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can anyone point me to a really good resource for how to use apt-get?

NO NOT THE MAN PAGE PLEASE!!! please?

in particular i'm running potato but i want some woody packages...

so i add the woody path to /etc/apt/sources.list

apt-get update

apt-get install [woody package not available in potato]

how do i then get it to use potato files on the cdrom?

or is it smarter than this?

also...

say i want to setup apache with php 

apt-get install apache php ?

that does it all? or do i have to run something after the install?

i have spent an hour trying to use online resources to answer these questions and more...

does someone need a hand with debian documentation? i realise that knowing how stuff works is important but for an end-user not knowing how tuff works can help with the quality of documentation (in the words of Robert Cringely, Good virgins are hard to find)

Thanks for your time,

John



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