On Fri, Aug 03, 2001 at 01:41:34AM -0400, Colin Bell wrote: > Okay, > > I have been trying to get a useful Debian unstallation up for > about 5 weeks now. I can get the base system installed but > then where do I look for new packages (the iso image contains > next to nothing from what I can tell)? I don't know what to > set in the /etc/apt/sources.list file. I probably have missed > something in some of the documents but the dselect-beginners > guide doesn't tell you much of anything. I'm looking to find > xfree86-4.0.*, kde-2.2 and Mozilla or netscape. I guess I > could build the whole system from source but I figure there > has to be a way or all the debian developers are just wasting > their time. > > When I state in the sources.list file that apt can look in the > unstable tree it seems to automatically tell itself to remove > a whole bunch of packages. I'm really getting bitter. I know > I could just go to Redhat and grab that and install it but > this is a labour of love. I see the power of apt and dselect > I just don't know how to harness it. Maybe I'm just supposed > to grab single debs off the net, I don't know.
take a gander at http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/system/apt-get-intro.html and see if that helps. -- DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #33 from Brian Potkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : Looking for some good DPKG AND APT TIPS? You'll find a very good introduction at http://www.spack.org/geek/apt-help.html It is, of course, based on the man pages for apt-get and dpkg so you will want to read them as well. Also see http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/ ...