Ubuntu Server 8.04

[Brie Gordon]

On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 2:10 PM, Brian McKee <brian.mckee at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Kaushal Shriyan
> <kaushalshriyan at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I have installed Ubuntu 8.04 Server Edition on my system
>> After the installation I found that most of the packages were not installed
>> I did mount /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom  and then did cd /mnt/cdrom/pool/main and
>> found that in the directory all the packages
>> How can i install these packages on to my system
>
> To manually install .deb packages you use the 'dpkg' command - try 'man dpkg'
>
> Server OS's traditionally install very little - they expect you to
> install only what you need rather than everything.
>
> You might find 'tasksel' helpful - see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Tasksel
>
> Brian
>
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I think I get it.
Are you saying that you browsed the packages and noticed that most of
the packages in the directory were not installed?
There are a lot of packages there and you do not need them all. The
installation will provide you with ones you need and as you come
across others that you need, you can add them using:
apt-get install package-name.

HTH.

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Brie A. Gordon
A Linux Chica

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