upgrading the kernel is about 10x easier on debian as on other distributions (imho).
you simply select your kernel options in config/menuconfig/xconfig build a .deb package, then install the package with dpgk. i think you'll be suprised at how easy it is. brett :> -----Original Message----- :> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] :> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of :> Stewart :> Sent: Thursday, 27 March 2003 2:55 PM :> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] :> Subject: [SLUG] Fwd: What are apt-get/dpkg/dselect? [Was: apt-get :> weirdness lately] :> :> :> :> thanks for the subject change - i should've done that myself. :) :> :> and thanks to all who replied, it's a bit clearer now. :> :> 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. 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. :> :> next i get to wrestle with upgrading the kernel because i :> forgot about :> that part post-install - but i think i'll ring the debhead :> guy i know :> and get him to explain it all again to me rather than :> bothering the :> list.. :> :> ..S. :> :> On Thursday, March 27, 2003, at 02:13 PM, Jeff Waugh wrote: :> :> > <quote who="Stewart"> :> > :> >> now i'm turning into a debhead, can someone 'please :> explain' exactly :> >> what :> >> the difference between apt-get/dpkg/dselect is and how :> they work :> >> together? :> >> to my mind three commands aint as 'simple elegance' as :> one rpm one. :> >> :-) :> > :> > Okay: :> > :> > dpkg: :> > :> > Basic package management functions such as :> install/remove/replace, :> > etc. :> > At the same level as rpm(1) in the package management stack. :> > Nothing :> > much to write home about; at this level, the interesting :> > differences are :> > in the actual deb/rpm file formats. :> > :> > apt-get: :> > :> > Basic network-aware package installation/management :> tool which :> > handles :> > dependencies and OS-integration. CLI-based, it is :> basically on the :> > same :> > level as urpmi and up2date, but is arguably more :> useful (lots of :> > other :> > features that make it 'nice'). :> > :> > dselect: :> > :> > An attempt to provide a sensible user interface :> (ncurses-based) to :> > package management on apt-based systems. :> > :> > apititude: :> > :> > Another attempt to provide a sensible user interface :> > (ncurses-based) to :> > package mangement on apt-based systems. :> > :> > There are lots of other packages that provide what dselect and :> > aptitude are :> > designed to, such as synaptic, aptivate, etc., etc... :> But I don't think :> > anyone has managed to find the right combination of :> simplicity and :> > usability :> > to steal me away from apt-get. Sad, but true. :> > :> > - Jeff :> > :> > -- :> > "I think hot Chinese girls who kick ass are the wave :> of the future, :> > as :> > far as films go." - Cody Russell :> > :> :> -- :> SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ :> More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug :> -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
