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Xpiral
03-09-2004, 11:32 AM
What is apt-get. And how do i use'it?

mazaal
03-09-2004, 11:50 AM
APT stands for Advanced Packaging Tool
basically apt-get is an easy way to deal with packages and their dependencies

you can have a look at:
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/

fingers99
03-09-2004, 04:36 PM
You might like to su to root and do:

apt-get update && apt-get install synaptic

Synaptic is a GUI front end to (most of) the functions of apt-get. Use apt-get and Synaptic with caution, though: it's not that difficult to trash your system. There's a very comprehensive posting by Stephen on this somewhere in these forums. You might like to do a search here for apt-get and see if you can find it.

Xpiral
03-09-2004, 07:02 PM
Thanks i will look for more topics on apt. But still can i use (doe's something) this feature if i run knoppix from the cd?

rickenbacherus
03-09-2004, 07:32 PM
No you cannot run apt from liev cd. Oh and BTW next please use a subject that is a littel more descriptive than '?'.