Re: debian how-to
On Mon, Dec 31, 2007 at 01:08:13PM +0900, David wrote:
> Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> >On Sun, Dec 30, 2007 at 06:05:35PM -0800, Rick Dooling wrote:
> >
> >>I know about Debian Reference and Debian Help site, but I'm more
> >>interested in a list of common how-tos that most people would like to
> >>do after installation, such as add mp3 playing ability, installing
> >>flash, mounting usb drives or ntfs drives and so on, the sort of
> >>things found in Martin's Ubuntu How-To. I know that some work in both.
> >>I guess I'm just curious if a similar thing already exists for Debian.
> >>And if not would it be a useful project to redo the Ubuntu How-To with
> >>an eye toward the Debian user.
> >>
>
> >Since all the documentation is already provided on how to do each of
> >these with whatever tools are installed on the user's box, the most
> >important skill for the new Debian user to have is howto find and use
> >the documentation.
>
> Agreed!
>
> And not just documentation.
> I've thought a number of times that the package description aspect of
> the aptitude interface should include the path of the package concerned.
> Also on the Debian site package description and the documentation -
> surely that makes sense.
>
> This would help a newbie get on top of the filing scenario much more
> quickly.
>
> I remember struggling to find exactly where packages lived on my system
> when I would look in a number of places and see packages with similar
> names residing in a couple of them (or more).
The docs are always under /usr/share/doc/[package name]
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Doug.
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