Re: apt-get: Command not found.
On Tuesday 02 August 2005 03:05, James A. Donald wrote:
>apt-get: Command not found.
>
>I am a newbie to linux. I recently installed Debian on a computer
>that sits in a closet
>
>So I ssh in. I got Samba working fine, after tinkering with the
>/etc/samba/smb.conf file to read:
>
>[global]
> workgroup = workgroup
> netbios name = linux
> security = share
>[shareRW]
> path = /home/james/Documents/sharedRW
> read only = No
> guest ok = Yes
>
>and manually starting the daemons with
>nmbd -D
>smbd -D
>
>All was well
>
>But then I wanted it to automatically start the daemons on reboot,
> and I had no idea how to do that.
>
>So I said to myself, "well, surely Debian knows how to do that", so
>attempted to type
>
>apt-get update
>apt-get install samba smbclient
>
>Only to get the surprising message: apt-get: Command not found.
Did you use the - option to su when you became root to do that stuff?
I doubt that apt-get or any of its ilk are available if you do a plain
su, which, unlike doing an 'su -' does not give you roots $PATH.
>(Which might be a good thing, for all I know this is a really stupid
>way to install the daemons to be launched on startup.
>
>I conjecture that apt-get has been replaced with some cool gui based
>configuration tool, and apt-get is no longer on the path.
>
>I recollect that when I access the computer with keyboard and
> monitor, (which requires me to haul the computer out of the
> cupboard) I get some stuff about updates, but when I access the KDE
> gui through vnc and vncserver, I get a rather sparse screen that
> does not have that update stuff on it.
>
>I suppose there is some command I can give in the KDE gui that will
>bring up some tool for updating and configuring debian or enable
>apt-get? But I may have bring up the real kdegui, instead of the
>curiously limited one I get from VNC server
>
>my .vnc/xstartup file is
> unset SESSION_MANAGER
> exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
>[ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] && exec /etc/vnc/xstartup
>[ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
>xsetroot -solid grey
>vncconfig -iconic &
>xterm -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &
>startkde &
>
>Maybe there is something I can add to that file so my startup screen
>is a bit more helpful?
>
>Of failing that, maybe I should know how to startup daemons in linux
>on bootup?
>
>--
>http://www.jim.com
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