--- Chris Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>>> Xucaen writes: > x> what is the syntax for the sources.list? > and what > x> is apt.conf used for anyways? > > $ man 5 sources.list > $ man 5 apt.conf > > Look especially at the examples in > sources.list(5).
well, there's the catch. I don't have man. I have to install man via the apt-get. I need to edit my sources.list and apt.conf manually because they are empty files. I installed Debian from floppies. (11 base disks and 4 driver disks) thanks! xucaen __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/