Apt-get :: How do you use apt-get?

I am new to linux, and I have never used apt-get before, I downloaded the .dsl to enable apt-get and now I wnat to install Wine...how? If there is documantation that I skipped please point it out to me.

edit sources.list to get the "Testing" sources, do this in your terminal

cd /etc/apt/
vi sources.list
remove the # on the testing line
and make a # on the stable

then
apt-get update
apt-get install "name of the program"

I am fairly new to this also so if I have said anything wrong please correct me.

I want to try that however I cant seem to find Wine with .deb extention, anybody know where to get a copy?

Hello everyone, I have a very dumb question--sorry.

After I download a .dsl file, like xv.dsl or XFree86.dsl

How do I install it? I can't use

apt-get -testing install xv

because xv and Xfree86 don't appear, even with all comments removed from the config file.

Help!

Thanks,
Freitag

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