Re: Where's apt-get? Correction
On Wed, 22 Jul 1998, Kent West wrote:
> Sorry for the stupid question, but I can't figure out how to get dpkg to
> get the apt package. I assume I need to tell it what FTP site and directory
> to look at, and what package name to get/install, but I have no idea of
> what the syntax is for this command. I've found the apt package
> (apt_0.1.3.deb at
> ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/slink/main/binary-i386/admin/), but what's the
> dpkg syntax for getting and installing it? If it would be any easier, I can
> ftp it to the local drive, then dpkg it to install it (but if so, where
> does the file need to be before I run dpkg?). Thanks for any help.
That's exactly what you need to do. dpkg won't get a package for you
(dselect will and apt-get will). The package can be in any directory when
you run dpkg -i to install it.
Bob
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