Re: apt-get update lists - Thanks

2004-06-20 Thread Brian Astill
Thanks to all those helpful people who responded. I have three HDs and around 70G free, so I'll keep Knoppix as my working system and gradually "work up" a true Debian system on a separate partition. From discussions on this list it seems that "testing" (sarge) is the way to go initially. I h

Re: apt-get update lists

2004-06-20 Thread richard lyons
On Sunday 20 June 2004 03:58, Jules Dubois wrote: [...] > I don't have the URL handy, but debian.org has an APT user's guide. http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ -- richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: apt-get update lists

2004-06-20 Thread richard lyons
On Saturday 19 June 2004 18:33, Osamu Aoki wrote: > On Sat, Jun 19, 2004 at 09:49:52AM -0500, Kent West wrote: > > Brian Astill wrote: > > >I have just started to use Debian - some would say I still haven't > > >started because I'm using Knoppix 3.4 installed on my HD. [...] > > >First things fir

Re: apt-get update lists

2004-06-20 Thread Jules Dubois
On Sat, 19 Jun 2004 21:03:47 -0400, Brian Astill wrote: > Is there a list of packages sorted by Section, rather than by Package, > without logging onto packages.debian.org/stable/ ? Try running Synaptic (GTK) or Aptitude (console) and you can choose a categorized view. > Is there some kind of o

Re: apt-get update lists

2004-06-19 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Sat, Jun 19, 2004 at 09:49:52AM -0500, Kent West wrote: > Brian Astill wrote: > > >I have just started to use Debian - some would say I still haven't > >started because I'm using Knoppix 3.4 installed on my HD. > > > "" all you want, but Knoppix is not Debian; it is based on Debian. > Havi

Re: apt-get update lists

2004-06-19 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, On Sat, Jun 19, 2004 at 09:03:47PM -0400, Brian Astill wrote: > I have just started to use Debian - some would say I still haven't > started because I'm using Knoppix 3.4 installed on my HD. ... > Is there a list of packages sorted by Section, rather than by Package, > without logging ont

Re: apt-get update lists

2004-06-19 Thread Kent West
Brian Astill wrote: I have just started to use Debian - some would say I still haven't started because I'm using Knoppix 3.4 installed on my HD. "" all you want, but Knoppix is not Debian; it is based on Debian. Having said that, I'd agree that you're now located in the Debian cosmos, and

Re: apt-get update lists

2004-06-19 Thread Carl Fink
On Sat, Jun 19, 2004 at 09:03:47PM -0400, Brian Astill wrote: > I have just started to use Debian - some would say I still haven't > started because I'm using Knoppix 3.4 installed on my HD. [snip] > Is there a list of packages sorted by Section, rather than by Package, > without logging ont

apt-get update lists

2004-06-19 Thread Brian Astill
I have just started to use Debian - some would say I still haven't started because I'm using Knoppix 3.4 installed on my HD. The distro works very well, but there are one or two things I want to do and/or install that Knoppix doesn't cover, though Debian packages certainly can. First things