Re: dselect ignorance
> Otherwise, my question is this: If I find an xxx.deb package at some
> site other than the debian stable distribution and wish to use it how
> should I proceed? Download it? Put it where? Simply run dpkg install
> xxx.deb? Edit sources.list and use apt-get install xxx.deb? Or is
> dselect the preferred method to best manage dependencies? If dselect is
If it's available in a source that apt can use, add it to
/etc/apt/sources.list. If it's a standalone .deb, just download it
someplace convenient (your home directory will work fine). Switch to root
(use 'su') and dpkg --install filename.deb.
I can't stand dselect. I don't even use it in the install. I'll take
apt-get and apt-cache over dselect every time. There's also 'aptitude',
which I haven't tried yet.
HTH,
Chris Hilts
chilts@birdbrained.org
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