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which means that you will get all sorts of unnecessary  extra packages when installing software  
 
which means that you will get all sorts of unnecessary  extra packages when installing software  
  
Check the settins with apt-config dump
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Check the settings with apt-config dump
  
 
To circumvent this, put this in a file in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/
 
To circumvent this, put this in a file in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/
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=Debian 6 & postgresql=
 
=Debian 6 & postgresql=
In debian 6.0 psql is linked to the lesser developed libedit instead of libreadline, see [http://petereisentraut.blogspot.com/2011/02/squeeze-postgresql-broken.html this].
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In debian 6.0 psql is linked to the lesser developed libedit instead of libreadline, see [http://petereisentraut.blogspot.com/2011/02/squeeze-postgresql-broken.html this] or
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[http://people.planetpostgresql.org/andrew/index.php?/archives/161-Damn,-thats-my-foot-with-a-hole-in-it!.html this]
  
 
It can be bypassed by launching psql like this:
 
It can be bypassed by launching psql like this:
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<code>LD_PRELOAD=/lib/libreadline.so.6 psql </code>
 
<code>LD_PRELOAD=/lib/libreadline.so.6 psql </code>
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or wait until postgresql-common v114 gets accepted into stable
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=Debian 6 && nonfree=
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In debian 6 they changed policy about nonfree firmware blobs in kernels - and all those were moved to packages in non-free.
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In order to get full support for my realtek card(!) i need to
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apt-get install firmware-realtek
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update-initramfs -u
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=Debian 7 & ia32-libs=
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in order to install ia32-libs on a multiarch (amd64) deb7, you must first add i368 to the list of supportet architectures:
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dpkg --add-architecture i386

Latest revision as of 07:40, 25 July 2013

In debian install-recommends defaults to "true", which means that you will get all sorts of unnecessary extra packages when installing software

Check the settings with apt-config dump

To circumvent this, put this in a file in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/

APT::Install-Recommends "false";

Debian 6 & postgresql

In debian 6.0 psql is linked to the lesser developed libedit instead of libreadline, see this or this

It can be bypassed by launching psql like this:

LD_PRELOAD=/lib/libreadline.so.6 psql

or wait until postgresql-common v114 gets accepted into stable

Debian 6 && nonfree

In debian 6 they changed policy about nonfree firmware blobs in kernels - and all those were moved to packages in non-free. In order to get full support for my realtek card(!) i need to


apt-get install firmware-realtek
update-initramfs -u

Debian 7 & ia32-libs

in order to install ia32-libs on a multiarch (amd64) deb7, you must first add i368 to the list of supportet architectures:

dpkg --add-architecture i386