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After a long use of ubuntu,i just switched to debian,after the installation procedure i fond the following problems 1.i could not fing the synaptic package manager any where. 2.i could ...
  1. 04-13-2009 #1
    phanipalagummi
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    ubuntu->debian

    After a long use of ubuntu,i just switched to debian,after the installation procedure i fond the following problems

    1.i could not fing the synaptic package manager any where.
    2.i could not find the software sources any where
    3.where would be the standard repositiory be found
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    1. I don't think Debian has synaptic installed by default. You'd have to install it via the command line.
    Code:
    su -
apt-get update && apt-get install synaptic
    2. Not entirely sure what you mean, but file that apt reads for the repositories is at /etc/apt/sources.list

    3. APT HOWTO - Basic Configuration

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