Re: apt in base system?
Martin Schulze wrote:
>
> Vincent Murphy wrote:
> > Can anyone confirm whether apt will be included in the base system in
> > future?
>
> Ummm no. It's not needed for the base system. It may be included
> in further versions of base systems.
>
What?! That's crazy, apt needs to be in the base system. That's one of
the main things people are looking for in 2.1, besides it beats the crap
out of any other net-related installation method.
> > I want to be able to install Debian in college using just a bunch of
> > floppies to get the base system on, and then use apt to get the rest
> > through a http proxy.
>
> You can always create your own base system.
>
> Untar the base system into a directory:
>
> tar xvpfz base2_0.tgz
>
> dpkg --root=/where/your/files/are -i apt*.deb
>
> Tar it again. If you need to split it, pick the floppy_split program
> from the boot-floppies source archive.
You really expect most people to do this?
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