how do i use apt-get

Daniel Silverstone dsilvers at digital-scurf.org
Tue Jun 28 12:08:46 UTC 2005


On Tue, 2005-06-28 at 17:03 +0500, Mustafa Abbasi wrote:
> sorry for the noob question but i used fedora and yum so i have no
> idea how to use apt-get.
> is there a gui front for it.
> where do i get it.
> do i need to know exact file name.
> help i really want to instal curl via apt-get

You can either use a terminal and install it with the command "sudo
apt-get install curl" or you can use synaptic which is the GUI for the
apt system.

You can find synaptic on your system/administration menu.

D.

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