On Sun, 2013-12-15 at 07:28 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 03:11:47PM -0200, André Nunes Batista wrote:
> > might have and you will be able to use "dpkg" which stands for
> > "de-package" to install it on your system. Otherwise you will have to
>
> Just wondering what your
On Vi, 13 dec 13, 08:42:32, Wally Lepore wrote:
>
> Is there any advantage to installing a package using a graphical
> interface verses the command line/terminal?
From the system point of view? Not really[1]. It's just about which
*you* prefer.
[1] it is not recommended to use the graphical env
On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 03:11:47PM -0200, André Nunes Batista wrote:
> might have and you will be able to use "dpkg" which stands for
> "de-package" to install it on your system. Otherwise you will have to
Just wondering what your source was for that info. e.g:
http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.co
On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 09:21:19AM -0500, Wally Lepore wrote:
> Hi Scott,
>
> On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 9:29 AM, Scott Ferguson
> wrote:
> > On 13/12/13 00:59, Wally Lepore wrote:
> >>
> >> http://www.aboutdebian.com/packages.htm
> >
> > Wow! What a... site :/
>
> Not sure I understand.
This stan
On 12/14/13, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> On 12/13/13, Wally Lepore wrote:
>> possible), "How to Install Packages". I've been hours reading about
> Assuming you have a graphical user interface (GUI) installed, then
> just run the program "synaptic" package manager.
> Lisi showed some command-line
On Friday 13 December 2013 07:08 PM, Wally Lepore wrote:
I've also noticed a graphical package installer that was included in
the initial install of Debian-Wheezy called, "GDebi Package
Installer".
Has anyone utilized this for installing .deb packages?
On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 9:38 AM, Ralf Mard
On 12/13/13, Wally Lepore wrote:
> I would like to locate a link that explains in simple terms (if that's
> possible), "How to Install Packages". I've been hours reading about
> this topic via many links but find them helpful to some extent but too
> advanced.
Assuming you have a graphical user i
On Friday 13 December 2013 14:53:16 Lisi Reisz wrote:
> why are there independent .debs on your system in
> the first place?
André has explained this. Sorry. It is so long since I used Windows
in anger that I just accept that Windows is odd, and pass on, so I
forget its strange ways..
As Andr
On Thu, 2013-12-12 at 08:59 -0500, Wally Lepore wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> Recently completed a successful install of Wheezy in Virtual Box. Runs
> great but slow (for obvious reasons). I'm not looking for
> speed/performance at this point but just looking to learn the
> interface, access and perform
On Friday 13 December 2013 14:21:19 Wally Lepore wrote:
> local deb packages resolving and installing its dependencies. apt
> does the same, but only for remote (http, ftp) located packages).
I should stick to packages in the repositories first. Most of the
packages that you are likely to need w
Hi Scott,
On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 9:29 AM, Scott Ferguson
wrote:
> On 13/12/13 00:59, Wally Lepore wrote:
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> Recently completed a successful install of Wheezy in Virtual Box. Runs
>> great but slow (for obvious reasons). I'm not looking for
>> speed/performance at this point but j
Hi Ron
On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 9:27 AM, Ron Leach wrote:
> On 12/12/2013 13:59, Wally Lepore wrote:
>>
>> I would like to locate a link that explains in simple terms (if that's
>> possible), "How to Install Packages". I've been hours reading about
>> this topic via many links but find them helpfu
I've also noticed a graphical package installer that was included in
the initial install of Debian-Wheezy called, "GDebi Package
Installer".
Has anyone utilized this for installing .deb packages?
On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 9:38 AM, Ralf Mardorf
wrote:
> On Fri, 2013-12-13 at 01:29 +1100, Scott Ferg
On Fri, 2013-12-13 at 01:29 +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote:
> On 13/12/13 00:59, Wally Lepore wrote:
> > http://www.aboutdebian.com/packages.htm
>
> Wow! What a... site :/
For newbies it's hard to search for information about Linux, because
they don't know the terms, as long as they don't know the s
On 13/12/13 00:59, Wally Lepore wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> Recently completed a successful install of Wheezy in Virtual Box. Runs
> great but slow (for obvious reasons). I'm not looking for
> speed/performance at this point but just looking to learn the
> interface, access and perform functions in ter
On 12/12/2013 13:59, Wally Lepore wrote:
I would like to locate a link that explains in simple terms (if that's
possible), "How to Install Packages". I've been hours reading about
this topic via many links but find them helpful to some extent but too
advanced.
I'm searching for a complete be
Hi Folks,
Recently completed a successful install of Wheezy in Virtual Box. Runs
great but slow (for obvious reasons). I'm not looking for
speed/performance at this point but just looking to learn the
interface, access and perform functions in terminal (as well as root
terminal) and run basic prog
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