.deb? Debian?

[Alex Nonnemacher]

I, too, get the same error message, Andrew, but I know I do have yup 
installed. Try this: type "rpm -q yup" and see what is returned. I 
suspect it has something to do with setting Linux to look in a different 
directory for yup, but I haven't been able to do so.

alex

On Saturday, June 1, 2002, at 05:33 , Andrew McVinnie wrote:

> Well, I tried the "yup install abiword" from the terminal as root just 
> as you suggest, and I got the error "bash: yup command not found"  so I 
> can only assume that I don't have the yup program.  I will go look for 
> it at freshmeat.net, but if you have a better suggestion.... I would 
> appreciate it.
> Thanks
> Andrew McVinnie
>
> BTW I am using YDL 2.1
>
> Kimball Larsen wrote:
>
>> .deb files are generally the way that debian packages software for 
>> installation via apt.  Apt is the debian version of yup, which is what 
>> linux ppc (at least version 2.2) uses to install software.  Version 
>> 2.2 also has apt installed, so in theory, you can install .deb files.. 
>> but that's really the hard way to go about things.... if you want 
>> abiword installed, here is 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  install the abiword package.
>> 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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