Re: debian how-to

On Mon Dec 31, 2007 at 08:13:31 -0500, drn_temp2@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Not all the docs are under /usr/share/doc/[package name], some are under
usr/share/[package name] with no apparent rhyme nor reason. Then, everything is
gzipped, should the user extract these to their home folder or is there a
particular method to read these as they stand?

If you have less installed you can run:

zless README.gz

That will decompress to a pipe and let you read it. If you run
'eval $(lessfile' you could just run 'less README.gz' instead.

As was stated many other disto's have these n00b pages for a quick reference to
get us up to speed so that we can start figuring out how to do things on our
own. Many n00bs are reticient to post to lists or forums as they often receive

You could do worse than look at the 'doc-debian' package:


In this package, you will find:
* Debian Linux Manifesto,
* Constitution for the Debian Project,
* Debian GNU/Linux Social Contract,
* Debian Free Software Guidelines.
.
Additionally provided are:
* Debian GNU/Linux Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ),
* Debian Bug Tracking System documentation, and
* Introduction to the Debian mailing lists.
.

All of these files are available at ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/ and
mirrors thereof.

I've yet to find anything on somehow efficiently searching archives for fixes
to problems that may have already been solved. Sometimes it's just a matter of
using the proper key words.

If a problem is fixed in a package then you should already have it!
(Unless you see it in a stable release and it was only fixed in unstable)
But I'm not 100% sure I understand what you mean in this point

Does this help:

http://bugs.debian.org/'package name'

e.g.

http://bugs.debian.org/less

Steve
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