[Gllug] Stop apt-get fretting about packages installed by force

Tue Apr 18 23:05:24 UTC 2006

On Tue, 2006-04-18 at 19:53 +0200, Martin A. Brooks wrote:

> Debian helps here because there's very little OSS commonly, and 
> uncommonly, used that isn't there available already.  A quick check of 
> my local server suggests I have 16,865 programs all ready and waiting to 
> be installed, just an "apt-get install" away.

Yeah - lost of people mistakenly believe Debian's killer feature is apt.
It isn't, it's ftp.uk.debian.org (or whatever mirror takes your fancy).
Debian's got so much packaged that software installation and upgrade
"just works".

Mike

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