MacKenzie, Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: AM> My only real problem is the methods of keeping current. I install AM> packages using dpkg -i <packagename>. I find the .deb packages on AM> the ftp site or other sites, download them then install. If there AM> are dependencies, I go looking for the required packages and AM> install them. AM> AM> Is this the right way to do things in Debian? I gave up on AM> dselect because of the huge number of packages you must look at.
dselect should give you the same list of packages you can find on the FTP site. IMHO it's marginally easier to use than FTP'ing packages by hand; YMMV. AM> I tried apt but it told me some of my packages were configured AM> wrong and would not go on. How would I change this? 'dpkg --configure --pending', perhaps? 'apt-get -f install', if it complains about dependency problems. AM> Also, gnome-apt, do I need gnome to run this? I have KDE 1.1 and AM> like it. gnome-apt depends on the GNOME libraries, yes, though you don't necessarily need to run anything else out of GNOME. The GNOME and KDE libraries shouldn't conflict. -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://donut.mit.edu/dmaze/ "Hey, Doug, do you mind if I push the Emergency Booth Self-Destruct Button?" "Oh, sure, Dave, whatever...you _do_ know what that does, right?"
