Re: can I use packages from dotdeb for Sarge???

[Siju George <sgeorge.ml@gmail.com>]

On 6/16/05, Chris Bannister <mockingbird@ihug.co.nz> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 09:18:42AM +0530, Siju George wrote:
> 
> > Thankyou so much Aurélien and Roberto :-) I messed up my system
> > installing them :-( going for a re-install of the whole system.
> 
> Are their any local linux user groups (LUGs) where you live. They
> should only be too pleased to help you with your problems.
> 
> A re-install should not (never?) be necessary, although the learning
> experience is helpful.
> 
> I suggest also as root (you are connected to net? -- if no then when
> connected to net) issue the following commands:
> 
> 1. apt-get install debian-doc debian-reference
> 
> 
> 2. apt-get install wget bzip2
> 
> Then issue the following command as a normal user which will
> download a nice linux course, so be in your home directory:
> 
> wget -O - http://rute.2038bug.com/rute.html.tar.bz2 | tar -xvvjf -
> 
> Good luck, it is difficult at first, gets a bit easier, then gets harder
> again when you realise you can't learn it all. Concentrate on the tools
> of the trade - nethack is a good start :-)
> 

Thanks a millon Chris for the tips and encouragement :-)

good luck

kind regards

Siju