Apt-Get Update/Upgrade: A Beginners Introduction

Posted on November 9, 2007 by nseidm1.
Categories: apt, apt repositories, debian, ubuntu.

The most fundamental of software packages in the Debian/Ubuntu World is the Apt-Get package management system. This utility allows the updating of a OS to currently available standards. The Apt system automatically downloads a list of available packages from a specified file repository, scans the list, compares the list to the currently installed packages, then updates accordingly. Use Apt regularly to update your OS

The following is a beginners tutorial on how to implement an Apt-Get update process. First open a terminal windows located in the application menu on the upper gnome panel. Enter the following command to update the apt system:

sudo apt-get update

Then issue the following command to upgrade your operating system:

sudo apt-get upgrade

The following is a video showing an implementation of the previous two commands:

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Debian and Ubuntu Windows Applications via Wine

Posted on August 19, 2007 by nseidm1.
Categories: apt repositories, debian, ubuntu, wine, wine doors.

Wine provides an apt repository for Debian and Ubuntu Builds. You can easily install the appropriate references to your apt sources.list file with the following commands.

For Ubuntu Fesity/Edgy and Debian Etch first add the APT keys:

wget -q http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/387EE263.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -

Then add the repository reference:

sudo wget http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/sources.list.d/feisty.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq.list

For Edgy you can use the following repository reference:

sudo wget http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/sources.list.d/edgy.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq.list

For Debian use the following repository reference:

sudo wget http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/sources.list.d/etch.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq.list

Then install Wine:

sudo apt-get install wine

Wine allow the running of many windows programs. You can run .exe files in a terminal by prefacing the xxx.exe file with wine as follows:

wine xxx.exe

There is an interesting graphical user interface for wine program installation called Wine Doors. The Wine Doors website is:

http://www.wine-doors.org/

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Tor on Debian Etch

Posted on August 17, 2007 by nseidm1.
Categories: apt repositories, debian, etch, tor.

Tor opinion router is comforting as a security measure, and to install it on Debain Etch you can use the following deb package:

tor_0.1.2.16-1~~etch.1_i386.deb

Note that Tor is not available in the standard Debian repositories. This web page at noreply.org details how to install additional repositories that contain the deb package above.

http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorOnDebian

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Apt Repositories

Posted on May 7, 2007 by nseidm1.
Categories: apt repositories.

Kiba Dock is a popular dock because of its widespread publicity on YouTube. Albeit it is in a preliminary stage, the currently available SVN (subversion) is indeed functional. Although if it is compared to Avant Window Navigator, I have to say that AWN is slightly more stable. Both are excellent pieces of software that are totally capable of replacement the standard dock bar.

www.kiba-dock.org; the wiki provides APT instructions including the deb repository.

http://3v1n0.tuxfamily.org/dists/feisty/eyecandy/; This is a consistent APT repository that has the latest Beryl Subversion, Kiba Dock Subversion, and miscellaneous other programs.

http://code.google.com/p/avant-window-navigator/; Avant Window Navigator Homepage.

http://awn.wetpaint.com/page/Ubuntu+Feisty+Repository; Avant Window Navigator Feisty Apt Repository.

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