Hans wrote: > But I've always wondered about one thing: how do you know the name > of the package you want to install. At least with dselect you have a menu > to search. Now I want to install Midnight Commander, so I guess that is > "apt-get -d install mc" (I'd like to download the package as well for use > on another machine and I've read the -d flag will do that).
Actually this happens without the -d. Look in /var/cache/apt/archives/. I thought that -d was for "download *only* and don't actually install", but ICBVW. (to get rid of all the archived downloads, do apt-get clean. I don't know whether that happens automatically when the files get very old, or the disk gets full... I hope it does) > But now I want to install X, so is "apt-get -d install X" right? Then how > do I choose that the right server is being downloaded? This always puzzled > me a bit, but I guess the answer will come in time :-) Here's my trick: Bookmark http://www.debian.org/Packages/unstable/ and use that to find what packages you want. For a dselect-like view of packages, try gnome-apt, console-apt or aptitude (I've only ever used gnome-apt, which seems to work although it's not the friendliest interface around). HTH, Stuart.
