installing things

[Jude DaShiell]

It could if it were accessible; unfortunately it isn't.  To do a good 
first update and upgrade of packages on ubuntu the file 
/etc/apt/sources.list needs editing.  The lines with # http at their 
beginnings all need changing to http at their beginnings.  Once that's 
done, the command aptitude update will get you the latest software lists 
on your hard drive (an essential prerequisite to a distribution upgrade), 
then the command aptitude dist-upgrade -y will do the upgrade for you so 
your hard drive has the current correct set of files for your 
installation.  It's important to watch the ubuntu-security list since this 
will let you know when hackers find ways to crack software on your machine 
and will let you know when it really is time to do aptitude update 
followed by aptitude dist-upgrade -y so you get any fixed packages maybe 
in time.  After a distribution upgrade gets done a halt -p command shuts 
the system down completely and you need to restart the system to use all 
of the new stuff you downloaded and have none of the bad stuff hanging 
around in memory.



On Wed, 22 Aug 2007, Mírian Bruckschen wrote:

> Hi Josh,
>
> On 8/21/07, Josh wrote:
>> Hi,
>>> From it sounds like, installing things software and such even onto ubuntu
>> involved a lot of commands and things. How do you remember all those lengthy
>> commands? or can you copy them all to a clipboard like thing and run them in
>> sequence?
>
> Have you tried synaptic? I guess it can simplify much of your work.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> -- 
> Mírian Bruckschen
>
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