hey tf, how about sending the contents of your /etc/apt/sources.list file?
L8r -- Greg. ----- Original Message ----- From: tf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Saturday, September 04, 1999 11:43 AM Subject: ftp, but no apt-get > howdy guys, > > my little saga continues. using cftp, I'm able to access my website's remote directory, but while connected, can still not use > apt-get to build a system. > > Can I just ftp packages to some directory on my machine, then dselect them from there? can't think of how to say this, but how > do you associate an ip address with a name? getting to my website I used the dotted quad.. (how could I specify debian's ftp > address? using ftp://us.debian.org/debian results in a hostname lookup failure) > > also, I don't have mail set up yet, so how could I give it to debian's ftp site as a password? and can I ftp sets of packages? (not > using the normal procedures of apt and dselect, just an ftp client?) > > working on it... > > > -tf > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
