Re: [Pan-users] Re: Xandros 3.0 (debian)

[Jim Reiss]

> If Xandros uses the same dpkg as Debian, just type this as root:
> 
> dpkg -i [package name]
> 
> and it will install.
> 
> Use -r to remove.
> 
> The PAN for Debian Stable though is 0.11.2 and is *text only*. No yEnc and no
> posting of attachments of anykind.
> 
> Thanks to Duncan's help, I have a mini-howto on giving yourself yEnc and
> 0.11.4. But that perhaps is for the future as it requires you to know how to
> compile from source and have the development packages installed ;-)
There's be no reason to use the Debian Stable version on Xandros 3.  It
would make far more sense to use either Testing or Unstable, because
those are more similar in age to the rest of the Xandros packages.

I suggest looking here for information on apt:

http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/index.en.html

Once a Sarge or Sid repository has been added to /etc/apt/sources.list,
the commands needed are:

apt-get update
apt-get install pan