Using apt-get

[Eric Eisenhart]

On Sat, Jan 04, 2003 at 03:06:01PM -0800, Lincoln Peters wrote:
> Unfortunately, I don't know which packages are good and which are bad.

But you should be able to figure out which CD is bad; when doing the install
off of CD apt (dpkg?) doesn't copy the .deb file to your hard drive before
running the install; meaning whichever CD is in the drive when you run into
the errors is the problem.

If that doesn't help, try just using the first CD and none of the others.
(comment them out in /etc/ap/sources.list) Do *not* follow the procedure
that usually makes sense on RedHat where you simply install everything that
you think you might ever need.  Instead install only what you need right
now.  (Well, and what you'll need to use that network connection) Just be
sure that you install apt, apt-utils, apt-file and maybe also
apt-listchanges.  Be sure that /etc/apt/sources.list is configured with a
line for security updates.  Chances are over 90% of what you actually want
is on the first CD.  Then learn how to use "apt-get update", "apt-get
upgrade", "apt-get install", "apt-get remove", "apt-cache search" and
"apt-cache show".  You're best off avoiding learning "apt-get dist-upgrade".
-- 
Eric Eisenhart
NBLUG Co-Founder & President Pro Tempore for Life
The North Bay Linux Users Group
http://nblug.org/
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