Yuwen Dai wrote:
> I'm new to Debian but not new to Linux. I find there're many packages in
> Debian. I'm confused. In what situation should I choose one?
when you need the functionality it provides. :) many debian
packages are uber-instances of redhat packages, if that helps.
the hard part, i've found, is determining WHICH packages provide
what you're after.
on my potato, i use
apt-cache search <some-term-here>
dpkg -S <some-fractional-filepath-here>
http://packages.debian.org/<package-search-term-here>
mail -s 'which package does <x-y-z>?' \
debian-user@lists.debian.org < last-resort.whine
once you do find it,
apt-get update
apt-get install <package-name-here>
and you're off to the races.
and as always, see
http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/system/apt-get-intro.html
of course. :)
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DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #49 from Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
:
Looking to ENCODE OR DECODE SOME ROT-13 TEXT? No problem.
"Vg'f rnfl jvgu Ivz." It's a simple alphabet substitution where
each letter changes to its counterpart 13 places away in the
alphabet (a<->n, g<->t, etc) . Open the text in Vim, then
select it (type "v" at one end of the text to encode/decode,
then move to the other end) and then type "g?".
Or, to rot-13 a whole line, just "g??". That's all!
(Try ":help g?" for more info.)
Also see http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/ ...
