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Topic: apt-get and dpkg, DSL Newbie

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jace04

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Posted: Aug. 08 2004,05:54

Hey all.

In new the DSL and I was hoping that you guys would be able to help me.
I downloaded 0.7.3 and am usualy running it from my ram. Im trying to install a few programs (sorry for my terminology, Im a reformed windows user). I looked up the commands I needed to install a .deb file

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dpkg -i <package name>

but DSL says that dpkg isnt a command.
Also I thought that the apt-get command. I enabled it though App>tools etc and that also tells me that there is no apt-get command.

can someone PLEASE help me.

thank you kindly

Jace.

mpie

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Posted: Aug. 08 2004,07:05

ae you exececuting them as rooy ie sudo apt-get install packagename ,

jace04

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Posted: Aug. 08 2004,07:08

I wasnt aware that I needed to add sudo before the installation command. I knew about sudo su. I will try it and get back to you. at the moment Im using Windows XP because I cant connect to the net with my Dial Up modem under Linux

clacker

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Posted: Aug. 08 2004,11:27

jace04, dpkg and apt-get don't come atuomatically installed in DSL. You need to get the sdl-dpkg.dsl file from the MyDSL Repository and load that. Then dpkg will work. If you were connected to the internet on your machine , and it sounds like in Linux you aren't, you could also try dpkg-restore and that would load what you need.