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Re: [OCLUG-Tech] introduction to Debian packages

Adrian Irving-Beer wrote:

> Alternatively to all the above, you can use a package management tool
> like 'dselect' or 'aptitude'.  I use the latter exclusively.

I don't like dselect or aptitude, but I find the "synaptic" graphical
package management tool superb.  If you're on a workstation with X,
"synaptic" is gorgeous for getting an overview of installed and available
packages.

To install it:  apt-get install synaptic

Regards,

David.