On Sat, 2002-03-16 at 13:19, Joerg Jaspert wrote: > wells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > What's the best way of installing things? Apt-get? Dselect? Compiling > > from source? > > If you know the package name -> apt-get install package. > Search for with apt-cache search.
To clarify for wells: apt-cache search <some string> gives you pacakge names whose description contains <some string>. Get info with apt-cache show <package name> > >From the frontends dselect is the best, and for dist-upgrades only use > dselect, not apt-get. I use apt-get dist-upgrade. Problem is that apt-get won't show you recommends and suggests. dselect is a nice front end if you can live with its idiosyncracies wrt key commands. Another nice front end is feta, available with /etc/apt/sources.list line # feta, http://www.sacredchao.net/software/feta/ deb http://www.sacredchao.net/software unstable main deb-src http://www.sacredchao.net/software unstable main It kind of unifies apt-cache, apt-get and others to sane feta <command> commands -- I did not vote for the Austrian government
