I have also wondered on downloading as root, does this leave us open security wise? Dean
----- Original Message ----- From: "will trillich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 12:36 PM Subject: Re: How to download a package? > On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 09:54:42AM -0400, - wrote: > > This may seem like a stupid question but how do you download a Debian > > package? > > (Yes, I'm a really low level newbie) > > My hangup concerns these preliminaries before performing a > > download..... > > > > 1. Should all downloads be done by root user or can any user do it? > > > > 2. What directory should be set as the active directory in the > > command line? > > To just install new things that come from the debian team, just > use the wonderful "apt-get" command (when logged in as user root)-- > > apt-get install postgresql apache-perl ipmasq vim-rt > > all of which depends on having /etc/apt/sources.list set up > properly, which you can do easily using > > apt-setup > > if you've got it (try "apt-get install base-config" if you > don't). > > For more, see my intro at > > http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/apt-get-intro.html > > > Am I tilting at windmills? > > Could be. I can't answer that one, sorry. :) > > -- > DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #16 from Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Why are *.rpm (RED HAT PACKAGES) considered spawn of Satan? > Because the Debian package system is a lot more sophisticated > than the one Red Hat uses; lots more inter-dependency information > is built in to a *.deb package. If you bypass that with an *.rpm > file, you're taking chances with your system. Try to "apt-get > install <debian-only>" packages if possible. (Also check out the > "alien" package if you must.) > > Also see http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/ ... > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
