Apt-Get (RPM Install Issues)
Ok.....I've got fed up with searching for file dependencies, and then finding file dependences for the files dependences. So I am trying ot install Apt-get. I am running RH9 and have the RPM of Apt-get. . . however how can I tell if it's installed correctly? I tried running a few apt-get commands in shell and keep getting the error message "command not found". Any idea where to start?
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ok well first :
what rpm did you get? what command did you use to install it? what command do you type to run it ? |
apt-0.5.5cnc6-0.fdr.8.rh90.i386.rpm is the rpm package I used to install. I did not how ever do a command line install, instaed I used (in kde) right click - install packages. . . gives me the little progress windows as it install. I get no error messages until I try and run it.
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command i used to test to try and run it was apt-get -h <the help command>
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I ran the rpm -qlp <package name>
warning: apt-0.5.5cnc6-0.fdr.8.rh90.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 8df56d05 /etc/apt /etc/apt/apt.conf /etc/apt/apt.conf.d /etc/apt/gpg /etc/apt/gpg/gpg-pubkey-897da07a-3c979a7f /etc/apt/gpg/gpg-pubkey-8df56d05-3e828977 /etc/apt/gpg/gpg-pubkey-db42a60e-37ea5438 /etc/apt/preferences /etc/apt/rpmpriorities /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d /etc/apt/sources.list.d/macromedia.list /etc/apt/vendors.list /etc/apt/vendors.list.d /usr/bin/apt-cache /usr/bin/apt-cdrom /usr/bin/apt-config /usr/bin/apt-get /usr/bin/apt-shell /usr/bin/genbasedir /usr/bin/genpkglist /usr/bin/gensrclist /usr/lib/apt /usr/lib/apt/methods /usr/lib/apt/methods/bzip2 /usr/lib/apt/methods/cdrom /usr/lib/apt/methods/copy /usr/lib/apt/methods/file /usr/lib/apt/methods/ftp /usr/lib/apt/methods/gpg /usr/lib/apt/methods/gzip /usr/lib/apt/methods/http /usr/lib/apt/methods/rsh /usr/lib/apt/methods/ssh /usr/lib/apt/scripts /usr/lib/apt/scripts/gpg-checker.lua /usr/lib/apt/scripts/gpg-import.lua /usr/lib/apt/scripts/kernel-upgrade.lua /usr/lib/apt/scripts/preserve-conf.lua /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5.so.0 /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5.so.0.0.0 /usr/share/doc/apt-0.5.5cnc6 /usr/share/doc/apt-0.5.5cnc6/ABOUT-NLS /usr/share/doc/apt-0.5.5cnc6/AUTHORS /usr/share/doc/apt-0.5.5cnc6/AUTHORS.RPM /usr/share/doc/apt-0.5.5cnc6/COPYING /usr/share/doc/apt-0.5.5cnc6/COPYING.GPL /usr/share/doc/apt-0.5.5cnc6/TODO /usr/share/doc/apt-0.5.5cnc6/contrib /usr/share/doc/apt-0.5.5cnc6/contrib/apt-files /usr/share/doc/apt-0.5.5cnc6/contrib/apt-files/README /usr/share/doc/apt-0.5.5cnc6/contrib/apt-files/apt-files.conf /usr/share/doc/apt-0.5.5cnc6/contrib/apt-files/apt-files.lua /usr/share/doc/apt-0.5.5cnc6/contrib/apt-files/convert.py /usr/share/doc/apt-0.5.5cnc6/contrib/apt-rpm /usr/share/doc/apt-0.5.5cnc6/contrib/apt-rpm/apt-rpm /usr/share/doc/apt-0.5.5cnc6/contrib/apt-rpm/apt-rpm.1 /usr/share/doc/apt-0.5.5cnc6/examples /usr/share/doc/apt-0.5.5cnc6/examples/apt.conf /usr/share/doc/apt-0.5.5cnc6/examples/configure-index /usr/share/doc/apt-0.5.5cnc6/examples/sources.list /usr/share/locale/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/apt.mo /usr/share/locale/es_ES/LC_MESSAGES/apt.mo /usr/share/locale/it_IT/LC_MESSAGES/apt.mo /usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/apt.mo /usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/apt.mo /usr/share/man/man5/apt.conf.5.gz /usr/share/man/man5/apt_preferences.5.gz /usr/share/man/man5/sources.list.5.gz /usr/share/man/man5/vendors.list.5.gz /usr/share/man/man8/apt-cache.8.gz /usr/share/man/man8/apt-cdrom.8.gz /usr/share/man/man8/apt-config.8.gz /usr/share/man/man8/apt-get.8.gz /usr/share/man/man8/apt.8.gz /var/cache/apt /var/cache/apt/archives /var/cache/apt/archives/partial /var/cache/apt/genpkglist /var/cache/apt/gensrclist /var/state/apt /var/state/apt/lists /var/state/apt/lists/partial Ok, so i go over to /usr/bin and issue the command. . . and still get command not found, i even tried ./apt-get -h still no luck |
A couple of things...
First, you must be root to run apt-get. If, for some reason /usr/bin is not in your path, try the command: # /usr/bin/apt-get update to see what happens. If you're online, you should see your computer connect to whatever apt repositories you have in your /etc/apt/sources.list file. If this doesn't happen, send in the error output you get from the terminal window and maybe I can figure out what's going on from that. If the update command is successful, then issue the command # /usr/bin/apt-get upgrade and if that's successful do a: #apt-get install synaptic which will give you a GUI interface to run apt from. It does appear to be installed from what you've sent in, so if the error message is "command not found" I can only guess that it's a path issue. [edit] Doh!! I just reread your post and it's not a path issue, and the "apt-get -h" command is, I believe, a valid command. Just try the "apt-get update" as root. Also maybe "man apt-get" or "man apt" since you should now have the man pages installed. Jim Dishaw |
first off thanks for your reply!
[root@dhcphost164 bin]# /usr/bin/apt-get update bash: /usr/bin/apt-get: No such file or directory [root@dhcphost164 root]# man apt-get No manual entry for apt-get [root@dhcphost164 root]# man apt No manual entry for apt [root@dhcphost164 root]# Is this looking like a path issue? |
No, that does not appear to be a path issue. That's just plain weird.
Ok, this is a lousy way to approach things, but I would do a removal and a reinstallation of apt-get. # rpm -e apt then "cd" to where you have the original apt*.rpm file stored and #rpm -Uvh apt-0.5.5cnc6-0.fdr.8.rh90.i386.rpm Or better yet, go to http://apt.freshrpms.net and download apt-0.5.5cnc6-fr1.i386.rpm and use that one instead. That's the one that I have used successfully several times and know that it works well. Wish I had a better answer... I have been using apt4rpm since RH 6.2 and use it instead of up2date, yum, current, redcarpet or any of those other updaters. Wait, just had a last thought. You don't have redcarpet from Ximian installed, do you? Redcarpet and apt do not play well together. Once I actually ended up doing a reinstall of RH9 because of that. About the only time I've ever had to do a Linux reinstall, it almost made me feel like a Windows user :) Jim Dishaw |
Jim:
it worked!!!!!! I dwn the rpm u suggested....thanks alot |
Glad I was able to help!
Enjoy! Jim Dishaw |
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