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Re: Where's Apt?



On 02-Jul-1999, per_adua32 <irvine@vuosaari.hai.fi> wrote:
> 
> I recently received an E-mail from this mailing list
> in response to a question about installing netscape.
> 
> It was suggested that I make changes to:
> 
> /etc/apt/sources.list
> 
> It seems that this file does not exist on
> my system. Moreover I can't seem to find 
> anything to do with apt. Could someone say a 
> little about where I could get this program.
> 
> I have been using dselect with a cd-dom that
> I bought, and I tried to use it to find apt
> but I've had no joy.
> 
> Does someone know any good sources of info 
> viz the usage of apt.
> 

What you may need to do is run

    find /cdrom -name "apt*" -print

to find where apt is on your cdrom.

Then install apt using dpkg

    dpkg --install /path/to/apt/deb

Pete.


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