Andrzej Swedrzynski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Hi,
> I can easily add new CD using apt-setup or apt-cdrom, but how can I
> remove informations about them?
comment out the lines in /etc/apt/sources.list.
> 2. Can I use apt to upgrade my potato to woody? Using apt-get dist-upgrade
> I upgraded from 2.2 to 2.2r3, but can I make a further step forward?
Edit the lines in sources.list so that they point to woody and do
apt-get update and apt-get dist-upgrade.
> 3. My CD was damaged and when I tried to install one package from it
> (using dpkg -i) it ended in error. However the package was partially
> installed with errors and now I can not access manuals (possibly there are
> other errors I do not yet know about).
What about reinstalling the package via the net and then cleanly
remove it?
> 4. Let's suppose that I know the name of the program but I do not know
> what package it is in. I have my CDs, but do not have access to Debian
> search site. Can I use apt, dpkg or other tool to search my packages for
> occurence of this program?
You can search through your whole APT cache via 'apt-get search
<pattern>'; or you can also search via dpkg -l. See the man pages.
hth,
moritz
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