Re: apt-get
> can anyone point me to a really good resource for how to use apt-get?
>
[03:55:19 /tmp]$ ls /usr/share/doc/apt/*.html
/usr/share/doc/apt/guide.html:
ch1.html ch2.html ch3.html ch4.html footnotes.html index.html
/usr/share/doc/apt/offline.html:
ch1.html ch2.html ch3.html index.html
[04:03:52 /tmp]$
> NO NOT THE MAN PAGE PLEASE!!! please?
>
> in particular i'm running potato but i want some woody packages...
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> so i add the woody path to /etc/apt/sources.list
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> apt-get update
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> apt-get install [woody package not available in potato]
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> how do i then get it to use potato files on the cdrom?
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> or is it smarter than this?
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> also...
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> say i want to setup apache with php
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> apt-get install apache php ?
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> that does it all? or do i have to run something after the install?
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> i have spent an hour trying to use online resources to answer these questions and more...
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> 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)
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> Thanks for your time,
>
> John
>
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