topic title: [Qemu] Live AntiX-M7.01 fails starting Synaptic (Solved)
Posts: 96
melodie
Joined: 15 Feb 2008
#1
Hello, I'm coming here from withing a virtual live CD running in Qemu, to tell you that it's beautiful distribution ! And to tell you also that the Synaptic interface launches but does not pursue, there is a message error that say :
E: Unable to write to /var/cache/apt/
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

W: Not using locking for read only lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock
I checked the presence of theses directories,

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ls -l /var/lib/dpkg/lock
(...)
-rw-r----- 1 root root 0 Dec 27 18:47 /var/lib/dpkg/lock

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$pwd 
/var/cache
$ls -l
(...)
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root     root      20 Feb 15 17:21 apt -> /linux/var/cache/apt
demo@mepis1:/$ ls -l
total 9
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 May 31 2007 bin -> /linux/bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 May 31 2007 boot -> /linux/boot
dr-xr-xr-x 4 root root 2048 Aug 17 19:06 cdrom
drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 3160 Feb 15 15:22 dev
drwxr-xr-x 112 root root 4096 Feb 15 15:22 etc
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 60 Feb 15 17:21 home
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 May 31 2007 lib -> /linux/lib
drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 201 Dec 20 20:33 linux
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 1024 Feb 15 15:22 media
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 1024 Feb 15 15:22 mnt
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 May 31 2007 opt -> /linux/opt
dr-xr-xr-x 70 root root 0 Feb 15 17:21 proc
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 80 Feb 15 17:21 ramdisk
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 1024 Feb 15 18:02 root
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Feb 15 17:21 sbin -> /linux/sbin
drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 0 Feb 15 17:21 sys
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Feb 21 2007 tmp -> /var/tmp
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 May 31 2007 usr -> /linux/usr
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Feb 15 17:21 var -> /ramdisk/var
demo@mepis1:/$
Wao ! I don't understand this too much ! ^^

I hope Synaptic works better once installed on a hard drive. Where is the install setup by the way ?

Best greetings, Mélodie.
Last edited by melodie on 16 Feb 2008, 15:44, edited 1 time in total.
Posts: 200
moron
Joined: 12 Sep 2007
#2
right click on the desktop
from the resulting menu select Admin/Tools then Mepis Admin and then left-click on Install

Once installed, use apt-get in terminal to update repositories (# apt-get update)

To open synaptic you can use the menu
right click on the desktop
select Admin/Tools then Tools and then left-click on Synaptic

Welcome to antiX!
anticapitalista
Posts: 5,955
Site Admin
Joined: 11 Sep 2007
#3
Welcome to antiX from me too.

Synaptic doesn't work as a livecd unless you use the aufs option at the menu screen (not default option, but the second one in the list).

Follow moron's advice for installation.

(He doesn't live up to his name. He is in fact very knowledgeable in linux and antiX)
Posts: 319
impuwat
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
#4
And he (moron) was the first to answer several of my novice questions on the mepis lovers forum. He gave good clear patient answers...and then received a little grief from several idiots about his user name. I was very appreciative for moron's help and a little tweaked that someone would waste everyone's time disrespecting him. Another reason I'm very appreciative of this forum and the caliber of people that populate it.
Posts: 200
moron
Joined: 12 Sep 2007
#5
Wow! You're way too kind, gentlemen. I don't really know that much at all but I enjoy sharing the little I do know. I learn something from you guys and the others here every day. Thanks for the vote of confidence.

BTW, there is an interesting story behind my username, aside from its obvious implications.
I'll share it someday.
Posts: 96
melodie
Joined: 15 Feb 2008
#6
Hello,

Thanks for your answers.

Btw, don't worry about my concern for nicks : I haven't got any predjudice whatsover, be it a Devil666, a CleverDog or... __{{emoticon}}__

(My nick is Mélodie, but I don't sing all day and sometimes I can even shout quite loud ! __{{emoticon}}__ )

Only thing important for me is the way someone acts and reacts.
That thread is over : I installed twice in virtual machine, the Lysistrata version and the Spartacus version to end with, my boy-friend installed in real machines, and we have some work yet to do to tweak them to our feeling.

One thing is sure : antiX offers a nice start to have a useable distribution, and I'll still have questions about how to change things here and there.

I wish since some time allready to find the ideal distribution for tiny configurations that can fit in beginner's hands.

Thanks to all for your welcome messages ! __{{emoticon}}__