.deb? Debian?

[Kimball Larsen]

=2Edeb files are generally the way that debian packages software for=20
installation via apt.  Apt is the debian version of yup, which is what li=
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ppc (at least version 2.2) uses to install software.  Version 2.2 also ha=
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apt installed, so in theory, you can install .deb files.. but that's real=
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the hard way to go about things.... if you want abiword installed, here i=
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all you have to do:

1)  Become root.
2)  Type:  yup install abiword

Then watch the magic... it will go to your local ftp mirror, download and=
 then =20
install the abiword package.=20

That's it. :)

Good luck!

-Kimball Larsen

On Saturday 01 June 2002 10:06, Andrew McVinnie wrote:
> How do you open .deb files?  I downloaded the new AbiWord which is a
> .deb file, and when I double-click it, it opens up like a folder, in
> which is an install file, but the install file opens as text in gedit!
>
> How do you install these files?
>
> Thanks
> Andrew McVinnie
>
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