Re: Installing rpms or debs

2006-08-22 Thread Damon L. Chesser
Brandon Fogerty wrote: Hi, I am a new user of linux. I am using the knoppix debian flavor of linux. I have found myself spending hours trying to install simple software simply because I have to download all the dependencies in a tree like fashion. This is a major headache. Currently I have

Re: Installing rpms or debs

2006-08-22 Thread Greg Ryman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Debian has this cool package manager that is called 'apt'. There are many detailed docs on how to use it on the internet so I won't get into that here. The package manager apt will resolve dependencies for you and many other neat tricks. Brandon Foger

Re: Installing rpms or debs

2006-08-22 Thread ertert
Brandon Fogerty wrote: Hi, I am a new user of linux. I am using the knoppix debian flavor of linux. I have found myself spending hours trying to install simple software simply because I have to download all the dependencies in a tree like fashion. This is a major headache. Currently I have

Installing rpms or debs

2006-08-22 Thread Brandon Fogerty
Hi,  I am a new user of linux.  I am using the knoppix debian flavor of linux.I have found myself spending hours trying to install simple software simply because I have to download all the dependencies in a tree like fashion.  This is a major headache.  Currently I have to get a list of each depend

Re: Installing rpms or debs

2006-08-22 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 01:56:11PM +, Brandon Fogerty wrote: > Hi, I am a new user of linux. I am using the knoppix debian flavor of > linux. > I have found myself spending hours trying to install simple software simply > because I have to download all the dependencies in a tree like fashion.

Installing rpms or debs

2006-08-22 Thread Brandon Fogerty
Hi,  I am a new user of linux.  I am using the knoppix debian flavor of linux.I have found myself spending hours trying to install simple software simply because I have to download all the dependencies in a tree like fashion.  This is a major headache.  Currently I have to get a list of each depend