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Re: [OCLUG-Tech] introduction to Debian packages

Adrian Irving-Beer wrote:

On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 11:53:47PM -0400, Dan Langille wrote:

- how to install a package


apt-get install pkgname

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".