As a new Debian user, I had no problems finding http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages and using its search engine to find the latest and greatest stuff. However, short of downloading .debs with a web browser and double-clicking them to open KPackage, I can't seem to get to the packages. I really wish the /packages page had a good Synaptic/apt-get tutorial (or easy-to-find link) that shows:
How to open Synaptic and the Repositories screen A list of mirrors of official and unofficial servers (i.e. what goes in URI) What goes in the Distribution and Section boxes What Vendors... does How all this maps to the apt-get config files An example of a non-trivial (?) package to retrieve is the (non-free) graphviz package from ATT labs. No combination of debian/pool/non-free/g for Distribution seems to do the trick! I suspect there is a very good resource out there for setting up synaptic, but I just can't find it. And I believe that debian.org/distrib/packages should do all it can to help new users get started with package installation. Thanks, Brent Schartung __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/
