From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.pangeatech.com (pxofc151-phx1.pangeatech.com [63.110.32.151]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7ADEC482A for ; Sat, 20 Oct 2001 23:20:54 -0600 (MDT) Received: from [65.192.22.133] by mail.pangeatech.com (NTMail 7.00.0018/NU8172.00.e2123c13) with ESMTP id mwweiaaa for parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org; Sat, 20 Oct 2001 22:16:11 -0700 Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 22:20:42 -0700 From: Randolph Chung To: Nicholas Leippe Cc: parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] how to use dpkg/dselect/apt-get ??? Message-ID: <20011020222042.G537@tausq.org> Reply-To: Randolph Chung References: <01102021292604.00166@nick> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <01102021292604.00166@nick> List-ID: You may want to try install deity-curses (aka console-apt). I'd like to think it's easier to use :-) > 3) How can I search the list so I can find, for example, 'X11' > to '+' it and let it figure out what else is needed and then > install it? in dselect, you can search using / (like vi) there's decent online help using 'h'. > 4) Is there a better package interface than dselect? > (rh/caldera/mdk's glint is 3+ yrs old and is still far superior > to dselect--you can actually _understand_ what you're looking at) well, many people find dselect easy to understand too, but i can see how it's daunting. do give deity a try and see if that's easier for you. > I am not against whatever debian uses considering all the wonderful > features it's supposed to have, just rather annoyed that it is such a > difficult/disgusting interface. most of us just install things from command-line. For example, you can do 'apt-get install x-window-system' from the command-line (as root) once your system is up and running. 'apt-get update' updates your "package sources" from the debian mirrors, and 'apt-get upgrade' will install the newest versions of what you have on your system. you can use 'apt-cache search ' to look at available packages. There's also a web interface, http://packages.debian.org/ to use apt you need to have a correct /etc/apt/sources.list file. If the installer didn't set one up for you, you can use something like this: ================= deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free deb http://debian.yorku.ca/debian/non-US unstable non-US/main non-US/contrib deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free ================= as for mixing i386 and hppa, it won't happen; the debian package tools are all arch-specific and will only look at the arch it's running on. hope this helps. randolph -- @..@ http://www.TauSq.org/ (----) ( >__< ) ^^ ~~ ^^