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Topic: apt-get, not working on full HD install

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ron

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Posted: July 10 2006,13:50

I want to install .dsl apps, but I gather that apt-get is implemented only in the frugal installs and not the "big" HD install. Is this correct?

Bash told me "apt: command not found", so I tried to "Enable apt" under Tools, and a box flashed on the screen, too quick to read. Trying to enter Synaptic, I get the following error message:

installing Synaptic...

Calling the dpkg restore script...
Downgrading apt back to version 0.5.4...
wget: ftp.debian.org: Host name lookup failure
touch: /var/tmp/synfail: No such file or directory
An error occured while trying to get apt downgrade
[press return to continue]

and the program then quits. It's not surprising that it couldn't get the file, as the computer is not connected to internet. However, I'm curious as to why it needs to "downgrade".

Is there any other way I can install without apt, or else fix apt? I can transfer needed files to the DSL computer.

Thanks in advance

kerry

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Posted: July 10 2006,21:03

you can grab the dsl-dpkg.dsl which is apt-get. http://damnsmalllinux.thegeekery.com/mydsl/system/

ron

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Posted: July 11 2006,13:54

Doh! Should've thought of that myself. It works - thanks a lot.

hdstn

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Posted: July 12 2006,16:05

Ok, now I'm getting frustrated. Same prob as above, d/l'd dsl-dpkg.dsl and tried enabling it in MyDSL. Got nothing. What to do next? Nothing in the menu.

I have a cd full of .deb packages I cannot install either because make is unavailable.

I have a wireless card but until I can get make to install the drivers I'm caught in this crazy loop of needing files and no way of getting them.

Anyway to alter wget to look at the /cdrom? or is there something better I'm just missing as a relative noob to linux.

kerry

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Posted: July 12 2006,22:05

apt- get is a command line. in teminal you would do> sudo apt-get update < then> sudo apt-get install (package name) < or if your installing local deb's you would use > sudo dpkg -i (package name). just remember you have to be root so you have to use sudo, sudo su to become root or just use the root terminal in the xshells menu.

make sure you read dillo at the start that's the reason it pops up.

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