apt-get install gnome (installs gnome and all required stuff, X, all of 
it) I usually start off with apt-get install fluxbox and get something 
small on there before I go for gnome or kde just so I can make sure my 
gfx is working.

apt-cache search <program name>  (searches for packages, duh!)

when I install a debian system, it will ask if you want to run 
packagesel and dselect at the end. I never do this, that way I have a 
bare system and then I apt-get exctally the stuff I want, not what 
somebody thinks I might want.

Shannon Roddy wrote:

> Well... I am installing my first debian box here...  as I run away 
> from RedHat.  Any pointers on using apt?  Any suggestions for 
> differences between debian-woody and RH9?
>
> Thanks,
> Shannon
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