#18 Having Trouble Installing the DPC Driver...

[Guvon Dakrux]

Each time we try to install the driver we get
dependencies... and when we try to find them we end in
a loop...

DPC askes for

debian:/home/guvon# dpkg -i direcpc_1.1.4c_i386.deb
(Reading database ... 103637 files and directories
currently installed.)
Preparing to replace direcpc 1.1.4c (using
direcpc_1.1.4c_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement direcpc ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of direcpc:
direcpc depends on bootsplash-theme; however:
Package bootsplash-theme is not installed.
Package bootsplash-theme-linux which provides
bootsplash-theme is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing direcpc (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
direcpc

so im reading that we need bootsplash-theme-linux to
get the bootsplash-theme package configured... so i
pulled that...

debian:/home/guvon# dpkg -i
bootsplash-theme-linux_3.0.0-3_i386.deb
(Reading database ... 103637 files and directories
currently installed.)
Preparing to replace bootsplash-theme-linux 3.0.0-3
(using bootsplash-theme-linux_3.0.0-3_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement bootsplash-theme-linux ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of
bootsplash-theme-linux:
bootsplash-theme-linux depends on bootsplash (>=
3.0.7-5); however:
Package bootsplash is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing bootsplash-theme-linux (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
bootsplash-theme-linux

So i tried pulling down Bootsplash 3.0.7-7 and this is
what i get...

debian:/home/guvon# dpkg -i bootsplash_3.0.7-7_i386.deb
(Reading database ... 103637 files and directories
currently installed.)
Preparing to replace bootsplash 3.0.7-7 (using
bootsplash_3.0.7-7_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement bootsplash ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of
bootsplash:
bootsplash depends on bootsplash-theme; however:
Package bootsplash-theme is not installed.
Package bootsplash-theme-linux which provides
bootsplash-theme is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing bootsplash (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
bootsplash

Anyone able to help? i have a big LAN coming up in 2
weeks and really want to use this PC as a Router...

[Steven van de Beek]

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Try doing:
dpkg -i --force-depends direcpc_1.1.4c_i386.deb
which should install the package and just issue a warning about the
dependencies.
Alternatively, download the source code and compile/install it (You may
need to check the forums. There may be some problems in this, depending
on the compilier version you have. Try it first and look in the forums if you
have a problem.)

[Derek Broughton]

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Sorry, I never saw this. There is NO DirecPC debian package. If I ever get
it working on my system again, I'll make one. The .deb file on the site is a
fraud, and I haven't been able to get Tony's attention to remove it.

[Steven van de Beek]

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Try this:
dpkg --configure bootsplash-theme-linux bootsplash
which should configure both.

Regards,
Steven.