Whats that ??? I have gotten this Message several times month ago...
Am 2004-04-05 21:53:49, schrieb Brent Schartung: >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 -- Registered Linux-User #280138 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org/
