Ubuntu Dapper and WebMin

[Tommy Trussell]

On 6/11/06, Peter Garrett <peter.garrett at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 10:36:34 +0200
> Pupeno <pupeno at pupeno.com> wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 2006-06-11 at 09:17 +0100, nigel wrote:
> > > I will prove my ignorance here
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > how do I download the webmin package to my server, I did the lamp
> > > install
> >
> > aptitude search webmin
> >
> > find what you want
> >
> > sudo aptitude install what_you_want
> >
> > same as with any piece of software.
> > --
> > Pupeno <pupeno at pupeno.com> http://pupeno.com
> >
> peter at prospero:~ $ aptitude search webmin
> peter at prospero:~ $ apt-cache search webmin
>
> No webmin in main, universe or multiverse on dapper, apparently....

You are right... the Debian package has been abandoned ... look at a
list archive for this thread from just a few days ago... "pvonbert"
described in explicit detail the steps for downloading webmin from
http://www.webmin.com/ and installing it on his Dapper system.

If anyone reading this thread has Perl experience and feels they might
help maintain the package, Filippo Biondi (early in the thread)
pointed to the relevant Debian Bugs that were filed when the package
was being orphaned. Some people did start a side project to try to
rescue it, so maybe that's available.

It's very handy to have Webmin installed as a standard Debian / Ubuntu
package, but as I recall once you have it installed it has its own
method for tracking security updates from webmin.com, so it might not
be very unsafe.