On Fri, Nov 10, 2000 at 08:42:06AM +0200, Petros Sidiropoulos wrote: > Hello all > I've downloaded packages from a debian ftp site. Now, what should i do in > order to use apt-get? How to configure sources.list file? Is it difficult? > can someone help me?
You do not need to download the packages; apt does that for you. /etc/apt/sources.list should have a reasonable default that you can work from. Either way, here is mine: deb ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/hurd/debian unstable main deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main Then `man apt-get' should give you the details. Here is a quick overview: # apt-get update # apt-get install package -Neal -- Neal H Walfield University of Massachusetts at Lowell [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED]
