-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 >>>>> "Heather" == Heather <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...] Heather> Of course you would use apt-get (commandline) or Heather> aptitude (textmenu) or console-apt (deity in Testing/Unstable; Heather> textmenu) probably, but I think stormpkg is available as a GUI. Heather> (There are others, but not very usable yet). If you want GUI, in unstable (and probably testing too), there's deity-gtk. There's also gnome-apt. I've never used either of these -- I just know they exists. Heather> Also it is fairly easy to fake up entries for locally Heather> added programs, if you like to see them mentioned in the Heather> package system. Eg Adding an entry for a commercial Heather> (web/mailserver/etc) with a Provides: for that flavor of Heather> virtual package, so that things that need Heather> (httpd|mail-transport|etc) will install without complaint. It's also relatively easy to make your own packages with dh_make or deb-make -- depending on the program that you're installing. If the program uses autoconf, it's pretty simple. I also want to add, as an aside, that I like the way Debian handles kernels -- using kernel-package, you can make your own kernel packages, which makes custom kernel images really easy. - -- Hubert Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - http://www.geocities.com/hubertchan/ PGP/GnuPG key: 1024D/71FDA37F Fingerprint: 6CC5 822D 2E55 494C 81DD 6F2C 6518 54DF 71FD A37F Key available at wwwkeys.pgp.net. Please encrypt *all* e-mail to me. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7vKenZRhU33H9o38RAr8PAKDCgycL4Db0+gG/+ziM+XtL5FhzswCeI/Rd 1AwL861wYDT2HJxf9A4hT60= =oP6v -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
