how do i use apt-get

[Thomas Kaiser]

>>is there a gui front for it.
>>where do i get it.

Why not doing it on the command line, it's more fun.

# apt-cache search curl

give you the packages which are related to curl.

You find one which is called "curl".

So, just do:
# apt-get install curl

and apt will take care about all the dependencies and just install it as 
you want it.

Nice command line :-), isn't it?

Thus, Synaptic is doing the same thing.
(apt is very helpfull if you have to ssh into a machine to fix something)

Regards, Thomas