[Ubuntu 8.10] Need help getting out of odd update manager loop

[David Karr]

On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 7:59 PM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> On 02/25/2009 07:05 PM, David Karr wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 5:15 PM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >
> >> On 02/25/2009 03:42 PM, David Karr wrote:
> >> > On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Scott Abbey <scott at eotr.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> >> > The repo URI was "http://http.us.debian.org/debian".
> >> >>
> >> >> Be very careful adding repos to your system. Debian's repos are *not*
> >> >> compatible with Ubuntu, generally speaking. Key libraries are at
> >> >> different versions and can cause major havoc to an Ubuntu system. It
> >> >> appears you've lucked out this time, but for future reference, don't
> >> >> just add any old repo to your sources. My personal suggestion, for
> >> >> simplicity's sake, is to stick to the official Ubuntu repos and the
> >> >> occasional launchpad.net PPA. If you absolutely must have a package
> >> >> that can't be installed from one of those two, you can try
> downloading
> >> >> *just the package* from Debian.
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > In this case, I was only using it to install an Emacs lisp package. In
> >> the
> >> > future, if I have to do that again, I'll enable the repo, install just
> >> that
> >> > package, and disable the repo.  If it's for anything else, I'll keep
> it
> >> away
> >> > from update manager.
> >>
> >> Have you checked to see if perhaps the package is already available?
> >>
> >> http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?searchon=names&keywords=emacs
> >>
> >> Also, you can try:
> >>
> http://www.google.com/search?complete=0&hl=en&q=packages.ubuntu+%2Bemacs
> >> which leads to a PPA for Emacs Lisp:
> >> https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-elisp/+archive/ppa<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-elisp/+archive/ppa>
> <https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-elisp/+archive/ppa>
> >>
> >> Not sure if those are helpful, but if you post the name of the debian
> >> package here then someone is likely to be able to assist.
> >>
> >
> > Those are useful resources, but the package I installed, "js2-mode",
> wasn't
> > in any of those lists, that I could see.  I don't remember the exact name
> of
> > the debian package, but it was probably just "js2-mode".
> >
> >
>
> It's scheduled for Jaunty:
> <
> http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite=default&section=all&arch=any&searchon=names&keywords=js2-mode
> >
> http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty/js2-mode
>
> I just downloaded the deb:
> <http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty/all/js2-mode/download>
> and installed the deb on Hardy by double-clicking via Nautilus and using
> the package installer. The package installer checked to ensure that all
> dependencies are met before installing, so I'm sure that you can do the
> same on Intrepid.
>
>
Excellent. Another important link to save. Thanks for following through with
that (and the other things you've been helping me with).
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