Re: Installing packages in Debian

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Thor

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Aug 9, 2006, 5:11:31 AM8/9/06

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On Wed, 09 Aug 2006 01:57:06 -0700, The Music Man wrote:

> Hi, I have installed some packages with the Synaptic package manager, but
> I can't find the programs i have installed. They aren't in the
> Applications menu. Where can i start them?

By typing their name into a a terminal and actually using debian rather
than windows.

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Chris Davies

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Aug 9, 2006, 6:14:04 AM8/9/06

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The Music Man <daniel...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, I have installed some packages with the Synaptic package manager,
> but I can't find the programs i have installed. They aren't in the
> Applications menu. Where can i start them?

Which packages?
Chris

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The Natural Philosopher

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Aug 9, 2006, 9:24:10 AM8/9/06

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The Music Man wrote:
> Chris Davies schreef:

> vsftp. I have found out a bit on the vsftp site, now I know that vsftp
> hasn't a GUI/window. i'm new to Linux, and I don't know much about
> configuring applications through the command line. is there FTP
> software for Debian wich has an graphical interface?
>

Surely just use "apt-get install <package>" from the command line and
that's it..

For a GUI ftp client, surely firefox?

John-Paul Stewart

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Aug 9, 2006, 10:47:37 AM8/9/06

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The Music Man wrote:
> Chris Davies schreef:
>

> vsftp. I have found out a bit on the vsftp site, now I know that vsftp
> hasn't a GUI/window.

Of course not. That's an ftp *server* you've installed, not an ftp client.

> i'm new to Linux, and I don't know much about
> configuring applications through the command line. is there FTP
> software for Debian wich has an graphical interface?

I believe filerunner might meet your needs. Also, most web browsers can
be used as basic ftp clients. Simply enter an ftp:// URL.

Chris Davies

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Aug 10, 2006, 4:32:07 AM8/10/06

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Chris Davies schreef:
>> Which packages?

The Music Man <daniel...@gmail.com> wrote:

> vsftp. I have found out a bit on the vsftp site, now I know that vsftp
> hasn't a GUI/window.

I can't find a package called "vsftp". Perhaps you meant "vsftpd",
which is a server, not a client.

> Is there FTP software for Debian wich has an graphical interface?

There are a number of graphical FTP clients available. If you're just
needing to download, use any web browser. If you're wanting more than
that, try either/both of these packages: gftp-gtk (Gnome) or kftpgrabber
(KDE).

Chris

Rick Moen

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Aug 11, 2006, 12:38:37 AM8/11/06

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The Natural Philosopher <a@b.c> wrote:

> For a GUI ftp client, surely firefox?

Surely "lftp" in an xterm. ;->

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s. keeling

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Aug 11, 2006, 12:51:23 AM8/11/06

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Thor <th...@valhalla.bbs.enzed>:

Or try "rehash" in bash, or learn about updatedb.

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