On Tuesday 02 August 2005 03:05, James A. Donald wrote: >apt-get: Command not found. > >I am a newbie to linux. I recently installed Debian on a computer >that sits in a closet > >So I ssh in. I got Samba working fine, after tinkering with the >/etc/samba/smb.conf file to read: > >[global] > workgroup = workgroup > netbios name = linux > security = share >[shareRW] > path = /home/james/Documents/sharedRW > read only = No > guest ok = Yes > >and manually starting the daemons with >nmbd -D >smbd -D > >All was well > >But then I wanted it to automatically start the daemons on reboot, > and I had no idea how to do that. > >So I said to myself, "well, surely Debian knows how to do that", so >attempted to type > >apt-get update >apt-get install samba smbclient > >Only to get the surprising message: apt-get: Command not found.
Did you use the - option to su when you became root to do that stuff? I doubt that apt-get or any of its ilk are available if you do a plain su, which, unlike doing an 'su -' does not give you roots $PATH. >(Which might be a good thing, for all I know this is a really stupid >way to install the daemons to be launched on startup. > >I conjecture that apt-get has been replaced with some cool gui based >configuration tool, and apt-get is no longer on the path. > >I recollect that when I access the computer with keyboard and > monitor, (which requires me to haul the computer out of the > cupboard) I get some stuff about updates, but when I access the KDE > gui through vnc and vncserver, I get a rather sparse screen that > does not have that update stuff on it. > >I suppose there is some command I can give in the KDE gui that will >bring up some tool for updating and configuring debian or enable >apt-get? But I may have bring up the real kdegui, instead of the >curiously limited one I get from VNC server > >my .vnc/xstartup file is > unset SESSION_MANAGER > exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc >[ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] && exec /etc/vnc/xstartup >[ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources >xsetroot -solid grey >vncconfig -iconic & >xterm -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" & >startkde & > >Maybe there is something I can add to that file so my startup screen >is a bit more helpful? > >Of failing that, maybe I should know how to startup daemons in linux >on bootup? > >-- >http://www.jim.com -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.35% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2005 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
