Re: Apt-get behaving badly
Jeff wrote:
>
> Colin Watson, 2002-Aug-17 20:42 +0100:
> > > Phew! Does everyone learn Linux this way---by screwing something up and
> > > then flailing around for a couple of hours before you learn how to fix it?
> >
> > You have uncovered our secret. :) My first Linux installation was,
> > kindly put, a pigsty by the time I was finished with it; then I switched
> > to Debian ...
>
> Very true...my first linux install was Debian and after completing the
> first installation I started again from scratch 6 more times before I
> was happy with it.
It helps to know how to search for help.
Some useful things are:
man <command>
apropos <search word>
locate <file>
find <file>
zless <compressed .gz text file>
mc <midnight commander can read .gz text>
lynx <html files>
dpkg -L <package>
google for www on another pc
It's much easier to have two computers.
I can surf the howtos on the web with my
windows pc while getting the debian pc
to run. Dual booting is a PITA.
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