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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Install App in Debian Etch 4.0 Post 302251065 by icecom10 on Saturday 25th of October 2008 02:05:13 AM
Old 10-25-2008
Install App in Debian Etch 4.0
I am trying to install a couple applications that I downloaded on my Debian Etch 4.0 OS but I don't know how.

1) I tried using sudo apt-get install...but it always tells me I'm not in the sudoers file
2) I tried using root terminal, but I cant seem to navigate anywhere and I don't know where to put the file so that root terminal sees it. ~/Desktop does not work in root terminal and this is where I have these applications.
3) I tried simple double clicking on the application.run after selecting the execute properties, and it executes then stops and tells me that I need to be a super user. but I dont know how to log on as a super user. Fact...I thot I was a super user...shrug

I am sure there are plenty of ways to install an application on Debian Etch 4.0....I just need one of them. My preference is knowing how to install it using root terminal, but how the hell can i get to my desktop from root terminal?

Thanks,

My name is Will...and "I'm a PC"
 

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debget

DEBGET(1)						   Debian-goodies documentation 						 DEBGET(1)

NAME

       debget - Fetch a .deb for a package in APT's database

SYNOPSIS

       debget package [package ...]

DESCRIPTION

       debget fetches a .deb for one or more packages from an Debian mirror.  It uses apt-get(1) to find out the URL so it will download the same
       version from the same server as apt-get would do. The .deb will be downloaded with curl(1) and stored in your current working directory.

KNOWN BUGS

       debget will not work for packages that are available in apt-get's cache.  If you need that functionality please use the .download option in
       aptitude.

AUTHOR

       Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>

       This manpage was written by Frank Lichtenheld <frank@lichtenheld.de>.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

       Copyright (C) 2001 Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>.

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
       the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version.

       On Debian systems, a copy of the GNU General Public License may be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

SEE ALSO

       apt-get(1), curl(1)

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