Re: [newbie] questions on apt-get

2002-12-01 Thread Barry Michels 
I run Debian on my server and I think it's great.  Just leave it running and 
it takes care of itself, apt-getting the latest updates automatically.
I thought I'd give this a try on my Mandrake system.  Synaptic has half of my 
system marked for removal!  There's only 3 broken packages.  When I tell it 
to mark them for removal, over 50 other packages get marked, also.
The 3 that are broken are:
kdemultimedia - 1.3.0.3-7mdk
kdevelop - 3.2.1.3-6mdk
libpng3 - 2.1.2.4-3mdk



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Re: [newbie] questions on apt-get

2002-11-30 Thread Keith Powell 
On Saturday 30 Nov 2002 1:41 pm, Thought Progress wrote:
 Hello All,

  I am hearing a lot about how apt-get is the end all be all of
 dependency resolution. Can someone tell me..

 1. What is apt-get ?
 2. Does it really work (ie is it worth learning about)?

 and

 3. A good source to find out more info on how to get it and install it
 on my Mandrake 9.0 box.

 Thanks,

 TP


I like APT very much and think it's an excellent program.

I suggest you get it from Texstar's site. This is the Mandrake packaging. You 
will need:

APT
APT-DEVEL
SYNAPTIC (the graphical front end)

If you have to download and install them manually, rather than using the 
Mandrake software packager, install them in the above order.

Then, as root and connected to the Internet, run the command

apt-get update

It may take up to fifteen minutes for all the headers to be downloaded into 
/etc/apt.

Then, run Synaptic. It's under configuration  packaging.

You will see a long list of all packages which are available for downloading 
and installing. Those already installed will have a right pointing arrow by 
them. You can see installed version numbers and available ones, for deciding 
what to update or install.

Highlight the chosen packages and click on the install tab after each choice. 
All dependencies will also be automatically selected, and can be checked.

Then click on Proceed, and whatever is selected will be downloaded and 
installed.

This is just to get you started. 

HTH 

Keith


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Re: [newbie] questions on apt-get

2002-11-30 Thread RCD 
On Sat, 30 Nov 2002 19:01:16 +
Keith Powell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 On Saturday 30 Nov 2002 1:41 pm, Thought Progress wrote:
  Hello All,
 
   I am hearing a lot about how apt-get is the end all be all of
  dependency resolution. Can someone tell me..
 
  1. What is apt-get ?
  2. Does it really work (ie is it worth learning about)?
 
  and
 
  3. A good source to find out more info on how to get it and install it
  on my Mandrake 9.0 box.
 
  Thanks,
 
  TP
 
 
 I like APT very much and think it's an excellent program.
 
 I suggest you get it from Texstar's site. This is the Mandrake packaging. You 
 will need:
 
 APT
 APT-DEVEL
 SYNAPTIC (the graphical front end)
 
 If you have to download and install them manually, rather than using the 
 Mandrake software packager, install them in the above order.
 
 Then, as root and connected to the Internet, run the command
 
 apt-get update
 
 It may take up to fifteen minutes for all the headers to be downloaded into 
 /etc/apt.
 
 Then, run Synaptic. It's under configuration  packaging.
 
 You will see a long list of all packages which are available for downloading 
 and installing. Those already installed will have a right pointing arrow by 
 them. You can see installed version numbers and available ones, for deciding 
 what to update or install.
 
 Highlight the chosen packages and click on the install tab after each choice. 
 All dependencies will also be automatically selected, and can be checked.
 
 Then click on Proceed, and whatever is selected will be downloaded and 
 installed.
 
 This is just to get you started. 
 
 HTH 
 
 Keith
 
The one really awsome thing about debian and I'm not bashing mandrake at all is 
their upgrade, update system.  Using apt-get you can upgrade your system to a testing 
version, or unstable version and then back again (although going backwards is risky).  
You can select packages from stable, testing, or unstable and mix and match all by 
editing your source.list file something you will not get to experience when using apt 
with mandrake.  Once Debian is installed through apt you really never have to upgrade 
your system as apt-get will do it for you.  I love mandrakes ease of use and its 
community is by far the friendliest of all the distro's I've tried, but debians 
maintinance and upgradeability are far supirior to any rpm based system.  I hear 
gentoo is pretty advanced when it comes to updating or upgrading as well.

Rob


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