Hello All,
Some months back when there was a discussion on using a caching name server so at that time I used the local package manager to install bind and co. but at that time something had happened and the system went into a runaway process with the HDD continuously active. After a forced restart, the package manager showed bind and co. ticked (installed) but they are actually not in the system. When I uncheck to remove the packages, it gives an error that these packages were not found.
Today I tried it out again but same result. So now I used yumx and selected 3 packages bind, caching-nameserver and chrootbind(?). This time too the system went into a tizzy and the hdd was running continuously and even the screen froze and went hollow (only outlines, no solids). Again I had to force restart.
Is there any way I can clean up my act without a clean re-install?
Thanks in advance and Regards,
Rony.
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On Friday 06 January 2006 16:26, Rony Bill wrote:
Is there any way I can clean up my act without a clean re-install?
IMHO the HDD was running all the time because something was eating up your swap. I think you should try installing aptitude for fedora. It worked like a charm for me. Too bad none of the Fedora CDs are apt ready but there are ways to get around it.
This is a howto of enabling apt for Yellow Dog's CDs. It will work with Fedora's CDs as well.
http://moin.conectiva.com.br/AptRpm/EnableCdrom
Apt is a really powerful utility and I recommend that you switch over to Debian if possible because its package management rocks! You better believe me because I was a Fedora / Redhat loyalist (still am) for a long time! :D
Dinesh Joshi wrote:
This is a howto of enabling apt for Yellow Dog's CDs. It will work with Fedora's CDs as well.
I have apt and synaptec installed but some file has got corrupted in my packages list and thats making the system get into some runaway process. I can't remember what I did to make it happen some months ago but I will also try out the rpm query options posted by Swapnil.
Apt is a really powerful utility and I recommend that you switch over to Debian if possible because its package management rocks! You better believe me because I was a Fedora / Redhat loyalist (still am) for a long time! :D
Some days back I just installed Kubuntu from this month's Chip mag. and it works fine. I also learnt to install .deb packages using dpkg -i pack_name. It has an 'adept' package manager and after some intutive searching, I enabled its 'Manage Repo..' tool bar and its hidden repo list. It runs beautifully and I even got gnome into it for extra packages. VLC too works fine. Kde is lovely to use but slightly buggy. It does not allow admin mode in system setup. It is a bug as reported by the kubuntu site. Anyway, thats my Debian tutor. :)
Regards,
Rony.
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On 1/7/06, Rony Bill ronbillypop@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
Dinesh Joshi wrote:
This is a howto of enabling apt for Yellow Dog's CDs. It will work with Fedora's CDs as well.
<snip> > > Apt is a really powerful utility and I recommend that you switch over to > Debian if possible because its package management rocks! You better > believe me because I was a Fedora / Redhat loyalist (still am) for a > long time! :D
> Rony
<snip>
In this context, how does one undo an installation done by compiling from source ? It is difficult to know which files are created/stored and in which directories by `make install' .
Regards, Mohan S N
On Sunday 08 January 2006 21:11, Mohan Nayaka wrote:
On 1/7/06, Rony Bill ronbillypop@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
Dinesh Joshi wrote:
This is a howto of enabling apt for Yellow Dog's CDs. It will work with Fedora's CDs as well.
<snip>
Apt is a really powerful utility and I recommend that you switch over to Debian if possible because its package management rocks! You better believe me because I was a Fedora / Redhat loyalist (still am) for a long time! :D
> Rony<snip>
In this context, how does one undo an installation done by compiling from source ? It is difficult to know which files are created/stored and in which directories by `make install' .
Regards, Mohan S N
eh? Debian package management uses .deb files just like redhat has .rpms. Anyway i think you want to uninstall a package installed via source. You have two options.
1. Use checkinstall 2. use the scripts supplied with the program
To use the first option you need to install the checkinstall utility. Google for it. For the second option, you need to execute the command: "make uninstall" in the source tree of the program. Now if the author is good, he should've provided that script. If not you need to trackdown all files and delete it. Dont ask me how because I haven't ever tried it.
Regards,
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Dinesh Joshi -
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Mohan Nayaka -
Rony Bill