Apt

[theguy0000]

Debian wants me to "select an access method for apt".

I installed Debian with a CD-ROM but I have no idea what apt is. What should I do?

[Unforgiven]

If you have a network/Internet connection, use http or ftp. You'll get all the latest packages for your version of Debian, be it Stable, Unstable, etc.

Apt is really sweet stuff, if that was the question. It's the package management software that lets you do cool stuff like upgrade all the software on your system with all of two commands, as well as much more.

Here's a nice How-To for APT on debian.org.

[theguy0000]

what if i dont have an internet connection but will get one within the next few weeks. What should I do in the mean time as the Archive access method? And will Ibe able to change it when I dop get internet?

[Unforgiven]

Yeah, just use CD-ROM for your apt repository for now, and you can change it later very easily. Not a worry at all.

[techieMoe]

what if i dont have an internet connection but will get one within the next few weeks. What should I do in the mean time as the Archive access method? And will Ibe able to change it when I dop get internet?

For the moment if you don't have internet, just use your CDROM as the source. You can change it later with apt-setup if I'm not mistaken.

[theguy0000]

thanks techiemoe

[Unforgiven]

I've never used apt-setup myself, but probably something to that effect. You should also be able to just edit /etc/apt/sources.list to use whatever repositories you like as well.

For reference, if it's needed, here's mine (for Debian Unstable):

deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free

There's actually a couple of other lines, but they're commented out. Old CD-ROM lines and such. This is the only one actually being used at the moment.