Am 2006-02-25 17:16:25, schrieb Curt Howland:
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> I've been reading your notes to debian-users with interest, and I'd
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> I realize that people have suggested lots of "package management"
> tools, I would like to
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I've been reading your notes to debian-users with interest, and I'd
like to put in .02 FRNs or so.
I realize that people have suggested lots of "package management"
tools, I would like to suggest "dselect". The granularity of control
is greater, in
Charles wrote:
I've just downloaded and installed the "sarge" distribution on a
computer I use for a test bed. Since I'm used to hosing this box and
reinstalling to learn more, most of the hardware present is fairly
generic and well supported across both Linux and Windows.
So far, I have ne
Charles wrote:
I've just downloaded and installed the "sarge" distribution on a
computer I use for a test bed. Since I'm used to hosing this box and
reinstalling to learn more, most of the hardware present is fairly
generic and well supported across both Linux and Windows.
So far, I have ne
On Sat, Feb 18, 2006 at 12:12:12PM -0700, Charles wrote:
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On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 12:12:12 -0700
"Charles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I also did my first
> reinstall and watchd it closely.
It is said there are Debian users than didn't reinstall in 10 (ten) years.
Debian supports direct upgrading from one release to another (stable or not). I
remember
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From: "Andrei Popescu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2006 10:48 AM
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On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 10:00:32 -0700
"Charles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
So I should 1) Ad
On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 10:00:32 -0700
"Charles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So I should 1) Add the 14 CD's and the two update CD's via "apt-cdrom add",
> 2) activate all sources in Synaptic, 3) run "apt-get update" and "apt-get
> upgrade" and I'll have an up-to-date system.
You need at least:
d
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On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 07:46:36PM -0700, Charles wrote:
I've just downloaded and installed the &quo
On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 07:46:36PM -0700, Charles wrote:
> I've just downloaded and installed the "sarge" distribution on a computer I
> use for a test bed. Since I'm used to hosing this box and reinstalling to
> learn more, most of the hardware present is fairly generic and well supported
> ac
There are other tools for managing software that are front ends to
apt. I primarily use aptitude. It is powerful interactive, and
available from the command line. It will take some learning though
so you will need to read a significant part of the manual to use it
effectively. synaptic is pro
> the last thing: to find stuff:
> apt-cache search
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> cheers,
> Kev
>
and... apt-cache show to show a bit more detailed stuff ;)
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On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 07:46:36PM -0700, Charles wrote:
> I've just downloaded and installed the "sarge" distribution on a computer I
> use for a test bed. Since I'm used to hosing this box and reinstalling to
> learn more, most of the hardware present is fairly generic and well supported
> ac
I've just downloaded and installed the "sarge"
distribution on a computer I use for a test bed. Since I'm used to hosing
this box and reinstalling to learn more, most of the hardware present is fairly
generic and well supported across both Linux and Windows.
So far, I have network connecti
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