Hi, apt-get is the front end to dpkg is simplest terms. What is dpkg you ask. dpkg is the package manager for debian. get to know apt-get it makes installing debian packages a dream. Here some information about apt and dpkg.
Package: apt Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: admin Installed-Size: 1391 Maintainer: APT Development Team <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Version: 0.3.16 Replaces: deity, libapt-pkg-doc (<< 0.3.7), libapt-pkg-dev (<< 0.3.7) Provides: libapt-pkg2.6 Depends: libc6, libc6 (>= 2.1), libc6 (>= 2.1.2), libstdc++2.10 Suggests: dpkg-dev 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/users-guide.txt.gz [paul:~]$ dpkg -s dpkg Package: dpkg Essential: yes Status: install ok installed Priority: required Section: base Installed-Size: 1382 Maintainer: Wichert Akkerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Version: 1.6.7 Replaces: dpkg-doc-ja Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1.2), libncurses5 Description: Package maintenance system for Debian This package contains the programs which handle the installation and removal of packages on your system. . The primary interface for the dpkg suite is the `dselect' program; a more low-level and less user-friendly interface is available in the form of the `dpkg' command. . In order to unpack and build Debian source packages you will need to install the developers' package `dpkg-dev' as well as this one. There is too much information to give you in an email. This will give you a start. Go to the debian site at http://www.debian.org and read as much as you can from that site. I hope this has helped you. On thing about apt-get it is better then ice cream. Paul On Thu, 3 Feb 2000, chris Günther wrote: > Dear Gurus, > > I'm pretty new to Debian and therefore have some silly questions. My first > is: > > what is all this apt-get about? > > What is it good for and how does it work > > chris > > +---------------------------------+ > | chris | > | ------------------------------- | > | database design & programming | > | agentur fiedler / video.de | > | | > | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > +---------------------------------+ > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >