Using apt-get

[Karsten M. Self]

on Sat, Jan 04, 2003 at 03:06:01PM -0800, Lincoln Peters (lincoln_peters at hotmail.com) wrote:
> >From: E Frank Ball <frankb at efball.com>
> >Reply-To: <talk at nblug.org>
> >To: talk at nblug.org
> >Subject: Re: Using apt-get
> >Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2003 13:51:47 -0800
> >
> >On Sat, Jan 04, 2003 at 01:26:31PM -0800, Lincoln Peters wrote:
> >} The package set I need adds up to about 144MB.  I could probably handle 
> >that
> >} on a 56k modem.
> >
> >If it is just one bad package:
> >
> >Comment out the cdrom in /etc/apt/sources.list,
> >do an apt-get update,
> >do a "apt-get install packagename" to get just that package off the 
> >network,
> >uncomment the cdrom in /etc/apt/sources.list,
> >do an apt-get update.
> 
> Unfortunately, I don't know which packages are good and which are bad.

Once you update package lists, it doesn't matter.  You've got good
package lists from the good CDs, and good package lists from the
FTP/HTTP archives.  dpkg will find 'em.

Peace.

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