Re: Newbie installation query
IMHO, your best bet is to install "aptitude." Aptitude will manage all
the upgradeable packages in a single instance for you if you choose that
route. It's on the ISO disk. Do apt-get -u install aptitude.
On Wed, 2003-11-26 at 09:29, Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri. wrote:
> I am a former RedHat user and now want to try out Debian. I have dabbled in
> debian before but have always messed up, usually in the installation
> (using dselect). Plus, I only got kde 2.2 even after I updated the woody
> install. This time I decided I would rough it out :).
>
> After reading up on the net, I did just a base install of woody, then ran
> the go-woody script so that I would be able to download and use more
> recent software (like kde 3.1.4 as in knoppix.).
>
> I now have a base install of testing (I think). I have cable internet (but
> a limited download allowance) and would like to have a proper debian
> system with X window system and kde. What is the way to go ? should I
> fire up tasksel and let the system download the software ? Or should I go
> with apt-get'ing the individual softwares and let apt manage the
> dependencies ?
>
>
> regards,
>
> Sharukh.
> --
> Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri Homeopath and Linuxer.
> Mumbai, India. http://www.pavri.net/
>
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