On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 07:30:47AM -0700, Michael Havens wrote:
/_HOw does apt-get work? Do you type ion what you want and then it searches the 
/_web for said program until it finds it?
/_

In the file /etc/apt/sources.list is a list of sites that apt uses
to build a "database" of files available.

'apt-cache search <package>' will search that database to see if it is available.
'apt-get install <package>' will install that package by first retrieving it from
a site in /etc/apt/sources.list.

hth
v/r
-mike