On Wednesday 12 May 2004 09:24 pm, Ishwar Rattan wrote: > I just installed debian from Knoppix-3.4 CD. Seems to work. > > I want to add tetex packages to the system. I read the man pages > but picture is not clear. > > Would any some kind soul list the steps needed (in order) to get the > tetex and related packages (from stable packages on www.debian.org or > some other repository) and install them?
Knoppix is based on either Unstable or Testing. I forget which. What you want to do is create a file to tell apt where to look to grab new packages. This file is called /etc/apt/sources.list so you need to make one if you don't have one already. Then it's a question of picking your mirror and whatnot, but that's a bit involved for a quickie reply. Here's mine. It will work, but you can probably find a faster mirror from where you are. # the main Debian packages. Uncomment the deb-src line if you # want 'apt-get source' to work with most packages. deb http://ftp.belnet.be/debian/ testing main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.belnet.be/debian/ testing main contrib non-free # the non-US Debian packages. Uncomment the deb-src line if you # want 'apt-get source' to work with non-US packages. deb http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/debian-non-US/ testing/non-US main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/debian-non-US/ testing/non-US main contrib non-free (I chose these particular mirrors with netselect-apt, for future reference.) Now you want to: apt-get update Then you can play with apt-cache to see what's available: apt-cache search tetex Once you know what you want, you can install with: apt-get install foo bar flummy doodah skee skippy glee whatever That's it in a nutshell, but you need to RTFM for all the details I've left out: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/index.en.html You should also probably start off using aptitude instead of apt-get to install everything. http://www.debianplanet.org/node.php?id=983&cid=12291 That ought to get you started. Have fun! -- Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621 http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
