Re: Where to go from here
On Fri, Aug 03, 2001 at 01:41:34AM -0400, Colin Bell wrote:
> Okay,
>
> I have been trying to get a useful Debian unstallation up for
> about 5 weeks now. I can get the base system installed but
> then where do I look for new packages (the iso image contains
> next to nothing from what I can tell)? I don't know what to
> set in the /etc/apt/sources.list file. I probably have missed
> something in some of the documents but the dselect-beginners
> guide doesn't tell you much of anything. I'm looking to find
> xfree86-4.0.*, kde-2.2 and Mozilla or netscape. I guess I
> could build the whole system from source but I figure there
> has to be a way or all the debian developers are just wasting
> their time.
>
> When I state in the sources.list file that apt can look in the
> unstable tree it seems to automatically tell itself to remove
> a whole bunch of packages. I'm really getting bitter. I know
> I could just go to Redhat and grab that and install it but
> this is a labour of love. I see the power of apt and dselect
> I just don't know how to harness it. Maybe I'm just supposed
> to grab single debs off the net, I don't know.
take a gander at
http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/system/apt-get-intro.html
and see if that helps.
--
DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #33 from Brian Potkin <brian@copernicus.demon.co.uk>
:
Looking for some good DPKG AND APT TIPS?
You'll find a very good introduction at
http://www.spack.org/geek/apt-help.html
It is, of course, based on the man pages for apt-get and
dpkg so you will want to read them as well.
Also see http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/ ...
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