[SC.LUG] Ubuntu first steps apt-get and openssh

[Marroc Danderfluff]

Hi all, if you caught my posts last week then you'll be please to know that...
I've started... but not pleased that I've stumbled at the first hurdle.

Aptitude was showing 'installed packages' and 'not-installed packages'
I have set up eth0 and inet so that I can ping ubuntu.com and other websites - that works
I've modified /etc/apt/sources.list so that it doesn't look at the CD
I tried "sudo apt-get install openssh-server"
It fails to contact any of the repositories (what does "restricted" mean anyway?)
Now Aptitude is showing something like 'legacy and non-standard packages' instead of installed and not-installed

This leaves me with questions:
Do the default repositories exist? I can visit the website at http://gb... .ubuntu.com - the server is there
Do I need a login because they are marked Restricted?

Is openssh-server the tool I need in order to unplug the monitor from the server and manage it using Cygwin on my Windows laptop? How do I add it to the startup scripts so that it always runs?

Thanks for listening!
Richard Pineger




		
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