Re: Debian newbie confused over apt and packages

2004-01-01 Thread Russ Schneider
On Wed, 31 Dec 2003, David wrote: > Why not run your router with linux? This is one of the biggest uses of > linux. THere is a lot of documentation available free on the internet. I was actually going to do that. Especially since I only have two machines right now. Thing is, I bought a wire

Re: Debian newbie confused over apt and packages

2003-12-31 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 03:04:21PM -0500, Russ Schneider wrote: > But packages.debian.org is down. Can apt-get upgrade use different > servers? Are they mirrored? Yes. Ad-nauseum. Visiting ftp://ftp.xx.debian.org/ (replace xx with your ISO countr

Re: Debian newbie confused over apt and packages

2003-12-31 Thread David
On Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 03:53:54PM -0500, Russ Schneider wrote: > > On Wed, 31 Dec 2003, Adam Barton wrote: > > > Let us know how it goes! > > Thanks all. So far this list has been VERY helpful. :) > > I think I understand now, and once my router gets here (c'mon UPS!) I can > put this all to

Re: Debian newbie confused over apt and packages

2003-12-31 Thread Alan Chandler
On Wednesday 31 December 2003 20:04, Russ Schneider wrote: > Alright, I just started using Debian after being mainly a Mandrake user. > > Installed Woody and I know most of the packages like Apache, etc. need > upgrades. > > But packages.debian.org is down. Can apt-get upgrade use different > serv

Re: Debian newbie confused over apt and packages

2003-12-31 Thread Russ Schneider
On Wed, 31 Dec 2003, Adam Barton wrote: > Let us know how it goes! Thanks all. So far this list has been VERY helpful. :) I think I understand now, and once my router gets here (c'mon UPS!) I can put this all to use. That is, once I figure out how to use a router (but that's for another list

Re: Debian newbie confused over apt and packages

2003-12-31 Thread Adam Barton
Russ, I had similar questions about updating. If you check http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2003/debian-user-200312/thrd12.html and do a search for the thread 'keeping Debian up to date and checking the version number' you should find my original posting to this mailing list with some good

Re: Debian newbie confused over apt and packages

2003-12-31 Thread Rafael Alexandre Schmitt
On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 15:04:21 -0500 (EST) Russ Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alright, I just started using Debian after being mainly a Mandrake > user. > > Installed Woody and I know most of the packages like Apache, etc. need > upgrades. > > But packages.debian.org is down. Can apt-get

Re: Debian newbie confused over apt and packages

2003-12-31 Thread Debian User
At Wednesday, 31 December 2003, Russ Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Alright, I just started using Debian after being mainly a Mandrake user. > >Installed Woody and I know most of the packages like Apache, etc. need >upgrades. > >But packages.debian.org is down. Can apt-get upgrade use d

Debian newbie confused over apt and packages

2003-12-31 Thread Russ Schneider
Alright, I just started using Debian after being mainly a Mandrake user. Installed Woody and I know most of the packages like Apache, etc. need upgrades. But packages.debian.org is down. Can apt-get upgrade use different servers? Are they mirrored? I was looking through the US server http://