[nmglug] Mailman

Sat Jun 11 22:13:50 PDT 2005

On Sat, 2005-06-11 at 11:46 -0600, a_kaluta wrote:
> Following your instructions,all is well, until
> cd mailman-[Tab]
> [Tab] evokes: mailman-2.1.5
>                       mailman_2.1.5-8diff.gz
>                       mailman_2.1.5-8dsc
>                       mailman_2.1.5-orig tar.gz
> alternately substituting [Enter] for[Tab] evokes
> "no such file or directory."
> trying cd /etc/mailman changes directories, perhaps to no avail ?

If you are using the Bash or Zsh shell, typing a unique prefix and
pressing Tab should give you a completion list.  I just meant to convey
that you should cd into the source directory, but I did not know the
exact name of that directory, since it is suffixed with the version
number and I don't know what version is current.

> proceeding
> dpkg-checkbuilddeps brings error: cannot read control file debian/control: 
> no such file or directory. also
> appending [space] mailman. sans useful result.

You must be inside of the source directory for it to work.  Then it can
read and parse the debian/control file.

> Karl will you offer any further helpful thoughts regarding this matter? ,
> meanwhile, I continue an on-line searche,
> Thank You.AnthonyK

There are several documents that you can read that will teach you how to
use the Linux command line more effectively.  Start a terminal emulator
(gnome-terminal is good), and type:

 info readline

... and read the section on "command line editing".  Then try:

 info bash

... and learn a little about the Bash shell.  If those commands don't
work, you may need to install the documentation.  I suspect that the
readline info is there, but Bash may not be.  If it's not, install the
'bash-doc' package.