Re: ftp, but no apt-get
hey tf,
how about sending the contents of your /etc/apt/sources.list file?
L8r -- Greg.
----- Original Message -----
From: tf <hmf@softhome.net>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 04, 1999 11:43 AM
Subject: ftp, but no apt-get
> howdy guys,
>
> my little saga continues. using cftp, I'm able to access my website's
remote directory, but while connected, can still not use
> apt-get to build a system.
>
> Can I just ftp packages to some directory on my machine, then dselect them
from there? can't think of how to say this, but how
> do you associate an ip address with a name? getting to my website I used
the dotted quad.. (how could I specify debian's ftp
> address? using ftp://us.debian.org/debian results in a hostname lookup
failure)
>
> also, I don't have mail set up yet, so how could I give it to debian's
ftp site as a password? and can I ftp sets of packages? (not
> using the normal procedures of apt and dselect, just an ftp client?)
>
> working on it...
>
>
> -tf
>
>
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