RE: Upgrade

On a somewhat related note, when I install a new system I use one of my older slink CD's to install the base system. I then update using 'apt-get update' -> 'apt-get dist-upgrade' before installing packages manually using 'apt-get install packagename'. Note that I don't pick packages at all using

RE: installing a single package

As root: dpkg -i [path]packagename That's how I do it anyway. G.S. -Original Message- From: FreeMan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 31, 2000 1:33 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: installing a single package Hi, I've downloaded the swat-package file. But I do