Getting the packages
Now that you've edited your sources.list
file, it's time to let Debian know what all the packages are. The
command to do this is "apt-get update". This command reads
thru your sources.list file, connects to any necessary web sites, and
downloads the package listing from each site. On a dialup connection,
this can take a minute or two since some package listings are over 1
Meg in size.
Debian needs to do this so it can determine which
package version is the newest to give to you. This is why I tend to
keep unstable commented out. I don't want Debian to download a
version that's so new that it doesn't work. :)
If you wanted
to get every new update (looking for security packages and any
upgrades), you can type "apt-get dist-upgrade". An
important benefit to note is that you can interrupt a dist-upgrade at
any time and restart it from where you left off. This can be useful
if you're trying to download a Gnome upgrade on a dialup connection.
However, if the package you want isn't on your system yet,
you'll need to type "apt-get install <package>". For
instance, when I needed to install KDE 2.2.1, I typed "apt-get
install kde". That's it! No messing with --force lines (thought
apt and dpkg support this) and no dependency hell! Apt-get is
able to correctly determine the dependencies and download all of the
files for you in the initial apt-get install run.
Below is a
sample of output from an apt-get install session: (edited for
brevity)
excalibur:/home/bobc# apt-get install kde-games
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
amor eyesapplet fifteenapplet kabalone kasteroids katomic kbackgammon
kbattleship kblackbox kdecarddecks kjezz kjumpingcube klines kmines kmoon
kodo konquest kpat kpoker kreversi ksame kscore kshisen ksirtet ksmiletris
ksnake ksokoban kspaceduel kteatime ktron ktuberling ktux kwin4 kworldclock
libkdegames lskat
The following NEW packages will be installed:
amor eyesapplet fifteenapplet kabalone kasteroids katomic kbackgammon
kbattleship kblackbox kde-games kdecarddecks kjezz kjumpingcube klines
kmines kmoon kodo konquest kpat kpoker kreversi ksame kscore kshisen ksirtet
ksmiletris ksnake ksokoban kspaceduel kteatime ktron ktuberling ktux kwin4
kworldclock libkdegames lskat
0 packages upgraded, 37 newly installed, 0 to remove and 494 not upgraded.
Need to get 10.2MB of archives. After unpacking 24.6MB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main amor 4:2.2.1-2 [215kB]
Get:2 http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main eyesapplet 4:2.2.1-2 [15.6kB]
Fetched 10.2MB in 1m28s (116kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package amor.
(Reading database ... 62484 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking amor (from .../amor_4%3a2.2.1-2_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package eyesapplet.
Unpacking eyesapplet (from .../eyesapplet_4%3a2.2.1-2_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking kde-games (from .../kde-games_4%3a2.2.6_all.deb) ...
Setting up amor (2.2.1-2) ...
Setting up eyesapplet (2.2.1-2) ...
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libkssl.so.2.0.2.dpkg-devert.tmp is too small, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libkssl-nossl.so.2.0.2.dpkg-devert.tmp is too small, not checked.
Setting up fifteenapplet (2.2.1-2) ...
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libkssl.so.2.0.2.dpkg-devert.tmp is too small, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libkssl-nossl.so.2.0.2.dpkg-devert.tmp is too small, not checked.
Setting up libkdegames (2.2.0-final-2) ...
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libkssl.so.2.0.2.dpkg-devert.tmp is too small, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libkssl-nossl.so.2.0.2.dpkg-devert.tmp is too small, not checked.
Setting up kabalone (2.2.0-final-2) ...
Setting up kasteroids (2.2.0-final-2) ...
Setting up klines (2.2.0-final-2) ...
Setting up kde-games (2.2.6) ...
excalibur:/home/bobc#
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