Hi, I have downloaded the latest proftp with the root patch (I believe) from debian. I have it on floppy and can copy the file proftpd_1.2.0pre4-2.deb to wherever.
Question is how do I install it ? When I run dselect, it looks for directories which don't exist on the floppy. I looked at dpkg and am a little more confused :O. Any ideas on installing/configuring individually downloaded packages ? Could someone also explain the numbering? This one is pre4-2. When I check www.proftp.org/download.html, it shows pre3 as the latest. I would assume pre3 is before pre4. Are these the equivalent of Major, Minor release numbers. I.e. 4-2 is version 4.2? Did debian patch it and release it under unstable ? This would explain why profrp.org doesn't list it yet. BTW. I tried apt-get. This was beautiful to watch it hunt down packages on it's own. I would assume it didn't update proftp because it is unstable due to the recent patch. It left the currently installed version on the HD. thanks, paul
