Aptitude is a console based package manager where you can look at the packages in an orderly fashion. I would say it is a front end to apt-get. On Sat, 3 Jan 2004, Rejean Proulx wrote: > What is aptitude? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Scott Berry" <scott at drscott.dyndns.biz> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 2:20 PM > Subject: Re: Java Program > > > My suggestion would be to use aptitude for this. It may give you a > better idea twhat to install. > > On Sat, 3 Jan 2004, Rejean Proulx wrote: > > > I need to install the Java Sun runtime environment 1.4 or greater. I > tried to find the package in Debian, but I either don't know what I am > doing, or it isn't there. Does that package exist in Debian? I get some > hits on apt-cache but what to install isn't clear. > > > > Rejean Proulx > > Visit my family at http://interfree.ca > > MSN is: rejp at rogers.com > > Ham License VA3REJ > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- Scott Berry Email: n7zib at bresnan.net
