Getting apt-get

[Bondtrails]

Hey Thanks Nathan,
I'll give that a shot--but first, I don't even have YUP installed 
(while trying to install 2.0, it failed at some point, probably before 
getting YUP installed on my Umax S900)

What's the best way of installing YUP? (yes, I am most definitely a 
newbie...)

--Bondster!!

On Friday, November 15, 2002, at 03:40  PM, nathan r. hruby wrote:

> On Fri, 15 Nov 2002, Stephen Reiach wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 15 Nov 2002 14:21:56 -0500
>> Bondtrails <bondtrails@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>>> How can I find out all the dependencies to apt-get, and how cat I get
>>> them?
>>>
>>
>> you're missing something.  All the required packages should be on your
>> 2.3 CD. You may want to search this ML if anyone actually wrote down 
>> the
>> exact course of action. [ps write it down and post it!]
>>
>
> One thing that no one has tried before it to try in install apt with 
> yup
> (which in theory should be able to handle deps for you.)
>
> Here's how I would do it (note: this isn't tested... if it breaks you 
> keep
> both pieces)
> * = optional but recommended step
> - = required step
>
> * Backup anything you want to keep
> * Stop all services (sendmail, httpd, etc..), including X drop to a
>   console.
> - Edit /etc/yup.conf with info for the YDL 2.3 release (see below).
>   (or you can try running 'yup config dist', i prefer the former)
> - Run 'yup clean all'
> * Run 'yup config mirror' (adding the CD might be an option
> - Run 'yup update yup'
> - Run 'yup install apt'
> - Edit /etc/apt/sources.list to point at 2.3 distros, not 2.2
> * run apt-cdrom add for each CD in YDL-2.3 if you have them
> - Run 'apt-get upgrade'
> - Run 'apt-get dist-upgrade'
> * Wash-rinse-repeat as needed till apt says there's nothing to upgrade
> - Run '/sbin/yaboot'
> - apt-get install kernel-2.4.19-4a
> - Run '/sbin/yaboot'
> - Reboot
>
> --- STOCK /etc/yup.conf from YDL-2.3
> .master                 
> http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/yup/yup.master.txt
> .dist-option            Yellow Dog Linux release 2.3
> .arch-option            ppc
> .begin                  mirror-option
>    .name                   Yellow Dog Linux release 2.3
>    .addr                   
> ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com/pub/yellowdog/yellowdog-2.3
>    .arch                   ppc
> .end
> --- END STOCK
>
> Thw yup part of this should upgrade/install many packages including
> glibc*, rpm*, several (if not all) of the kde packages if you have KDE
> isntalled, and a few other.  The archives have a better lising of what
> files get/need upgrading, though that was from 2.1 I think...
>
> Things that might happen:
> - yup will die leaving the package system is disarray (rpm --rebuilddb
>   should fix this)
> - yup won't be able to deal with the upgrade and fail before doing
>   anything
> - Massive amounts of time could be killed, resulting in the need for
>   co:ff:ee:co:ff:ee and a slight resentment at the whole of technology
> - Tons of other things I can't think of.
>
> If this solution works, please let the list know plus nay problem 
> you've
> had or things you did differently.
>
> -n
> -- 
> ----------------------------------------
> nathan hruby <nathan@drama.uga.edu>
> computer services specialist
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