[PlanetCCRMA] problem

Bob L. Sturm sturm@ccrma.Stanford.EDU
Tue Jul 1 11:57:01 2003


On Tue, 1 Jul 2003, Tobyn V wrote:

> I am fairly new to linux, and I can't seem to even get
> started installing the kernel and alsa drivers.  I
> have successfully installed apt-get as per the
> instructions on the planetccrma web site.  But, when I
> go to download and install the kernel and alsa
> drivers, it says "--old-package: unknown option." 
> This happened after entering the command as listed on
> the planet ccrma web site: "apt-get -o
> RPM::Install-Options::=--old-package install
> planetccrma-core".

I just had this problem a weekago and after doing some investigative work 
(man rpm) I found out that it is a type. It should be --oldpackage, not 
--old-package. This should be fixed on the PlanetCCRMA website.

> 
> I'm sure it has to be something simple and stupid that
> is holding me up, but I can't figure it out for the
> life of me.
> 
> Thanks,
> Tobyn
> 
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