Complete Package Installation

[dr1v3r]

Hi i was wondering if anyone knows of any command to install the complete set of stable packages please?

I know to install a package it is apt-get install package, but what i want is to use one command to install all packages available in one go instead of typing apt-get install package all of the time.

If it is still unclear of what i am asking here is an example.

To install ssh your would use apt-get install ssh

to install pearl it would be apt-get install pearl and so on.

what i want is a way to type just one command to install every package possible for example.. apt-get install everything. I know there is no such command as apt-get install everything but i think that should clear things up a little more

I hope someone could help me with this i have looked everywhere.

Thank You

Mick

[bidi]

First off, that's really not a good idea! Debian, according to their manual, currently has over 15,000 packages available. Most time, you will only actually need less than 2,000 of those.

Depending on what you want to install, you can use the "base-config" command to choose a set of packages to be installed (Desktop Environment, Development, Mail Server, and File Server are some of the option that can be found). Besides that, I don't think there's an actual command that will do what you want.

[dr1v3r]

Hmm that base config command could be just as good, i am accessing the box remotely, but the install is very very basic, nothing is installed lol.

Al check out that command and see if that helps, which i think it might just do the job of what you are saying.

Thank You your a star
Mick

[lestoil]

you might be interested in this http://thegoldenear.org/toolbox/unices/ which has several guides for sarge desktop, etch desktop and server install. Good luck.

[gg234]

really nice tutorial here with complete debian package administration

http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/pkgadm.htm

cheers