Web to Install Programs ?

[Carl Friis-Hansen]

On Sun, August 2, 2009 19:45, Robert Holtzman wrote:
> On Sun, 2 Aug 2009, Carl Friis-Hansen wrote:
>
>>
>> On Sun, August 2, 2009 16:47, Edwin McGuire wrote:
>>> I dont have email without internet,I have email without the Web, LOL
>>
>> Assuming that you with the word web means that TCP port 80 is blocked
>> for
>> outgoing, your scenario is possible (email but no web browsing).  I
>> assume
>> you are in a company where they have the policy that one should not have
>> fun on Youtube!
>> I think it will be problematic with no access to port 80, but as others
>> have said, you can always feed the system with .deb packages from CDs.
>
> Does installing from a repository require port 80? If not, and assuming
> his sources.list file is populated, and that he knows the program name,
> why wouldn't "apt-get install" work?

I have the impression that the repositories are accessed via port 80, but
I might be wrong.

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