Chris Castons Re: [plug] Debian

[Onno Benschop]

On Mon, 2002-12-30 at 14:20, James Elliott wrote:
> Thanks for the help Chris
> 
> I am fairly new to Linux so please don't apologise for detailing it to me.
> 
> It appears that you can update after installing it, so if I have any trouble
> setting up the PPP connection, could I simply install Debian from the CD's
> as I did before and update it later?\

Yes.

As Chris Caston wrote, you can just install the software from the CD's,
then when you're happy, you can run as root:

	apt-get update ; apt-get -u upgrade


> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> James Elliott
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Caston" <caston at iinet.net.au>
> To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
> Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 11:22 AM
> Subject: Re: [plug] Debian
> 
> 
> > James,
> >
> > Stable is up to Debian 3.0 Rev 1
> >
> > There have been over 300 updates since the release of Rev 0. ~ 70 of
> > them have been security updates.
> >
> > When installing your system the latest package information will be
> > download from the apt sources your specify. (You will need to be
> > connected to the Internet via PPP or ethernet or it will just get the
> > ones from your CD's - It's good to have both)
> >
> >
> > Thankfully the Debian install allows you to setup a PPP connection.
> >
> > If your system is already installed simply type: apt-get update
> >
> > from root to update your package information
> >
> > Type: apt-get -u upgrade
> >
> > which download any updates your need and then install them
> >
> >
> > I hope this helps.
> >
> > Of course accept my apologies if you already knew this stuff (;
> >
> > regards,
> >
> > Chris Caston
> > On Mon, 2002-12-30 at 11:06, garry wrote:
> > >
> > > Yes it is the most current stable. There has been a few updates to it of
> > > course..
> > >
> > > Garry
> > >
> > > On Mon, 30 Dec 2002 10:56, James Elliott wrote:
> > > > Hi
> > > >
> > > > I have been distracted with work and Uni exams for the last few months
> but
> > > > am now ready to convert most of my network to Linux.  I have Debian
> Linux
> > > > 3.0 from EverythingLinux.com.au, but I bought that several months ago,
> > > > shortly after it was released - is it still the latest stable release
> or is
> > > > there a more recent version?
> > > >
> > > > Kind regards,
> > > >
> > > > James Elliott
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
> 
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