* Paul Cartwright <paul_tbot@pcartwright.com> [08-14-05 19:24]:
I don't take being told I'm an idiot cery well, sorry :)
I don't believe that you found that in *any* post that I made.
see, my point exactly. **I** am **NOT** their peers, I am a lowly ex-windows user trying to make a nice easy bulletproof home system, so I can show all my buddies that there is an alternative to M$ crap.
No one insinuated that you were a programmer or a programmer's peer. The man pages are generated by the programmer for the most part.
man -k apt apropos apt
apropos is a new one on me, is that French?
dict apropos (in part)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Apropos \Ap"ro*pos\ ([a^]p"r[-o]*p[=o]), a. & adv. [F. [a] propos; [a] (L. ad) + propos purpose, L. proposium plan, purpose, fr. proponere to propose. See {Propound}.] 1. Opportunely or opportune; seasonably or seasonable. [1913 Webster] A tale extremely apropos. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. By the way; to the purpose; suitably to the place or subject; -- a word used to introduce an incidental observation, suited to the occasion, though not strictly belonging to the narration. [1913 Webster]
ok, so what does pcap have to do with apt??? # apropos apt pcap (3) - Packet Capture library
man apropos
when I try to do an apt-install and it fails from dependencies, yes I have googles,etc, but even then, sometimes, it geets deeper, and deeper, and what you try to add needs more dependencies... or something else breaks. and better thasn 50% of the time someone on this list has already run into that and has a solution.
also remember that yast would have had the same problems. Still, solving your own problems tends to stick in your mind/memory better that someone telling you how.
cool off, I just emailed you a virtual six-pack of Corona. what, no lime??
geesh
thanks!
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