Sunday, January 28, 2007

APT loop

Today, I was trying to install Damn Small Linux for some experiments. It is truly a dedicated LiveCD tool. It is even lacking "apt-get" and "make". Also, there is a APT-get loop in the packages. The first one is easy, just make sure your computer has network support and

right-click anywhere -> Apps -> Tools -> Enable Apt

done.
Afterwards, it is suggested you switch to another apt-source. The default might not be optimal speed. For me, it works :

http://ftp.jp.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib

Then, get "make" as well.



The latter one is a little bit trouble.

E: This installation run will require temporarily removing the essential package e2fsprogs due to a Conflicts/Pre-Depends loop. This is often bad, but if you really want to do it, activate the APT::Force-LoopBreak option. E: Internal Error, Could not early remove e2fsprogs


The APT man entry in my DSL is missing, and is my other server. Tough luck, I tried googling on the net and found a solution at ( http://gnuru.org/?node_id=953 )

apt-get -o APT::Force-LoopBreak=yes install make

Just input this command, and boo! Done!

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