[MLIST] Re: [olug] linux web server management ?

[Jacobs, Robert A.]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: William E. Kempf [mailto:wekempf at cox.net]
>Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 4:19 PM
>To: olug at olug.org
>Subject: Re: [MLIST] Re: [olug] linux web server management ?
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>David Walker said:
>> Well there is some room for argument/discussion here
>>
>> windows install =
>> 1. discover name of program you are interested in
>> 2.  locate program on internet or on cd
>> 3.  download, unpack, and locate setup.exe in the unpacked 
>files or in
>> the CD  directory
>> 4.  setup.exe
>>
>> apt-get install =
>> 1.  discover name of program
>
>Which can often be as difficult as 1-3 for the windows install.
>

Approach 1:

	apt-cache search <regular expression>
	...select name to use as argument to "apt-get install"

Approach 2:

	http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages
	...use search form to locate packages
	...select name to use as argument to "apt-get install"


These are, obviously, debian-specific.

Besides which, I would add the following to the Windows install 
instructions:
	
	5.  Search/Pray like mad that you've got all the service packs
	    required to run the application safely.  Wash-rinse-repeat
	    steps 1-4.

Versus:

	apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade

	...and never have to worry about whether you're up to date or not.