From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ray Olszewski Subject: Re: Debians' apt-get?? Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 07:51:48 -0700 Message-ID: <4288B384.5080007@comarre.com> References: <20050516130836.GA815@lnx2.w8mch.ampr.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20050516130836.GA815@lnx2.w8mch.ampr.org> Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org Hal MacArgle wrote: > Not running Debian I have a query prior to my proposed use of > slapt-get; the Slackware version.. > > I thought 'apt' was the Debian package manager only used for > installing packages from a CD to the HD.. In this you are mistaken. The apt tools, apt-get and its companion apt-cache, are routinely used for net-based Debian installs and upgrades. They work with a configuration file (/etc/apt/sources.list that tells apt-get where to get its packages from. I've never used it with a CD ... but then, I can't remember the last time I used a Debian CD for anything other than starting a net install (that is, the way I'd use Debian's analog to boot/root floppies). > > Can I presume that apt-get is for installing packages via the INet or > for fetching the packages from the INet, thence installing them > within the box?? In other words; do the packages have the extension, > say, .deb; like RedHat uses .rpm?? Yes, they do have the .deb extension. The normal use of apt-get is with the "install" argument, which causes apt-get to download the package and install it (as well as resolve dependencies and download and install any other rewuired packages). > > Needless to say I'm confused.. Maybe 'apt' can be used for many > things.. TIA. My responses are those of a Debian user, not a Slackware user. I have no idea how slapt-get itself functions. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs