Posts: 17
fullmetalgerbil
Joined: 22 Feb 2009
#1
I just started out with antiX and I have no idea how to install or remove packages. I tried running Synaptic from the command line and no luck-I also investigated the metapackage installer, enabled non-free and contrib, hit install and apparently a bunch of stuff was downloaded and installed but it wasn't listed anywhere in the metapackage installer window.
Is there a synaptic package manager in antiX? Says in the FAQ there's one, but I don't think its there.
Posts: 903
plvera
Joined: 11 Oct 2008
#2
Hello:

Synaptic works in Antix pretty much the way it works in othe systems. In order to find it:

Using fluxbox: Settings>Control Center>System>Manage Packages (enter your root password when prompted).

Using ice-wm: either click on the tools icon to bring up control center or
left click to bring up menu>Desktop>Control Center === the rest is the same.

You can also using command line, and use apt-get if you wish.

I hope this helps.

Pedro
Posts: 17
fullmetalgerbil
Joined: 22 Feb 2009
#3
Ah ha! Thank you Pedro! Found it just like you said.
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macondo
Joined: 14 Sep 2007
#4
After a while, after you get confortable with synaptic, read the
========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/"
linktext was:"APT-HOWTO"
====================================
especially section 7; this will save you a lot of time and headaches.