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How to install software when there are no apt-get, dpkg, dselect
| Posted by LiuJia, 06-15-2008, 05:58 AM |
| Dear,
I'm a newbie. I ordered a MiniVPS from FiveMinuteVPS for my friend. It is Debian 4.
But when I want to install a software as debian-doc-manuals said, I met problem:
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# apt-get
-bash: apt-get: command not found
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# dselect
-bash: dselect: command not found
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# dpkg
-bash: dpkg: command not found
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# wget
wget: missing URL
Usage: wget -OPTION-... -URL-...
Try `wget --help' for more options.
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I tried to submit a ticket to FiveMinuteVPS, but he reply that it need a management number to install a specialized software which requires management. I don't pay for management($7 or $10 ), so post here to looks for help.
Thanks.
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| Posted by WCTisha, 06-15-2008, 06:19 AM |
| download the source and configure/make/make install... but depends on the softwares....
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| Posted by bdwarr6, 06-16-2008, 06:56 AM |
| you need to use wget
usage is as follows
wget http://someurl.somesite.com/somefile
This will download it to the server then you will need to either install it ( if it is an rpm file) or unzip / untar it then configure / install it
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| Posted by LiuJia, 06-16-2008, 07:07 AM |
| Thanks for WCTisha and Jag-Nick's reply.
Yes, I got it. Download source tar via wget and configure - make - make install them. And it works!
Thanks your help.
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| Posted by bdwarr6, 06-16-2008, 08:15 AM |
| Most welcome, if you ever need more help just hit up wht!
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| Posted by debiannerd, 06-16-2008, 12:34 PM |
| come on people... get to the point
Here... that's how you get to install dpkg and apt-get :-)
dpkg
apt-get
there is no make install for apt, so you need to do that manually
now make sure to create /etc/apt/sources.list
to finish
cheers,
Last edited by debiannerd; 06-16-2008 at 12:42 PM.
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