-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 Yeah, the sources list is easy enough. I just liked the original list I got at installation time where I could pick from valid list addresses. You and Chuck gave me a couple solutions. I saw kernel.org on there before and that was a likely alternate choice as I have always had screaming speeds from there when downloading kernel sources. Thanks. On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 05:52:14PM -0400, Erik Heil wrote: > Hi, Steve. > If you want to reconfigure the mirrors that Apt and friends use for > repositories, you can manually edit the /etc/apt/sources.list file and > just replace the name of the machine with whatever mirror you want. For > me, mirrors.kernel.org is a really good site--I will see on a regular > basis speeds in excess of 10mbits/sec. This is because at any one given > time, the machine is not using no where near the bandwidth it is > provisioned for. That machine has an 100mbit connection to the outside > world. > Bare in mind that all the configuration scripts do in installation is to > just script and write the sources.list(5) file from whatever mirror the > user chooses. So its not that hard to do. Hope this helps. > user choose during > > --Erik > > On Fri, 17 Oct 2008, Steve Holmes wrote: > > > Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:42:14 -0700 > > From: Steve Holmes <steve at holmesgrown.com> > > Reply-To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > > <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > Subject: Re: Compiling Under Debian > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: RIPEMD160 > > > > Well I guess I have to go and find another mirror!!! I like > > easynews.com for its speed but I keep getting '404' errors on these > > lib dev packages. I can't even lookup the change logs on > > libstd-6.4.3. > > > > This brings me to another question. Since I picked the appropriate > > mirror during installation, I don't know how to pick a new one now > > that I have a running system. I've been generally using aptitude with > > good results up til now but these 404's got me down. I'll be looking > > around for a way to reconfigure this thing <sigh>. > > > > On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 04:01:28PM -0400, Chuck Hallenbeck wrote: > > > Steve, > > > > > > On Debian, the library packages often come in two parts, one part is > > > sufficient to support precompiled applications, and the other part > > > containing the necessary headers etc. needed to compile sources. Those > > > second parts are often not automatically installed along with the first > > > parts. They will end with "-dev" (for development). > > > > > > So type "aptcache search <library name>" and you will be shown all the > > > various packages associated with a given library, then just install the > > > missing "-dev" package, and your compiles will work fine. > > > > > > Chuck > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 12:46:51PM -0700, Steve Holmes wrote: > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > > Hash: RIPEMD160 > > > > > > > > I've got a testing version of Lenny here but can't find the C standard > > > > headers. I've installed every imaginable package pertaining to gcc > > > > and friends but when I go to compile any c programs like espeakup, I > > > > get not found errors all over the place for simple header files like > > > > stdio.h, errno.h, and so forth. I know these to be standard c headers > > > > but the basic gcc package in debian doesn't seem to have them. I also > > > > installed libstd-6-4-3... but still no joy. What the hell am I > > > > missing here? I like Debian's package management strategy but I really > > > > wish they wouldn't split up some critical packages this way. As far > > > > as right now is concerned, I cannot compile any c programs. > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > > > > > > > > iEYEAREDAAYFAkj466oACgkQWSjv55S0LfGvqQCdEH7h/4LjWjh5T5bMGdyQ2Zdl > > > > G2IAnjb/KgtlqsYOxZMW37qa996cLU4M > > > > =yT3p > > > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > -- > > > The Moon is Waning Gibbous (88% of Full) > > > > > > My web site: http://hallenbeck.ftml.net -- my telephone: 1-518-334-9022. > > > -------- > > > Sarah Palin: At last, a Beauty Queen who doesn't want World Peace. > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > > > > iEYEAREDAAYFAkj5BrUACgkQWSjv55S0LfGKOwCeMeq2mbxpeul9ZuR6Zl2j2J1z > > LsYAniIUZ2KbDOKX2l6Aqt4LxQFQRamK > > =o6dU > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > eheil at sdf.lonestar.org > SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEAREDAAYFAkj5EYsACgkQWSjv55S0LfEYZQCgzqK/32sFLi7f2L2CilozMtA0 CYAAnjbsbRJQkIWczZOEi5GAWz34HGip =H5Ki -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
