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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers debian help Post 6830 by aenemated on Thursday 13th of September 2001 07:34:44 AM
Old 09-13-2001
debian help
ok -- i've got the main install done, but when it goes to set up apt, i can't get to an http or ftp server to get the packages. seems my dns isn't working. problem is -- i have no way, or at least don't know a way, to get into any sort of gui, in which i think i could get it going myself. i'm stuck at the cp.

so -- how can i get my dns going from a command prompt? as per usual, i can ping via IP, so i know i have connectivity.

any help or pointing me to an older thread would be appreciated!
 

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apt

apt(8)							      System Manager's Manual							    apt(8)

NAME

       apt - Advanced Package Tool

SYNOPSIS

       apt

DESCRIPTION

       APT  is	a management system for software packages. For normal day to day package management there are several frontends available, such as
       aptitude(8) for the command line or synaptic(8) for the X Window System. Some options are only implemented in apt-get(8) though.

SEE ALSO

       apt-cache(8), apt-get(8), apt.conf(5), sources.list(5), apt_preferences(5), apt-secure(8)

DIAGNOSTICS

       apt returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.

BUGS

       This manpage isn't even started.

       See <http://bugs.debian.org/apt>.  If you wish to report a bug in apt, please see /usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt  or  the  report-
       bug(1) command.

AUTHOR

       apt was written by the APT team <apt@packages.debian.org>.

Debian GNU/Linux						   16 June 1998 							    apt(8)
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