[NBLUG/talk] Ubuntu

[Aaron Grattafiori]

Bill Kendrick wrote:

>On Thu, Nov 24, 2005 at 07:47:04PM -0800, Aaron Grattafiori wrote:
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>>Look into using the aptitude(?) grapgical package manager or  just open
>>a terminal with apt-get.
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>aptitude is a command-line tool.  It can run single commands (like apt-get),
>e.g.: "aptitude install gimp", or it can run as a curses text GUI
>(like dselect).
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>There are GUI package managers out there.  I've played with KDE's "Kpackage",
>which can act as a front-end to apt-get.  It's a /little/ klunky, and I have
>to admit, using the command-line (not curses, even!) seems way quicker.
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>  # aptitude search ~dchildren~dpaint
>  p   junior-art                      - Debian Jr. Art
>  c   tuxpaint                        - A paint program for young children
>  i A tuxpaint-data                   - Data files for Tux Paint, a paint pro
>  i   tuxpaint-stamps-default         - Stamp files for Tux Paint, a paint pr
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>  # aptitude install tuxpaint tuxpaint-stamps-default
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>:)
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That search feature I didn't know much about, thanks. (im a gentoo guy
myself, as you'll see dec12th heh)

Yeah.. I was thinking of the new GUI tool "synaptic package manager"
I saw some deb servers that i somehow missed uncommenting in the
apt.sources file. This may be where the vast majority of packages are
available.
happy turkey day,
 -Aaron