On Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 08:51:25AM -0400, alex wrote: | Thanks, Derek and Osamu, good info. | | I must have phrased my questions poorly. What I was really asking for | was an explanation of the mechanics of installing a package and its | related packages and where to put them. The answer to that is apt-get update apt-get install <foo> | How would it done if there wasn't something like apt to do it for | you and you had to do it yourself? Well, that is _almost_ like asking how to install an 'rpm' package on RH without having the 'rpm' program around. Almost. On debian, 'dpkg -i' works like 'rpm -i' or 'rpm -U' on RH. You can tell dpkg to install a certain package, and it will complain if the dependencies aren't met. Then you go back to http://packages.debian.org and download the deps and install them. Repeat as necessary (as you would for an rpm-based system). HTH, -D -- The righteous hate what is false, but the wicked bring shame and disgrace. Proverbs 13:5 http://dman.ddts.net/~dman/
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