Package-Mgmt

List your installed package versions with apt-show-versions

Nov 112006

apt-show-versions parses the dpkg status file and the APT lists for the installed and available package versions and distribution and shows upgrade options within the specific distribution of the selected package.

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Check Debian archive mirrors bandwidth using apt-spy

Package-Mgmt 1 Response »

Nov 072006

apt-spy is a program that tests a series of Debian archive mirrors for bandwith.It writes an /etc/apt/sources.list with the fastest server.You can select which of the many Debian sites to benchmark by geographical location.

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Package resource list (sources.list) file Overview for Debian Users

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Oct 202006

sources.list file is Package resource list for APT.The package resource list is used to locate archives of the package distribution system in use on the system. .

APT is a package tool program which is support the system administrator with the installation and administration of the programs.First one need to know is it's configuration file is located in /etc/apt/sources.list.APT supports a large nuber of different sources of installation.Most used sources are cdrom,file.http,ftp each of these sources are discribed in an individual file and this file is also consider the sequence of these entries from starting to ending of the file.

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Automatic update of packages using cron-apt

Package-Mgmt 7 Responses »

Oct 062006

cron-apt Contains a tool that is run by a cron job at regular intervals. By default it just updates the package list and download new packages without installing. You can instruct it to run anything that you can do with apt-get (or aptitude).

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Install .rpm Files in Debian and Ubuntu

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Oct 012006

Some time you might find some applications are having only .rpm files but you want a .deb package for your debian,Ubuntu and other debian derived ditributions.If you can't find .deb debian package in any of the debian,ubuntu repositories or elsewhere, you can use the alien package converter to install the .rpm file.