Re: Noob question - best way to install software

2007-04-27 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-04-15 06:57:16, schrieb Freddy Freeloader: Michael Pobega wrote: I have one recurring problem with aptitude. It keeps trying to remove gnome and everything related to it and a bunch of other stuff. ^^ Fortunately it takes up enough real estate on the

Re: Noob question - best way to install software

2007-04-15 Thread Celejar
On Sat, 14 Apr 2007 18:00:02 -0400 Kamaraju S Kusumanchi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: Curious: what does apt-get do that aptitude non-interactive do; how does the user's experience of each differ? I thought that aptitude for simple stuff a drop-in replacement for

Re: Noob question - best way to install software

2007-04-15 Thread Michael Pobega
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, Apr 15, 2007 at 07:13:07AM -0500, Dennis G. Wicks wrote: Michael Pobega wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Apr 14, 2007 at 05:50:26PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: On Sat, Apr 14, 2007 at 02:36:40PM

Re: Noob question - best way to install software

2007-04-15 Thread Russell L. Harris
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [070414 16:28]: I've been using Debian for about a month, and just upgraded to Etch. ... I am wondering about the best way to install software. I have used the apt-get method, which is pretty simple, and have also downloaded and compiled from source

Re: Noob question - best way to install software

2007-04-15 Thread Freddy Freeloader
Michael Pobega wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, Apr 15, 2007 at 07:13:07AM -0500, Dennis G. Wicks wrote: Michael Pobega wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Apr 14, 2007 at 05:50:26PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: On

Re: Noob question - best way to install software

2007-04-15 Thread Celejar
On Sat, 14 Apr 2007 16:50:59 -0500 Russell L. Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [070414 16:28]: I've been using Debian for about a month, and just upgraded to Etch. ... I am wondering about the best way to install software. I have used the apt-get

Re: Noob question - best way to install software

2007-04-15 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Sun, Apr 15, 2007 at 06:57:16AM -0700, Freddy Freeloader wrote: I have one recurring problem with aptitude. It keeps trying to remove gnome and everything related to it and a bunch of other stuff. Fortunately it takes up enough real estate on the screen that it is hard to miss and I just

Re: Noob question - best way to install software

2007-04-15 Thread Frank Terbeck
Kamaraju S Kusumanchi [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: On Sat, Apr 14, 2007 at 06:00:02PM -0400, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: [...] sudo apt-get build-dep texmacs sudo apt-get source texmacs [...] Are those things a newbie cares about? I've never used them in the 8

Re: Noob question - best way to install software

2007-04-15 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 14 Apr 2007, Michael Pobega wrote: On Sat, Apr 14, 2007 at 05:50:26PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: On Sat, Apr 14, 2007 at 02:36:40PM -0700, Adam Frank wrote: For beginners I'd definitely recommend apt-get, or even one of its GUI fronteds like Synaptic. The only problem for a

Re: Noob question - best way to install software

2007-04-15 Thread Celejar
On Sun, 15 Apr 2007 11:57:19 -0400 Kamaraju S Kusumanchi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Celejar wrote: But we did find this for 'build-dep': http://p12n.org/hacks/aptitude-build-dep When people say aptitude, they usually refer to the one supplied by Debian. The above is not included

Noob question - best way to install software

2007-04-14 Thread georgepwhite
I've been using Debian for about a month, and just upgraded to Etch. I'm very happy with it so far - my compliments to the people who create this great piece of work. I am wondering about the best way to install software. I have used the apt-get method, which is pretty simple, and have also

Re: Noob question - best way to install software

2007-04-14 Thread Adam Frank
For beginners I'd definitely recommend apt-get, or even one of its GUI fronteds like Synaptic. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Noob question - best way to install software

2007-04-14 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Sat, Apr 14, 2007 at 09:22:56PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been using Debian for about a month, and just upgraded to Etch. I'm very happy with it so far - my compliments to the people who create this great piece of work. I am wondering about the best way to install software. I

Re: Noob question - best way to install software

2007-04-14 Thread Kevin Mark
On Sat, Apr 14, 2007 at 09:22:56PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been using Debian for about a month, and just upgraded to Etch. I'm very happy with it so far - my compliments to the people who create this great piece of work. I am wondering about the best way to install software. I

Re: Noob question - best way to install software

2007-04-14 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Sat, Apr 14, 2007 at 02:36:40PM -0700, Adam Frank wrote: For beginners I'd definitely recommend apt-get, or even one of its GUI fronteds like Synaptic. The only problem for a beginner using Synaptic is that if it is all she knows, and X crashes, they have no experience to fall back on. Its

Re: Noob question - best way to install software

2007-04-14 Thread Jochen Schulz
[EMAIL PROTECTED]: I am wondering about the best way to install software. I have used the apt-get method, which is pretty simple, and have also downloaded and compiled from source tarballs which is a little more complicated but doesn't seem to be a big deal. Are there significant advantages

Re: Noob question - best way to install software

2007-04-14 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been using Debian for about a month, and just upgraded to Etch. I'm very happy with it so far - my compliments to the people who create this great piece of work. I am wondering about the best way to install software. I have used the apt-get method, which is

Re: Noob question - best way to install software

2007-04-14 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: Curious: what does apt-get do that aptitude non-interactive do; how does the user's experience of each differ? I thought that aptitude for simple stuff a drop-in replacement for apt-get. sudo apt-get build-dep texmacs sudo apt-get source texmacs Replace texmacs

Re: Noob question - best way to install software

2007-04-14 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Sat, Apr 14, 2007 at 06:00:02PM -0400, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: Curious: what does apt-get do that aptitude non-interactive do; how does the user's experience of each differ? I thought that aptitude for simple stuff a drop-in replacement for apt-get.

Re: Noob question - best way to install software

2007-04-14 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: On Sat, Apr 14, 2007 at 06:00:02PM -0400, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: Curious: what does apt-get do that aptitude non-interactive do; how does the user's experience of each differ? I thought that aptitude for simple stuff a

Re: Noob question - best way to install software

2007-04-14 Thread Michael Pobega
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Apr 14, 2007 at 05:50:26PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: On Sat, Apr 14, 2007 at 02:36:40PM -0700, Adam Frank wrote: For beginners I'd definitely recommend apt-get, or even one of its GUI fronteds like Synaptic. The only problem