Using apt-get

[Lincoln Peters]

>From: E Frank Ball <frankb at efball.com>
>Reply-To: <talk at nblug.org>
>To: talk at nblug.org
>Subject: Re: Using apt-get
>Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2003 13:51:47 -0800
>
>On Sat, Jan 04, 2003 at 01:26:31PM -0800, Lincoln Peters wrote:
>} The package set I need adds up to about 144MB.  I could probably handle 
>that
>} on a 56k modem.
>
>If it is just one bad package:
>
>Comment out the cdrom in /etc/apt/sources.list,
>do an apt-get update,
>do a "apt-get install packagename" to get just that package off the 
>network,
>uncomment the cdrom in /etc/apt/sources.list,
>do an apt-get update.

Unfortunately, I don't know which packages are good and which are bad.

>
>Don't forget about our site:
>deb ftp://mirror.nblug.org/debian/ stable main
>
>I only make CD#1 myself, then everything else comes off the net, but I
>have DSL.

I plan to have DSL within a week; if all goes well, this Debian box is going 
to be my firewall.

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