Thanks for all of the information, gentleman.

On Monday 11 August 2003 10:07 am, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Aug 2003, Mike Starke wrote:
> > 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.
>
> And "apt-get update" is used to update the database (so you can install or
> upgrade to new software versions, for example).
>
> Also, Mike, you can learn more about it at:
> http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-system.en.html#s-apt
> http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/users-guide/ch-iraus.en.html#s-iarpwtagc
> http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-tutorial/ch-dpkg.html#s-dpkg-apt
> http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/
>
>    Jeremy C. Reed
>    http://www.reedmedia.net/
>
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