And before you do all that, you need to apt-get update to update the local package database. Also you might want to edit /etc/apt/sources.list to point to a few suitable sources - or it might be ok the way it is. If you're doing this for one machine, this will all be fine. If you're doing it for several, you might want to look at apt-move or apt-proxy so you can download once for all your machines. cheerio, bjb On Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 02:48:41AM -0400, 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 > > > - how to remove a package > > dpkg -r pkgname > > > - what packages are already installed > > dpkg -l > dpkg -l '*pattern*' > > > Alternatively to all the above, you can use a package management tool > like 'dselect' or 'aptitude'. I use the latter exclusively. I'm told > it's confusing, but I can't see how anyone uses dselect effectively at > all, so I guess it's a question of perspective. > > Of course, whatever you use, you'll have to install it using the first > command. Unless it's dselect, which is installed by default, I think. > > Other handy features: > > apt-cache show pkgname > apt-cache search srchterm > > _______________________________________________ > Linux mailing list > Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > http://www.oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux ---end quoted text---