[luau] Help with apt

[Nicholas E. Walker]

On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 08:03:51AM -1000, Jaymes Schooler wrote:
> 
> I recently learned about apt...But have no experience with it.  can someone
> point me to some source docs and info on how it works?  Any help would be
> appreciated

Here's a crash course:

edit /etc/apt/sources
  contains references to debian mirrors.  e.g.:
---
deb http://debian.lcs.mit.edu/debian/ unstable main contrib 
deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib
---

apt-get update
  downloads the latest 'Package' and 'Release' files from the mirrors
  
apt-cache search <keywords>
  finds a relevant package (from the lists)

apt-get install <package>
  uses wget to fetch <package> and all dependencies, then install.

apt-get remove <package>
  ...

apt-get remove --purge <package>
  same as above but removes configuration files

apt-get upgrade
  upgrades all installed packages.  only do this with the 'stable'
  release, or you're asking for trouble.

apt-get dist-upgrade
  same as above but will upgrade core packages as well
  useful for upgrading between debian versions

try 'man apt'.

Nicholas