On Wed, 22 Jul 1998, Kent West wrote: > Sorry for the stupid question, but I can't figure out how to get dpkg to > get the apt package. I assume I need to tell it what FTP site and directory > to look at, and what package name to get/install, but I have no idea of > what the syntax is for this command. I've found the apt package > (apt_0.1.3.deb at > ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/slink/main/binary-i386/admin/), but what's the > dpkg syntax for getting and installing it? If it would be any easier, I can > ftp it to the local drive, then dpkg it to install it (but if so, where > does the file need to be before I run dpkg?). Thanks for any help.
That's exactly what you need to do. dpkg won't get a package for you (dselect will and apt-get will). The package can be in any directory when you run dpkg -i to install it. Bob ---- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
