circular dependencies in aptitude?

[Calcpage]

On Jun 8, 2010, at 10:42 PM, calcpage at aol.com wrote:

> On 06/08/2010 07:12 PM, Calcpage wrote:
>>>
>>> On Jun 8, 2010, at 8:31 PM, NoOp ...
>>>> However, you could have installed the .debs instead:
>>>> <http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/s/sun-java6/>
>>>> bin, jre, plugin for your architechture. For example if you have a
>>>> 64bit:
>>>>
>>>>
> <http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/s/sun-java6/sun-java6-bin_6.20
> dlj-1ubuntu3_amd64.deb
>>>>>
>>>>
> <http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/s/sun-java6/sun-java6-jre_6.20
> dlj-1ubuntu3_all.deb
>>>>>
>>>>
> <http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/s/sun-java6/sun-java6-plugin_6
> .20dlj-1ubuntu3_amd64.deb
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> download those three & from nautilus double-click to install (bin
>>>> first,
>>>> jre second, plugin third). Those will install in the proper
> locations
>>>> for your system. Afterwards, check to ensure that you are using the
>>>> correct java's:
>>>>
>>>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Java
>>>> [Choosing the default Java to
>>>
>>> Wow, thanx for all that info!  It sounds like exactly what I need.
> I
>>> will have to try out your advice when I get back to school tomorrow.
>
>>> I just don't know how I could have figured all that out on my  
>>> own....
>
>> Note that you can "sneaker-net" install if the machines are having
>> issues getting out to the network to install. Copy to usb & then  
>> put on
>> the machines. However if the machines do not have issues getting  
>> out to
>> the network, simply enable the partner repository
>> deb http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid partner
>> and install via Synaptic.
>> <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LucidLynx/ReleaseNotes#Sun%20Java%20moved%20to%
> 20the%20Partner%20repository>
>
> The problem is that my tech guy at school blocks *.bz2 files so
> aptitude is broken.  I can't run sudo aptitude update until he gets
> around to unblocking them as he has promissed.  However, I can  
> download
> *.debs manually!
>
> HTH,
> A. Jorge Garcia
> http://calcpage.tripod.com
>
> Teacher & Professor
> Applied Mathematics, Physics & Computer Science
> Baldwin Senior High School & Nassau Community College
>
>

BTW, to answer your question of how did I install ubuntu in the first  
place, I downloaded the iso at home and put it on an FTP site I set  
up.  This site is accessable on campus and off campus.  So, the next  
day at school I downloaded the iso to 8 PCs to burn 8 CDs in  
parallel.  Then I installed 8 PCs at a time over the next few days (24  
PCs).

HTH,
A. Jorge Garcia
Applied Math & CS
http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com
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