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Linux Packages?

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AkumaBao

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How do I tell what packages to use? I know I need to look for .deb files. (for Debian of course) Which ones do I need use? Just needing a little help. All the sites expect you to be on a desktop, or use RedHat. 😛 I've tried a few through "apt-get", but it would say it couldn't find the package. :disgust: I'm using the string: apt-get install /directory/package.deb . Is that right? Do I need to copy the file to the same directory or something. Sorry, I'm still a n00b. 😛
 
You don't use apt-get to install local packages (well, you can, but that's a different story). Normall you use it to download the packages for you, say you want to install apache you type 'apt-get install apache' and it donwloads apache-whatever.deb and all it requires to run and installs them for you. Try 'apt-cache search name' to search through the local package cache to find a packages name.

To install .debs you've downloaded type 'dpkg -i /path/to/file.deb'.
 
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