UserFriendly Strip Comments


	The Daily Static UF Archives Register UF Membership Ad Free Site Postcards Community Geekfinder UFie Gear Advertise on UF Forum Rules & FAQ Username Password Create a New Account

Back to UserFriendly Strip Comments Index

newbieish debian question	by surgo	2002-10-14 00:14:55
apt-get is your friend	by Vogon	2002-10-14 00:43:22
provided that you already selected your debian mirror site with dselect, just run "apt-get update" to fetch the newest packet information. then run "apt-upgrade" (which will download and install all updated packets on your system; optionally use the -d switch to download only or the -s switch to just see what it would do). when finished you can do a "apt-get clean" to purge the downloaded package files in /var/cache/apt. apt can do a lot of nice things, best check the manpage. oh, and you can go entirely without dselect (don't like it personally) and configure by hand where apt-get will go fetch things in /etc/apt/sources.list. here's mine as an example: deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org/ woody/updates main contrib non-free the second line is quite handy since apt will also poll security fixes and updates not yet in the main release.
[ Reply ]

[Todays Cartoon Discussion] [News Index]

Come get yer ARS (Account Registration System) Source Code here!
All images, characters, content and text are copyrighted and trademarks of J.D. Frazer except where other ownership applies. Don't do bad things, we have lawyers.
UserFriendly.Org and its operators are not liable for comments or content posted by its visitors, and will cheerfully assist the lawful authorities in hunting down script-kiddies, spammers and other net scum. And if you're really bad, we'll call your mom. (We're not kidding, we've done it before.)