fatman wrote:
I feel like a real moron for not RTFM... I think you could classify me in the newbi category listed below however i'm working on putting that behind me!
From bluesdog
A quick browse of the forum will illustrate what I mean: Some beginners who are very new to Debian, or Linux in general, seem intent on trying the most bizarre 'installation' procedures, with the excuse they are doing so as a learning experience or something.
Not at all. That post was intended to refer to users who fail to follow straightforward basic system installation procedures, or who start mucking about installing applications from source that are already in the official Debian repositories, and who blithely issue root commands, ignoring or failing to heed warnings, with often dire consequences, and THEN -- when their system is hopelessly muddled -- ask for help.
I really should edit that post...
I'm glad i didn't screw myself however I'm not one to be afraid of the good old format.... All I really had to do is take an hour and read up on apt-get, aptitude and dpkg (-s, -S, -l, -L) which would have avoided 20 dumb questions and 2-3 hours of wasted searching.