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Head_on_a_Stick

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From: A world of pure imagination

Registered: 2014-01-21

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[WARNING: EXPERIMENTAL] Backported libc6-2.17 for Wheezy?

boisei0

#! CrunchBanger

From: Gaanderen, Netherlands

Registered: 2013-07-16

Posts: 193

Re: [WARNING: EXPERIMENTAL] Backported libc6-2.17 for Wheezy?

Time to take the test. I recently willingly screwed up one of my bare #! VMs, so I could run the latest version of Scrivener. That machine has only one usage (to write in a clean and peaceful environment), so I didn't care much. Currently installing Waldorf on a new one, will update this post with the results.

Head_on_a_Stick

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From: A world of pure imagination

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Re: [WARNING: EXPERIMENTAL] Backported libc6-2.17 for Wheezy?

@boisei0 -- very brave sir, thank you!
It would be awesome if you could feed back your experience directly to @stevo (on the MEPIS forums, also on the Debian forum as @stevepusser) as well, because he knows far more about this than me.

boisei0

#! CrunchBanger

From: Gaanderen, Netherlands

Registered: 2013-07-16

Posts: 193

Re: [WARNING: EXPERIMENTAL] Backported libc6-2.17 for Wheezy?

test@power:~/downloads$ uname -a
Linux power 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.63-2 x86_64 GNU/Linux
test@power:~/downloads$ sudo dpkg -i google-earth-stable_current_i386.deb 
Selecting previously unselected package google-earth-stable.
(Reading database ... 104928 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking google-earth-stable (from google-earth-stable_current_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of google-earth-stable:
 google-earth-stable depends on lsb-core (>= 3.2).

dpkg: error processing google-earth-stable (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for menu ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 google-earth-stable
test@power:~/downloads$ sudo dpkg -i google-earth-stable_current_amd64.deb 
(Reading database ... 105204 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace google-earth-stable 7.1.2.2041-r0 (using google-earth-stable_current_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement google-earth-stable ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of google-earth-stable:
 google-earth-stable depends on ia32-libs; however:
  Package ia32-libs is not installed.

dpkg: error processing google-earth-stable (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for menu ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 google-earth-stable
test@power:~/downloads$ 

Last edited by boisei0 (2014-10-27 09:48:42)

Alad

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Registered: 2014-02-20

Posts: 1,512

Re: [WARNING: EXPERIMENTAL] Backported libc6-2.17 for Wheezy?

Head_on_a_Stick

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From: A world of pure imagination

Registered: 2014-01-21

Posts: 4,797

Re: [WARNING: EXPERIMENTAL] Backported libc6-2.17 for Wheezy?

@Alad -- according to @stevo on the MEPIS forums, they've been using it for a while with no reported problems...

Judging by his posts on the Debian forum, he really knows what he's doing.

Alad

Software Satan

Registered: 2014-02-20

Posts: 1,512

Re: [WARNING: EXPERIMENTAL] Backported libc6-2.17 for Wheezy?

^ Eh, remember ew who also reported no problems?    No disrespect to Steve, but you can see why I'm critical. 

Last edited by Alad (2014-11-29 06:38:35)

Tadgh

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Registered: 2015-03-29

Posts: 7

Re: [WARNING: EXPERIMENTAL] Backported libc6-2.17 for Wheezy?

So how would I use this backport? It looks wonderful but I'm not sure how to update!

Head_on_a_Stick

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From: A world of pure imagination

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Re: [WARNING: EXPERIMENTAL] Backported libc6-2.17 for Wheezy?

sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list <<< "deb http://main.mepis-deb.org/mepiscr/experimental/ experimental test"