jlc Posted September 12, 2005 Report Share Posted September 12, 2005 I won't disturb you for long :lol:. I just wanted to drop a word or two to say that I've found my way with apt :). The key tools are apt-get (of course), aptitude, and apt-file IMHO.And I'll mark the thread as [sOLVED], which does not close it in any way. 'later! Yves. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Whoops, did we go off track :) Most useful debian-specific commands: dpkg --list shows installed packages dpkg -S /bin/foo shows which installed package /bin/foo belongs to dpkg-reconfigure to rerun package configuration. apt-cache show show the package description apt-cache search foo show me packages about 'foo' apt-get install foo download and install package foo apt-get -s upgrade simulate an upgrade apt-file search packages from the apt databases. apt-spy for finding fast apt repositories in your area. apt-src download, build and install source packages. apt-get --purge remove will remove a package (purge option removes the config files) apt-get update get the list of packages for your version and branch apt-get upgrade update the packages on the system themselves according to list without installing newer versions apt-get dselect-upgrade update the packages, but install newer versions (probably most useful with Testing/Unstable branches, not with Stable since the versions are constant) aptitude apt-get install sysv-rc-conf (or sysvconfig) sysv-rc-conf # configure your runlevel symlinks, what you want started at boot apt-get install ntpdate # vi /etc/default/ntpdate set some ntp servers, or use pool.ntp.org, or europe.pool.ntp.org if you live in the EU apt-build can rebuild packages w/ specific cpu flags, fun to play with, if you want to get crazy you can apt-build world "freebsd style" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theYinYeti Posted September 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2005 Very interesting. Thank you for all this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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