[clug] Debian session for any Choobs?

[Matthew Oliver]

Soz, realised others in the list might be interested in this so I'll
actually send it to the list ;)

On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Matthew Oliver <matt at oliver.net.au> wrote:

> Under debian you can install apt-file. It works like apt-get.
>
> You can:
>   apt-file update
> then:
>   apt-file search <filename>
>
> and it'll tell you what packages that file is a part of... yes even files
> not installed on your system!
> Extremely useful when installing any package manually (Not a part of the
> package management system).
>
> As this works on debian it prob works under ubuntu as well ;)
>
> Matt
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Michael James <michael at james.st> wrote:
>
>>
>> On 16/06/2009, at 2:04 PM, Hal Ashburner wrote:
>>
>>  Michael James wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've bitten the bullet and am trying to learn Debian.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Topics:
>>>>   Lightning tour of Installation*
>>>>   Apt from an RPM user's perspective.
>>>>
>>>>  This might be one of those "from 1000ft" things.
>>> the rpm equivalent is a thing called dpkg. The packages themselves end in
>>> .deb rather than .rpm. Apt is the equivalent of something like yum or (is it
>>> yast on suse?)
>>> The basics seem to translate pretty easily nowadays.
>>> Let's just list them. To start it off:
>>>
>>> 1)To find and install and uninstall a package
>>>
>>> apt-cache search $pkgname
>>> apt-cache show $fullpkgname
>>> apt-get install $fullpkgname
>>> apt-get remove $fullpkgname
>>> vs
>>> yum search $pkgname
>>> yum info $fullpkgname
>>> yum install $fullpkgname
>>> yum remove $fullpkgname
>>>
>>>
>>> 2)To update your system
>>> apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade
>>> vs
>>> yum update
>>>
>>> 3)The file/directory to edit to configure which mirror to point at
>>> (hopefully your ISP's unmetered mirror)
>>>
>>> /etc/apt/sources.list
>>> vs
>>> /etc/yum.repos.d/
>>>
>>>
>>> 4) which pkg does that file come from?
>>> dpkg --search /path/to/file
>>> vs
>>> rpm -qf /path/to/file
>>>
>>>
>>> 5) Gui front end so you don't have to know any of the above?
>>> aptitude (also does curses which is handy for server use)
>>> vs
>>> gpk-application
>>>
>>
>>
>> Wow, that's my initial questions answered.
>> And armed with the answers I (well google actually) found this excellent
>> page
>>
>>
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwitchingToUbuntu/FromLinux/%20RedHatEnterpriseLinuxAndFedora
>>
>> In hindsight all is obvious.
>>
>> One question remains: What's the equivalent of   http://rpm.pbone.net/
>> ie: What package will give me this file (which I don't have but should,
>> judging by the compiler errors)
>>
>> I'd still like a face to face show and tell, if we can get a quorum of
>> interest.
>>
>> michaelj
>>
>> --
>> I share Hal's aversion to Ubuntu. I was lost out on the open unprotected
>> Ubunt
>>  and decided I was too far from Kansas when I realised I didn't have a
>> clue
>>  how any services had started, or how I could start a service.
>>  (It was SWAT actually, an aside of trying to set up samba.)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> linux mailing list
>> linux at lists.samba.org
>> https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/linux
>>
>
>