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Re: Where is 'startx'?



* Kenneth Macdonald Karlsen <ken@fiona-victor.com> [2002-09-22 11:35:26]:
> * Bill Wagner <bwagner@gory.org> [2002-09-22 10:50:16]:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I'm still getting used to the Debian way of doing things, so please
> > forgive me if this is a "stupid" question.  But what package provides
> > the 'startx' command?  I've got xfree86-common and xserver-xfree86
> > installed, but apparently, it's not either of those that provides it:
>
> 
> You can also use a utillity called apt-file, i find it quite useful.

Woah, I didn't know anything about that one, but yeah, it sure is
useful. Thanks.

> 
> Do a search apt-cache search apt- will show you some nifte features.
> If you find an interesting package do apt-cache show 'exact packagename'

Yep, I already knew about this one. This is useful too. The conclusion
must be that Debian is useful :-)

--
Michael Kristensen <tazz@wtf.dk>



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