On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 17:03:18 +0000 Lisi <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thursday 27 January 2011 02:35:08 Robert Blair Mason Jr. wrote: > > As far as chrome goes, you can easily do this by opening up a terminal > > (command prompt) and typing: > > > > sudo aptitude install chromium-browser > > The OP said that he has installed Lenny. chromium-browser is not in the > Lenny > repositories. When I installed it via Google, just a few weeks ago, it was > not even in the Lenny backports. And it isn't likely to get there now. > > Presumably you, Robert, are using Squeeze or Sid. I am (actually a dual boot of #!(based on squeeze) and sid) - I just assumed that chrome would be in backports. > So, Padilla, I'm afraid taht you won't be able to install it from teh normal > repositories since you say taht you are using Debian 5. But Google supplies > a repository for Chrome that works via aptitude once you have added the > repository to you sources list. We have to remember that he is a newbie, so he may not know how to add repositories to sources.list > You probably also don't know what sudo is if you have a vanilla installation > of Debian 5 and are a newbie. So just use su <enter>, enter root';s password > and you can then use the commands, minus the sudo. That's true. However, isn't sudo one of the first packages most people install on a fresh installation (other than services, etc)? Most people I know have sudo on their machines... Well, anyway, we all know what *assume* spells. I know I'm going to get flack for this... but isn't debian-stable not _really_ the best distro for newbies? Testing seems to be more intended for general use, while stable is for systems that *can't* break, servers, etc. Please correct me if I'm mistaken. -- rbmj -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110128143349.64bd3ec0@blair-laptop
