Re: [OCLUG-Tech] introduction to Debian packages

[Milan Budimirovic <milan [ dot ] budimirovic [ at ] sympatico [ dot ] ca>]

Adrian Irving-Beer wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 11:53:47PM -0400, Dan Langille wrote:
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> > - how to install a package
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> apt-get install pkgname
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That's basically correct. However, make sure you know the package name 
of the *current* package. I.e. if you want apache 2.x the package name 
is "apache2", as just "apache" is apache 1.x. Same with "bind9".