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====Debian Help====
~This page is to assist someone familiar with Puppy and starting out using a Puppyfied Debian, such as [[DebianDog]] or [[PussyLinux]].
==Package management==
~""DebianDog"" uses Debian repositories and can use [[package]] managers apt-get ([[commandline]]) and Synaptic ([[graphical]]).
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~Synaptic the graphical package manager can be found at:
~~##PuppyMenu > System > Synaptic##
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~**apt-get** has many features, this simple example updates the package list and installs [[commandline|rdate]]:
~~%%(bash)
apt-get update
apt-get install rdate
%%
**See also**
~[[DEB]] - Debian package
~[[SFS]] - compressed filesystem, often used to install large packages
==Useful file and folder locations==
- [[fstab]] - configuration file that can be used to automatically mount harddrive [[partitions]], see [[https://wiki.debian.org/fstab fstab (Debian)]]
- [[Firefox]] profile at ##/opt/bin/Firefox/## rather than ##~/.mozilla/firefox/##
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==Categories==
CategoryTutorial
CategoryIndex
[[Homepage]] > [[PuppyVersionIndex Puppy Version]] > [[Dpup]]
====Debian Help====
~This page is to assist someone familiar with Puppy and starting out using a Puppyfied Debian, such as [[DebianDog]] or [[PussyLinux]].
==Package management==
~""DebianDog"" uses Debian repositories and can use [[package]] managers apt-get ([[commandline]]) and Synaptic ([[graphical]]).
---
~Synaptic the graphical package manager can be found at:
~~##PuppyMenu > System > Synaptic##
---
~**apt-get** has many features, this simple example updates the package list and installs [[commandline|rdate]]:
~~%%(bash)
apt-get update
apt-get install rdate
%%
**See also**
~[[DEB]] - Debian package
~[[SFS]] - compressed filesystem, often used to install large packages
==Useful file and folder locations==
- [[fstab]] - configuration file that can be used to automatically mount harddrive [[partitions]], see [[https://wiki.debian.org/fstab fstab (Debian)]]
- [[Firefox]] profile at ##/opt/bin/Firefox/## rather than ##~/.mozilla/firefox/##
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==Categories==
CategoryTutorial
CategoryIndex