[ale] installing debian packages

[Wandered Inn]

hirsch at zapmedia.com wrote:
> 
> Wandered Inn writes:
>  > Timothy Ball wrote:
>  > >
>  > > apt-get is your friend...
>  >
>  > True, but you've got to know where to look.  I couldn't find anything on
>  > dpkg on the debian site.
> 
> I agree that it is not terribly well referenced, but 'man apt-get' and
> 'man dseleect' will both refer you to dpkg.  I only know this because
> I am new to debian and had the exact same question recently.

Yeah, my bad, since this box has limited disk space, I opted to not
install the man pages.  I've fumbled around and got things going
though.  Thanks.

> 
> --Michael

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