Sry, didnt reply to list in first place...
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> > I'm quite new to debian and I'm getting my head around dpkg,
> > apt-get, aptitude and synaptic. Does anyone have advice on the best
> > way to handle a .deb package? Can I make up my own repository of .deb
> > packages and point apt-get at that to install packages? I've
> > installed one or two small things (gcc and gnu make) using dpkg, but I
> > wondered if there was a better way to do this. I've just downloaded
> > opera and it comes in a .deb package, so this is my next task. apt or
> > dpkg - or even synaptic?
> >
> > Thanks for any help.
> >
> > Rob Hurle
> >
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> > Rob Hurle
> > ANU, College of Asia and the Pacific
> > School of Culture, History and Language
> > Histories of Asia and the Pacific
> > e-mail: rob1940@gmail.com
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> Hi Rob,
> when I started out with debian I got a print of
> http://tangosoft.com/refcard/ . Its a reference card that should help
> you with the basic tasks, such as installing a DebianPacKaGe via dpkg -i
> /path/to/file.deb
>
> Regards
> Simon