[Herefordshire] (no subject)

[John Michaelson]

thanks for the apt info mark.

i'm not connected to the net right now, but i'll try and drag my box round 
to a mates and have a tinker with it. sounds like a pretty useful tool.

john m


>From: Mark Broadbent <markb at wetlettuce.com>
>Reply-To: "Herefordshire Linux Users Group." 
><herefordshire at mailman.lug.org.uk>
>To: HLUG <herefordshire at mailman.lug.org.uk>
>Subject: Re: [Herefordshire] (no subject)
>Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 19:32:30 +0000
>
>On Thu, 2005-01-27 at 15:05 +0000, John Michaelson wrote:
> > Could you show me how to do the apt-get thing at the next meeting, it 
>sounds
> > very useful. I remember reading about ubuntu being debian based and Ive
> > been wanting to try debian out for a while, so I should give ubuntu a 
>closer
> > look. It sounds like ubuntu has taken debian and given it a bit of 
>polish
> > and marketing, which sounds like a good thing.
>
>Then apt thing is very easy (as long as you know what package you need
>to install).  Simple examples below (need to be root for these to work):
>
>Update the apt database with the latest available packages:
># apt-get update
>
>Download and install any packages that have been updated:
># apt-get dist-upgrade
>
>Install a package:
># apt-get install <packagename>
>
>e.g.
># apt-get install anacron
>
>Remove a package:
># apt-get remove <packagename>
>
>e.g.
># apt-get remove anacron
>
>Remove a package and delete all its' configuration files:
># apt-get remove --purge <packagename>
>
>e.g.
># apt-get remove --purge anacron
>
>
>And for full information see:
>
>$ man apt-get
>
>Thanks
>Mark
>
>
>--
>Mark Broadbent <markb at wetlettuce.com>
>
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