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| author | Arch Librarian <arch@canonical.com> | 2004-09-20 16:52:46 +0000 |
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| committer | Arch Librarian <arch@canonical.com> | 2004-09-20 16:52:46 +0000 |
| commit | fb473b5ac9fb661004c5d25c276da74d05d08563 (patch) | |
| tree | 2f616efb6f43a05b7f505064ceb851abf9208f49 /dselect | |
| parent | de3c15eac1431a50c71a557257adb42105ade1d9 (diff) | |
| download | apt-fb473b5ac9fb661004c5d25c276da74d05d08563.tar.gz | |
Better description
Author: jgg
Date: 1999-02-05 02:48:26 GMT
Better description
Diffstat (limited to 'dselect')
| -rw-r--r-- | dselect/desc.apt | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/dselect/desc.apt b/dselect/desc.apt index ef6364e11..e94865459 100644 --- a/dselect/desc.apt +++ b/dselect/desc.apt @@ -1,5 +1,9 @@ The APT installation method encompasses most other installation methods under the umbrella of the new Package Acquisition code. This method allows installation from locations in the filesystem, ftp and http URLs, supports -full installation ordering and integrity checking as well as multiple +full installation ordering and dependency checking as well as multiple sources. See the man pages apt-get(8) and source.list(5) + +HTTP proxies can be used by setting http_proxy="http://proxy:port/" before +running DSelect. FTP proxies require special configuration detailed in +the apt.conf(5) man page (see /usr/doc/apt/examples/apt.conf) |