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On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 12:33:47PM +0100, Peter Alefounder wrote:
> On 19 Oct 2007 Hugo Mills wrote:
> > aptitude or synaptic for package installation. I don't know what
> > else yast provides (my vague memories of using it a while ago are that
> > it also provides pain and heartache).
>
> Yast does many things, some better than others. One of them is to allow
> the user to search the package descriptions and select software for
> installation. It then asks for the relevant CDs and installs things.
To find packages by description:
$ apt-cache search "search string"
To install a package whose name you know:
$ sudo aptitude install <packagename>
If you run aptitude without any parameters, you will get a GUI that
allows you to examine and select packages for installation and
uninstallation. Synaptic will also allow you to do this in a GUI
environment.
> Does aptitude/synaptic work in the same way with CDs? Maybe I should I copy
> the CDs to hard disk and let it install from that?
No, it works fine with CDs. apt-cdrom will add CDs to the system if
they weren't already on there from the initial installation.
Hugo.
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