problem with dsl-dpkg.dsl & 0.8.0

Forum: myDSL Extensions (deprecated)
Topic: problem with dsl-dpkg.dsl & 0.8.0
started by: clacker

Posted by clacker on Sep. 01 2004,15:00

Has anyone else run into a problem with the dsl-dpkg.dsl package on 0.8.0 dsl? I load it from emelfm OK, but when I run apt-get update, I get the error:

E: The method driver /usr/lib/apt/methods/http could not be found.

I am able to use dpkg-restore from the command line, as root from a clean boot, but it won't work after you've tried the dsl file (it must think the files are already loaded).

Has anyone else seen this? Is there a solution?

And before anyone asks, yes I did check the md5sum of my new 0.8.0 iso.

Posted by leinad on Sep. 06 2004,14:14

I have little trouble in dsl 0.8 with mydsl files... with it interface from browser
When I run it, I can't add any dsl files, after "add device" eg. hde5 (with dsl file) it do... nothing
No one dsl is available...
How can I run dsl files (or add to it interface) ?

Greet, Daniel

Posted by cbagger01 on Sep. 06 2004,16:18

Delete the file named "drives.txt" from yout /tmp folder and your myDSLgui will start installing the packages again.

Posted by ke4nt1 on Sep. 06 2004,17:07

clacker,

The script " Enable Apt " pulls the dsl-dpkg.dsl file from the repository and
installs it.. Same with the old script " dpkg-restore " ..

So, the only case I can see for troubles is if your using an older version
of dsl-dpkg.dsl on your hard drive when you use emelfm to install it.

dsl-dpkg.dsl went thru many changes to accomodate the 0.8
back in August..
Make sure you download a recent copy for use in emelfm...

And yes, both scripts check for the existence of dpkg, and quit
upon successfully finding it.. only using a fresh copy from emelfm
will overwrite your current dpkg install..

73
ke4nt

Posted by clacker on Sep. 07 2004,22:18

Using an old dsl-dpkg was my problem. Thanks. Things change pretty quickly, if you don't pay attention, you might miss something.

Posted by ke4nt1 on Sep. 07 2004,23:20

I should have posted about the changes earlier,
and updated the info file : TODO

I think there was some delay at the time, being concerned
that the 0.8 version was backwards compat with 0.7...

My bad..

73
ke4nt