[parisc-linux] how to use dpkg/dselect/apt-get ???

[Tom]

On Sat, 20 Oct 2001, Nicholas Leippe wrote:
> I'm tearing my hair out, and glad I've never tried debian before...
>
> I got 0.92 installed and running on my B132L, but for the life of
> me can't figure out how in the !@#$ to use the package tools
> to do anything useful (like install X or see what packages are
> in ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-hppa/
>
> I have also failed to find any useful docs/tutorials on the matter.
>
> Could someone please post a link to a useful howto or write a
> mini-howto up?  So far, these package tools have seemed rather
> daunting...

Here's the basic one I found. It's for i386, but I don't think I've found
much different...

http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/dselect-beginner

Hope that helps!