*- On 2 Apr, Pollywog wrote about "Apt: WAS:: GNOME 1.0 .deb package?" > > On 02-Apr-99 Syrus Nemat-Nasser wrote: >> On Fri, 2 Apr 1999, William R Pentney wrote: >> >>> So, does anyone know if and where I could find GNOME 1.0 as a Debian >>> package, by any chance? I could recompile the source, but I already have >>> indeed possible. >> >> Are you using apt? Good. Then, put the following line in your >> /etc/apt/sources.list file (in addition to the existing lines): > > What is "apt" and should I be using it?
Package: apt Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: admin Installed-Size: 1168 Maintainer: APT Development Team <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Version: 0.3.2 Replaces: deity Provides: libapt-pkg2.2 Depends: libc6, libstdc++2.9 Conflicts: deity Description: Advanced front-end for dpkg This is Debian's next generation front-end for the dpkg package manager. It provides the apt-get utility and APT dselect method that provides a simpler, safer way to install and upgrade packages. . APT features complete installation ordering, multiple source capability and several other unique features, see the Users Guide in /usr/doc/apt/guide.text.gz The frontend is not done yet but the backend and APT dselect method are quite functional. Yes, you should install it. Get the latest version from potato(0.3.3) if you are running slink, it does not depened on glibc2.1 so it is safe to install manually -- Brian