* and then Todd Troxell declared.... > Apt only knows about packages sourced in /etc/apt/sources.list. You can > install the package manually with dpkg -i filename, or add the appropriate > cd source line to /etc/apt/sources.list. See sources.list(5) for the syntax. Okay, I'm up to speed on the apt-cd thing and am getting 'ted needs ted-common' when I do $> dkpg ted-common-blah.deb ted-blah.deb.... Will try with -i, thanks! -- Nick WIlson