Re: rpm's

2000-07-03 Thread Kerstin Hoef-Emden
Hi, On Sat, 1 Jul 2000, Pete Chudykowski wrote: > 1. For some reason the package didn't contain ftpd. Where can I find a > .deb binary? This one I cannot check out right now. > 2. Is there a way to make debian understand rpm's? If so, where can I > find info on how to do it? Have a look a

Re: rpm's

2000-07-01 Thread Bart Szyszka
> Just installed debian for the first time and I'm a little green. I have > two questions. > 1. For some reason the package didn't contain ftpd. Where can I find a > .deb binary? Type: apt-cache search ftpd And that'll give you the names of all the packages and descriptions that have the 'ftpd'

Re: rpm's

2000-07-01 Thread Sven Burgener
On Sat, Jul 01, 2000 at 05:24:02PM -0500, Pete Chudykowski wrote: > 1. For some reason the package didn't contain ftpd. Where can I find a > .deb binary? Use apt-get for installing packages on your system. Use it also to keep your system up-to-date. (-> man apt-get) To install ftpd, run "apt-g