Re: Apt

"Mahesh T. Pai" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.org.region.india.fsug-kochi
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Anoop Alias said on Mon, Jun 13, 2005 at 06:45:23PM -0700,:

 > -- If while installing a particular package,the dependency shows up
 > to be files!

What is the exact message you are getting? There are no `ifs' and
`buts', only ``I did `foo' and `bar' happened''. Mailing lists are no
place for discussing possibilities.

 > not other packages....is there any way to find out which package
 > that file belong to

`man dpkg' `man apt-file' `man apt-cache'

 > The most serious hurdle of any newbie is finding out how to
 > SUCCESSFULLY!! install and remove softwares in linux.........what is
 > the code of  conduct in the bewildering world  of RPMs and building
 > from source

1. Read the manual.
2. Read the manual.
3. RTFM
4. RTFM
5. Read output of the commands you issue


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