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On May 29, 2010, at 2:56 PM, Robert Holtzman <holtzm at cox.net> wrote:

> On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 03:53:09PM +0100, Liam Proven wrote:
>> On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 3:23 PM, Basil Chupin  
>> <blchupin at iinet.net.au> wrote:
>
>             ...........snip............
>
>>>
>>> BTW (in case you don't know what BTW stands for, BTW stands for *B*y
>>> *T*he *W*ay), what is your suggestion to type "sudo apt-get install
>>> filename" on a command line supposed to actually achieve? I've  
>>> tried the
>>> command *exactly* as you suggested and got absolutely nowhere :'( .
>>> You're a really great help :-( .
>>
>> Oh come on! You have to do a *little* big of the legwork here.
>>
>> To install a program, you type:
>>
>> apt-get install programname
>>
>> You replace "programname" with the name of the program you want. I
>> just installed Golly this afternoon; I used the Software Centre but  
>> if
>> I used the command line I'd have typed
>>
>> apt-get install golly

OK,  but one problem I am having is getting apt-get to install  
anything!  I haven't used apt-get since last school year, but if  
memory serves there's some way to update what repository it's using?   
Maybe there's a better one for me to use?  I can't even 'get apt-cache  
search xyz' to do anything!

A. Jorge Garcia
Mailto:calcpage at aol.com
http://shadowfaxrant.blogslot.com

Teacher & Professor
Applied Math & CS
Baldwin HS & Nassau CC


>
>              .........more snippage..........
>
> Oh, come on Liam. BC's post *was* tongue in cheek.........wasn't it?
>
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