On Thu, Feb 11, 1999 at 16:02 (-0500), MacKenzie, Andrew wrote:
> My only real problem is the methods of keeping current. I install packages
> using dpkg -i <packagename>. I find the .deb packages on the ftp site or
> other sites, download them then install. If there are dependencies, I go
> looking for the required packages and install them.
>
> Is this the right way to do things in Debian? I gave up on dselect because
> of the huge number of packages you must look at. I tried apt but it told me
> some of my packages were configured wrong and would not go on. How would I
> change this?
apt-get -f install
Keep current with
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
You _really_ need to figure apt out (not too tough). It's WONDERFUL.
Luck,
Pann
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