<quote who="Stewart">
> i was getting a bit mystified because 'apt-get install php' wasn't working
> for me, where i thought the package name was a sort of wildcard search, it
> doesn't seem to be.
No, not at all, otherwise you'd get every package starting with or including
"php" in the name... That would be very scary! :-)
> i fired up dselect and scrolled through reams of packages and found the
> php ones (and a bunch of other stuff i want) and it's downloading now as i
> type. (looks like i should've said apt-get install php4...)
>
> yes indeedy, it's a very neat system.
Even neater:
apt-cache search php
That will help you out a lot in future. I use it all the time. :-)
- Jeff
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