aptitude got rid of packages, now i can't get online!

was having a marvelous time, but decided i wanted some games- without really paying close attention, i ran aptitude, and did this:
Will install 14 packages, and remove 27 packages.
29.8MB of disk space will be used
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[REMOVE, NOT USED] libasound2-dev
[INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] atlas3-base
[INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] iputils-ping
[INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] liballegro4.1
[INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] liballegro4.1-plugin-jack
[INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] libg2c0
[INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] powermanga-data
[INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] python-pygame
[INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] python2.3-numeric-ext
[INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] python2.3-pygame
[INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] wing-data
[REMOVE, DEPENDENCIES] alsa-headers
[REMOVE, DEPENDENCIES] aumix-gtk
[REMOVE, DEPENDENCIES] dvdrecord
[REMOVE, DEPENDENCIES] giflib-bin
[REMOVE, DEPENDENCIES] giflib3g
[REMOVE, DEPENDENCIES] hotplug-utils
[REMOVE, DEPENDENCIES] irda-common
[REMOVE, DEPENDENCIES] irda-tools
[REMOVE, DEPENDENCIES] kgpgcertmanager
[REMOVE, DEPENDENCIES] klogd
[REMOVE, DEPENDENCIES] loadlin
[REMOVE, DEPENDENCIES] lynx
[REMOVE, DEPENDENCIES] mtr
[REMOVE, DEPENDENCIES] netkit-ping
[REMOVE, DEPENDENCIES] nvidia-glx-src
[REMOVE, DEPENDENCIES] nvidia-kernel-src
[REMOVE, DEPENDENCIES] pump
[REMOVE, DEPENDENCIES] raidtools2
[REMOVE, DEPENDENCIES] reiserfsprogs
[REMOVE, DEPENDENCIES] sysklogd
[REMOVE, DEPENDENCIES] sysutils
[REMOVE, DEPENDENCIES] tct
[REMOVE, DEPENDENCIES] tftp
[REMOVE, DEPENDENCIES] tftpd-hpa
[REMOVE, DEPENDENCIES] unrar
[REMOVE, DEPENDENCIES] wxftp-gtk
[INSTALL] cuyo
[INSTALL] powermanga
[INSTALL] solarwolf
[INSTALL] wing
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... then, for some reason still unclear to me, i restarted without reinstalling the packages. i think i should be able to download the packages with the knoppix cd ( what i am using now), put them in a folder, and use dpkg to install them, but i don't know where to get the packages. Any Help?

Most of that stuff you can get directly from debian ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/
Others you can search from http://www.apt-get.org/ or have a look at the /etc/apt/sources.list of your hd install.
nvidia you probably know where you got from.

awesome- i'll start searching- meantime does anyone know what i can do to just get myself online and handle it from there?

crap- no good-can't save packages for some reason- HD's are all set for rw, but it won't save- WHAT AM I MISSING HERE?! sorry- just so frustrating sometimes :oops:

Have you got write access for root only? Then cd to the hd and do:
sudo su
wget ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/mai....19-5_i386.deb

Or download them first to ramdisk and copy to hd as root.

knoppix@ttyp0[knoppix]$ cd /mnt/hda1
knoppix@ttyp0[hda1]$ sudo su
root@ttyp0[hda1]# wget ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/p/pump/pump 0.8.19-5 i386.deb
--12:14:59-- ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/p/pump/pump
=> `pump'
Resolving ftp.debian.org... 128.101.80.133, 208.185.25.35
Connecting to ftp.debian.org[128.101.80.133]:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD /debian/pool/main/p/pump ... done.
==> PASV ... done. ==> RETR pump ...
No such file `pump'.

--12:14:59-- http://0.8.19-5/
=> `index.html'
Resolving 0.8.19-5... failed: Host not found.
--12:15:04-- http://i386.deb/
=> `index.html'
Resolving i386.deb... 69.46.28.92
Connecting to i386.deb[69.46.28.92]:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200
Length: unspecified [text/html]

[ <=> ] 583 --.--K/s

12:15:04 (5.56 MB/s) - `index.html' saved [583]


FINISHED --12:15:04--
Downloaded: 583 bytes in 1 files
root@ttyp0[hda1]#
( i knew it was pump that i needed:))
Thanks for helping btw- any ideas?

whoops- got it- thanks again!!