deb archive. I downloaded Virtual Box > and wish to install it but if I do aptitude install <file> it says that it > can't find such a package. Also, on the download page for Virtual Box, it > only had a version available for Debian 4.0 - should this still work with > Sid Unstable? Should I just do aptitude install virtualbox and accept > what it has, as it is only 10MB? It said that some module package is > broken. > > So far loving Debian! Only distro, besides Ubuntu, that I've been > successful using Gnome. > > Thanks, > Robby > > Gregory Nowak wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Is this something new in the Lenny installer? When I installed Sarge, >> and then Etch on another machine afterwords, I seem to remember being >> able to select whether I wanted to install lilo, or grub during the >> install process. >> >> Greg >> >> >> On Sun, Aug 03, 2008 at 05:14:59PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: >>> Robert Spangler, le Sun 03 Aug 2008 12:04:55 -0400, a ?crit : >>>> I didn't quite see it as a problem. >>> Well, what you describe below suggests that there _is_ a problem a >>> problem :) >>> >>>> I think the issue is that, by default, when hitting tab at the boot >>>> screen and inputting Speakup parameters, I don't get the expert >>>> installation which is why all of these options are chosen for me? >>> IIRC even in expert installation mode debian doesn't let you choose >>> between grub and lilo. >>> >>>> That is just my observation so please correct me if I am wrong. So if >>>> I could figure out how to get the expert mode to start with Speakup, >>>> that would probably remedy the problem? >>> That's probably described in the installation manual. >>> >>> Samuel >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Speakup mailing list >>> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >>> >> >> - -- >> web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org >> gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc >> skype: gregn1 >> (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) >> >> - -- >> Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) >> >> iEYEARECAAYFAkiWFXsACgkQ7s9z/XlyUyC5PACcDBq5/e/d8DtteyEvGupHnkyr >> 7swAni4ZrHFWRjv/NwQmn3kqJmRzlwq/ >> =4css >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > signature database 3306 (20080729) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > >
