Re: [LUG] onsite installations

[Kai Hendry <hendry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 12:20:05PM +0100, Steve Marvell wrote:
> Well, if you type "apt-get update perl" it will try and update all
> world of stuff. One of my debain boxed, which has been left for a
> while, wants 180Mb of data downloaded to update perl. That's a night
> over dialup. That's not great for onsite support.

Blame your shitty connection. If you just want to update perl, do a
dselect update as usual, but do a apt-get install perl instead of
update afterwards. :)

There is a surprisinly good apt-get howto(!) I learnt a fair few things
even though I have been using the tools for a fair bit.

> I hear you, but I wanted something easy for them.

easy? open software is never easy. i am fighting a war here, for not
just me to use it but for everyone else too. :)

-Kai

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