Re: Linux Help

Skylar Thompson <[email protected]> Mon, 19 Jul 2004 23:23:25 -0500
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-config
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 09:27:04AM +0600, Kev wrote:
> now i'm going with Debian
> 
> if i install minum installation of debian and i can install other things by downloading them (Sendmail, Squid etc) ?

apt-get is probably one of the coolest features of Debian. It will download
any packages you need, along with all their dependencies. The days of
hunting for huge dependency trees of RPMs are over. Do an "apt-cache search
<string>" to figure what the package name is called, and then do "apt-get
install <package-name>" to install it. A lot of the configuration is
automated through dialogs, so almost everything should be pretty easy. Let
me know if you need any help.

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-- Skylar Thompson ([email protected])
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