On Monday 29 September 2014 16:29:48 Michael Fothergill wrote:
> It's not always obvious which packages
> you can use apt with and which you have to compile.

You can use apt with packages which are in the repositories.  You can find 
this out with <aptitude search> or equivalent or by looking on 
https://www.debian.org/distrib/packages

If you want something which is not in the repositories you have to compile it.

It makes a difference which repositories you have available.  See: 
/etc/apt/sorces.list
Use cat or an editor.

Lisi


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