[Gllug] Debian question from a RH user

[Ken Smith]

Craig Millar wrote:
> On 29/09/08 14:56 +0100, Ken Smith wrote:
>   
>> I normally use RedHat style systems but today I'm dealing with a Debian 
>> 4 system. I need to install ifenslave-2.6 and apt-get install 
>> ifenslave-2.6 can't find the package.
>>     
>
> http://packages.debian.org/etch/all/ifenslave/download has a link to the
> package and instructions to add the repository.
>   
Excellent that fixed it. I'm surprised that the right stanza isn't in 
sources.list

>   
>> My google foo is failing me today. How do I add the right repository to 
>> apt or should I just grab a ifenslave-2.6.deb file from a repository and 
>> install it. Whats the Debian equivalent of "rpm -ivh" ?
>>     
>
> I have this bookmarked cos when I've been on rpm based machines for a while I
> forget their equivalents on deb machines:
>
> http://nakedape.cc/wiki/PackageManagerCheatsheet
>
> hth,
> Craig
>   


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