When on Thu, 7 Dec 2000, David Kehoe wrote, I replied:
You can use apt-get to install anything for which a .deb exists. apt-get
will get other packages that the requested package requires first and
install them in the proper order in the "official debian" places where
they should be. There are .debs for GPL stuff, as well as some for
more restricted licenses. Some like pine are supplied only as source
and have to be compiled locally; others aren't available as .debs.
I'm not on my home system now so I can't say whether StarOffice (I
suspect is available) or WordPerfect (I suspect isn't) have .debs
avaiable or not.
For a bit finer control at the expense of having to use a pretty
funky interface and make some yes/no decisions, you can use dselect
in conjunction with apt-get (or instead of). When you chose a package
with dselect, it will sometimes present a list of alternatives (your
package requires package a or package b or package c) and/or handy
additions (your packages recommends certain other packages).
You can also use dpkg but I don't much and can't say much about it.
All those things co-ordinate to track what you have installed. HTH
> Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 07:48:02 -0800
> From: David Kehoe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [SLU] apt-get and deb files
>
> Last night I installed gkrellm. At first I tried using the available tar
> file and when the make install command didn't work I explored the deb
> file that was also offered. However, I got lazy and before I looked into
> it too deeply I thought I would try apt-get - success! I'm really
> starting to enjoy that utility.
>
> My question is this: to what extent can I install things with apt-get?
> Is it limited to software under the GPL license? Could I use it for
> things like Star Office or Word Perfect? Also, a brief explanation of
> which tool/command should be used for .deb files would be appreciated.
>
> Finally, one of the things I appreciate about apt-get is that I don't
> have to know where to install things. The biggest question I have about
> linux in general is where the hell things belong. With previous distros
> I have just installed things in my home directory, but learned the hard
> way that my approach wasn't the best. Can someone reccomend a book (or
> website, or readme file) that explains the thought behind the debian
> file structure? Particularly something that pays attention to WHY a new
> application should be stored in directory 'X'
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> David K
>
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