On Thu, Sep 27, 2001 at 07:12:17AM +0000, Yuwen Dai wrote: > Hi, All > > I'm new to Debian but not new to Linux. I find there're many packages in > Debian. I'm confused. In what situation should I choose one? > > Thank you in advance.
Take a look at - http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-pkgtools.html I use apt-get for installing packages off the net. If I have a .deb locally on my machine I install with dpkg. kent -- "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." --Albert Einstein