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-Mgmt
Package resource list (sources.list) file Overview for Debian Users
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 […]
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Automatic update of packages using cron-apt
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
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.
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