Re: Can aptitude be used to install non-free and contrib things?

2014-05-08 Thread A Debian User
Yes, it can. So can apt and synaptic. These tools rely on the /etc/apt/sources.list file to point them to servers where they can download the software you want. Here's an example of an entry in sources.list: deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian wheezy main deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/deb

Re: Can aptitude be used to install non-free and contrib things?

2014-05-07 Thread der.hans
Am 07. Mai, 2014 schwätzte Charles Blair so: moin moin Charles, all of the apt tools, including aptitude, depend on what sources you have added. man sources.list There are certainly good web pages as well, but the manpage has an example that includes contrib and non-free. ciao, der.hans

Can aptitude be used to install non-free and contrib things?

2014-05-07 Thread Charles Blair
I'm sorry, I don't see anything in the documentation about this. If aptitude cannot be used, what am I supposed to do? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.de