<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Collins,<br>Good to here from you. I will try some night-time installs.<br>I will wait till tomorrow night, because day-light change is bad luck.<br><br>--- On <b>Fri, 10/31/08, Collins Richey <i><crichey@gmail.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">From: Collins Richey <crichey@gmail.com><br>Subject: Re: [clue-talk] Installing stuff generally and Installfest<br>To: "CLUE talk" <clue-talk@cluedenver.org><br>Date: Friday, October 31, 2008, 8:05 PM<br><br><pre>On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 2:01 PM, rex evans <rexfordevans@yahoo.com> wrote:<br><br>Good to hear from you, Rex. You deserve a big pat on the back for<br>following up and sticking it out to get a running system.<br><br>> I just got my Linux internet connection working, for the first<br>> time, and I
will be doing much more internet connection work<br>> later. (Now using Trendnet TFM 560x, a serial port dial-up modem.)<br>><br><br>> Presently, I am concerned about apt-get and other utilities that might<br>> need internet access; my dial-up access being only 50kb. Are there any<br>> installs that are notorious for causing a domino-effect or huge downloads?<br>><br><br>All you need to do is to hook up your gear overnight (let it sip at<br>the packages while you sleep).<br><br>1. 'apt-get update' to start<br>2. 'apt-get -d upgrade' let this run overnight to download the packages<br>3. Later 'apt-get upgrade' using all the stuff you downloaded.<br><br>> I would like to get my internal win modem working.<br>> IIRC it needs gcc.<br>><br>> Now, gcc compiler works, but libraries are missing (stdio<br>> cannot be found). I found others on the web with this<br>> problem: requires apt-get and perhaps one other
intall-type<br>> utility.<br><br><br>Did you install 'build-essential'? That's the Debian meta-package<br>that<br>provides compiler and libraries support that you need to compile<br>packages.<br>><br><br>> BTW, can I send to clue tech mail address, without being a member?<br>> I read the tech Archive, for now.<br>><br><br>As Jed noted, you come to fests/meetings, you are a member, and welcome aboard.<br><br>-- <br>Collins Richey<br> If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries<br> of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.<br>_______________________________________________<br>clue-talk mailing list<br>clue-talk@cluedenver.org<br>http://www.cluedenver.org/mailman/listinfo/clue-talk<br></pre></blockquote></td></tr></table><br>