On Sat, 10 Jul 2004, Day Brown wrote: > Bob George wrote: > > > James Miller wrote: > > > > > [...] > > > You were *not*, I repeat *NOT* using apt-get. apt-get does dependency > > > resolution and always installs, if anything, more than you need to > > run any > > > given program. > > > > > > I second James here. Getting apt set up initially *can* be annoying > > (sometimes -- depends on what the 'localest' repository is) but ONCE > > DONE, installing ANY package generally requires no more than "apt-get > > packagename" and ALL dependencies will be resolved and downloaded as > > necessary. Not to say you can't run into problems occasionally, but far > > better than any other binary package managment I've seen for Linux. > > > > This generally works with any debian-based distribution, but note that > > there can be "special" packages they use that won't work quite so > > smoothly. You can't blame anyone but the distribution for that though. > > I aint always as clear as I'd like to be, but as I recall, the Corel > distro seemed > to have a custom apt-get that was spozed to run thru their servers... which > were no longer online. Xandros seems to have the same setup, but their > servers are, AFAIK, still online.
http://www.debian.org/mirror/mirrors_full gives a list of probably hundreds of "official" apt repositories. A good place to start for finding "unofficial" apt repositories is www.apt-get.org . Anything "custom" to Corel (or Xandros) is just which apt repository(s) is/are listed in /etc/apt/sources.list . You can add to, or delete from, that list whatever suits your fancy. The apt package management system works the same regardless. James
