On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 02:05:38PM +0100, Simmel wrote: > < I tried installing a package (sane) but got:- > > Uhm, why don't you use apt-get install <package> instead? Do you don't like > it or already tried it with apt-get?
That's unlikely to work given his error message. Remember, apt-get and every single other Debian package management frontend ultimately uses dpkg. > Give it a try, In my eyes dpkg suxxx big time and is, erm well, > "usefull" to reconfigure already installed packages, e.g. > dpkg-reconfigure samba, webmin, whatever dpkg and dpkg-reconfigure don't even come from the same package. They're completely separate save for the (some might say confusing) name. But just you try to run a Debian system without dpkg. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
