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<title>APT User's Guide</title>
<author>Jason Gunthorpe <email>jgg@debian.org</email></author>
-<version>$Id: guide.sgml,v 1.4 2001/04/10 07:02:55 jgg Exp $</version>
+<version>$Id: guide.sgml,v 1.7 2003/04/26 23:26:13 doogie Exp $</version>
<abstract>
This document provides an overview of how to use the the APT package manager.
option) any later version.
<p>
-For more details, on Debian GNU/Linux systems, see the file
-/usr/doc/copyright/GPL for the full license.
+For more details, on Debian systems, see the file
+/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL for the full license.
</copyright>
<toc sect>
<p>
For instance, mailcrypt is an emacs extension that aids in encrypting email
-with GPG. Without GPGP installed mail-crypt is useless, so mailcrypt has a
+with GPG. Without GPGP installed mailcrypt is useless, so mailcrypt has a
simple dependency on GPG. Also, because it is an emacs extension it has a
simple dependency on emacs, without emacs it is completely useless.
<example>
# apt-get update
Get http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US/ stable/binary-i386/ Packages
-Get http://llug.sep.bnl.gov/debian/ frozen/contrib Packages
+Get http://llug.sep.bnl.gov/debian/ testing/contrib Packages
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
</example>
select the packages to be installed or removed and APT actually installs them.
<p>
-To enable the APT method you need to to select [A]ccess in <prgn>dselect</>
+To enable the APT method you need to select [A]ccess in <prgn>dselect</>
and then choose the APT method. You will be prompted for a set of
<em>Sources</> which are places to fetch archives from. These can be remote
-Internet sites, local Debian mirrors or CDROMs. Each source can provide
+Internet sites, local Debian mirrors or CD-ROMs. Each source can provide
a fragment of the total Debian archive, APT will automatically combine them
-to form a complete set of packages. If you have a CDROM then it is a good idea
+to form a complete set of packages. If you have a CD-ROM then it is a good idea
to specify it first and then specify a mirror so that you have access to
-the latest bug fixes. APT will automatically use packages on your CDROM before
+the latest bug fixes. APT will automatically use packages on your CD-ROM before
downloading from the Internet.
<p>
<example>
Please give the distribution tag to get or a path to the
package file ending in a /. The distribution
- tags are typically something like: stable unstable frozen non-US
+ tags are typically something like: stable unstable testing non-US
Distribution [stable]:
</example>
<p>
Before starting to use <prgn>dselect</> it is necessary to update the
-available list by selecting [U]pdate from the menu. This is a super-set of
+available list by selecting [U]pdate from the menu. This is a superset of
<tt>apt-get update</> that makes the fetched information available to
<prgn>dselect</>. [U]pdate must be performed even if <tt>apt-get update</>
has been run before.
<example>
# apt-get update
Get:1 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US/ stable/non-US/ Packages
-Get:2 http://llug.sep.bnl.gov/debian/ frozen/contrib Packages
-Hit http://llug.sep.bnl.gov/debian/ frozen/main Packages
+Get:2 http://llug.sep.bnl.gov/debian/ testing/contrib Packages
+Hit http://llug.sep.bnl.gov/debian/ testing/main Packages
Get:4 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US/ unstable/binary-i386/ Packages
-Get:5 http://llug.sep.bnl.gov/debian/ frozen/non-free Packages
-11% [5 frozen/non-free `Waiting for file' 0/32.1k 0%] 2203b/s 1m52s
+Get:5 http://llug.sep.bnl.gov/debian/ testing/non-free Packages
+11% [5 testing/non-free `Waiting for file' 0/32.1k 0%] 2203b/s 1m52s
</example>
<p>