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Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 8:26 AM
Subject: Re: [scottish] Debian (almost first time user) recommendations for
a book and hints
> [snippage]
>
> Apt is remarkably good, IMHO. It sets up a cache of available programs, on
> CD, an FTP, which you can search with apt-cache search <prog_name> and
then
> install with apt-get install <progname>. All dependancies will be
> installed, and it will also configure it all for you. If you've got web
> access, then I've heard it can be fantastic.
it is! I upgraded my vaio from deb 2.2r3 to progeny 1.0 by editing
/etc/apt/sources.list, and doing an apt-get -f dist-upgrade ... a couple of
hours later, I was running progeny!
powerful stuff.
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