quick apt command help...(ubuntu rant?)(rant apology)

[ZephyrQ]

Derek Broughton wrote:
> ZephyrQ wrote:
> 
>> Derek Broughton wrote:
>>
>> When I tried to compile gphoto2 directly, I could not because I didn't
>> have the compiler (sudo ./configure bailed).
> 
> sudo aptitude install build-essential

	My apologies, I did not mean to offend.  I went to run this but saw 
that it was going to remove *several* packages (most of them gnome), so 
I canceled it.

>> Excuse the rant, [/rant on/]but I have *never* had to go to Windows to
>> accomplish something as simple as installing firmware...and now I will
> 
> I would hardly call installing firmware simple.  You're asking a PC to
> update the "operating system" of another device - something that's
> remarkably complicated. 
> 
>> My buddy who uses SuSE is now laughing at me.  
> 
> If it's so simple on SuSE, why didn't _he_ do it for you?

	Sorry about the rant...just blowin' off steam (NEVER do this on a 
mailing list...I broke one of my own cardinal rules...;-> )

	The SuSE guy and I can't get in the same place at the same time, and he 
told me to find a Windows machine with high-speed access to accomplish 
what I needed--which is what I will probably do at this point.  If I had 
the time, I would work through this; been using linux for years (before 
that OS/2) and I really was trying to avoid the Window$ dance.

>> I have not been able to get *any* program to read the T10 for me to
>> install the firmware I have downloaded, and I cannot get the latest
>> greatest ghoto2 without jumping through hoops I don't have time to jump
>> through (installing dapper for the 2nd time, first time failed; etc.)
> 
> I don't know why you'd blame dapper for the fact that if it didn't work the
> first time you installed it, it still didn't work the second.  That may
> work with Windows, but we strive for repeatability here.

	I don't blame dapper...just mentioned that it bailed on me the first 
time--it downloaded all but 5 packages before timing out.  It was 
probably my fault.  I'll try it again when I return from vacation.

> I gave you what you asked for (_which_ your buddy with SuSE couldn't have
> done any more easily), but it isn't really what you wanted.
> 
> Install build-essential.
> 
> Grab the Debian _source_ (not the binary) for gphoto2 (assuming it really is
> the version you need).  Then use that to build the binary on your system. 
> That way you get the Debian-latest gphoto2 but with dependencies on Ubuntu
> packages.
> 
> If the debian source isn't really the latest, the "./configure; make; make
> install" method should work once you have build-essential, anyway.

	Thank you.  And this was my next step before time got away from me. 
Besides, I forgot (sheesh) that I needed the source, not the binary 
(kind of like driving a car for 20 years and forgetting the turn signal...).

	So, thank you all for your help.