[arm-allstar] How to install Screen

[David McGough]

Hi Ron,

I've used many packages from the fraggod.net site without any problems.

Just grab the dependencies needed from here and you should be okay.

http://fraggod.net/static/mirror/packages/archlinuxarm/armv7h/

The main caveat is NOT to change anything related to the kernel or kernel 
modules.

....I'll include screen in the upcoming 1.3 release. (I don't know why 
it's not already there! I use screen on all time on my "big" servers at 
the office! I guess I'd never needed it on these little boards.).

73, David KB4FXC


On Sat, 26 Dec 2015 ron at morell.us wrote:

> Operating impulsively here... 
> 
> I found this:
> http://lists.hamvoip.org/pipermail/arm-allstar/2014-June/000078.html
> And so updated my /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist so pacman might install. But,
> gee, Screen needs libncursesw.so.6 and I'm pretty certain I need to
> install ncurses to get that file.  That might be a deal breaker for
> AllStar.  
> 
> I'm going to stop my pursuit of Screen until I get advice from competent
> help. Hi Hi
> 73
> Ron Morell
> KA7U
> 
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: How to install Screen
> From: <ron at morell.us>
> Date: Sat, December 26, 2015 10:51 am
> To: arm-allstar at hamvoip.org
> 
> I would like to use screen on the AllStar node. This is the result when
> I try to install it from packages.
> 
> [root at allstar-ka7u ~]# pacman -S screen
> resolving dependencies...
> looking for conflicting packages...
> 
> Packages (1) screen-4.2.1-3
> 
> Total Download Size: 0.45 MiB
> Total Installed Size: 0.80 MiB
> 
> :: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
> :: Retrieving packages ...
> error: failed retrieving file 'screen-4.2.1-3-armv7h.pkg.tar.xz' from
> mirror.archlinuxarm.org : The requested URL returned error: 404
> warning: failed to retrieve some files
> error: failed to commit transaction (unexpected error)
> Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
> [root at allstar-ka7u ~]# 
> 
> I find the Screen rpm here:
> http://fraggod.net/static/mirror/packages/archlinuxarm/armv7h/
> But don't know if I should do it...
> 
> I'm not sure if dependencies will break the AllStar node and so don't
> want to force the issue. But if there is a proper way to install Screen
> without upsetting the balance of files for AllStar, I would be
> interested in hearing about it.
> Ron Morell
> KA7U
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