[AuckLUG] Help with Ubuntu

[Nevyn]

Probably your first port of call would be to ignore the DVD now and
type in at the command prompt.

apt-get update

Once that's finished, you should be able to install the services you
want by typing in:

apt-get install [insert package name here]

If you don't have the package name, type in:

apt-cache search [insert search phrase parameters]

On 10/17/06, ken at lomax.gen.nz <ken at lomax.gen.nz> wrote:
>
> Hi All
>
> After seeing people extol the virtues of Ubuntu on this list, I thought I
> would give it a try.
>
> I have a DVD for Ubuntu Version 6.0 from Linux Magazine August 2006. Today I
> installed a 'Server Install'. The install went reasonably ok. then the
> problems began. Firstly I had to reboot and go into rescue mode to assign a
> password to root, so I could work on the machine. Then I wanted to install
> some services (nptd, dhcpd, named, etc). They did not appear to be installed
> and I do not remember any screen during install that asked which services
> that I wanted. So I decided to look on the dvd. While the machine recognised
> the dvd, it would not display anything using 'ls' except for "." and "..".
> It appears that there is little that I can do with this machine.
>
> Am I missing something? I am very familiar with RedHat/Fedora and have done
> many installs and maintenance on those machines.
>
> Can someone point me to where I can get some help, or do I go back to
> Fedora?
>
> Regards
> Ken
>
>
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