Hi All, I'm a Debian newbie. Please be gentle.
I've installed Woody stable and now find that I need to install: hostap-source.html hostap-utils.html wireless-tools.html for a project I'm working on[1]. I think these packages are only available in Debian's Sarge/Testing, but I'm not entirely clear on how to tell that for sure. When I try to dpkg --install them or apt-get install them I get errors to the effect that I'm going to screw with other packages if I install these. Sorry, I'm at home now and don't have the command lines I issued nor the error messages. I've read parts of the apt howto, installation manuals, man pages for apt and dpkg, etc. and am feeling a little swamped with a lot of information. I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction. I think my problems are, and hope for help with: - I'm confused about apt-get vs. dpkg, when to use which and what they can and can't do. I thought that one or both would magically handle the dependencies for me, installing what is needed for me even if it meant replacing packages with newer, testing, versions. - Should I up[grade|date] my entire installation to Sarge/Testing? If so, how? The best I could find on Debian.org said that I should burn a minimal CD and then install from the net. Burning the CD is no trouble but, when I tried to take this approch when installing Woody, it was not clear to me how to specify a network install and from which site[s] the deb packages should come. - Should I just install these packages in non-debian form (from sources)? Ultimately, I only need to compile the hostap modules along with the custom kernel I'm building so that both will play nicely together. Any tips, pointers to specific and helpful docs, debian/apt/dpkg zen are appreciated. Thanks in advance and best regards, Eric. [1] I'm building a Soekris Net4521[2] appliance using the Pebble[3] version of Debian, but I need to compile a custom kernel for some procfs software[4] I'll be writing. [2] <http://www.soekris.com/net4521.htm> [3] <http://www.nycwireless.net/pebble/> [4] <http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6827> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
