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Old 08-23-2009, 01:42 PM   #1
criacuervo
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what is a Filelist?


Ithink this is a very newbie question,but since is really freaking me out, lets do it.

When im trying to download a Debian package from the website, always appeare for example:


Filelist of package xmms-dev in etch of architecture i386

/usr/bin/xmms-config
/usr/include/xmms/configfile.h
/usr/include/xmms/dirbrowser.h
/usr/include/xmms/formatter.h
/usr/include/xmms/fullscreen.h
/usr/include/xmms/plugin.h
/usr/include/xmms/titlestring.h
/usr/include/xmms/util.h
/usr/include/xmms/xmmsctrl.h
/usr/lib/libxmms.a
/usr/lib/libxmms.la
/usr/lib/libxmms.so
/usr/lib/xmms/Effect/libecho.a
/usr/lib/xmms/Effect/libecho.la
/usr/lib/xmms/Effect/libstereo.a
/usr/lib/xmms/Effect/libstereo.la
/usr/lib/xmms/Effect/libvoice.a
/usr/lib/xmms/Effect/libvoice.la
/usr/lib/xmms/General/libir.a
/usr/lib/xmms/General/libir.la
/usr/lib/xmms/General/libjoy.a
/usr/lib/xmms/General/libjoy.la
/usr/lib/xmms/General/libsong_change.a
/usr/lib/xmms/General/libsong_change.la
/usr/lib/xmms/Input/libcdaudio.a
/usr/lib/xmms/Input/libcdaudio.la
/usr/lib/xmms/Input/libmikmod.a
/usr/lib/xmms/Input/libmikmod.la
/usr/lib/xmms/Input/libmpg123.a
/usr/lib/xmms/Input/libmpg123.la
/usr/lib/xmms/Input/libtonegen.a
/usr/lib/xmms/Input/libtonegen.la
/usr/lib/xmms/Input/libvorbis.a
/usr/lib/xmms/Input/libvorbis.la
/usr/lib/xmms/Input/libwav.a
/usr/lib/xmms/Input/libwav.la
/usr/lib/xmms/Output/libALSA.a
/usr/lib/xmms/Output/libALSA.la
/usr/lib/xmms/Output/libOSS.a
/usr/lib/xmms/Output/libOSS.la
/usr/lib/xmms/Output/libdisk_writer.a
/usr/lib/xmms/Output/libdisk_writer.la
/usr/lib/xmms/Output/libesdout.a
/usr/lib/xmms/Output/libesdout.la
/usr/lib/xmms/Visualization/libbscope.a
/usr/lib/xmms/Visualization/libbscope.la
/usr/lib/xmms/Visualization/libogl_spectrum.a
/usr/lib/xmms/Visualization/libogl_spectrum.la
/usr/lib/xmms/Visualization/libsanalyzer.a
/usr/lib/xmms/Visualization/libsanalyzer.la
/usr/share/aclocal/xmms.m4
/usr/share/doc/xmms-dev/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/xmms-dev/changelog.Debian.gz
/usr/share/doc/xmms-dev/changelog.gz
/usr/share/doc/xmms-dev/copyright
/usr/share/man/man1/xmms-config.1.gz

So where do i find the link to download the file?
thx for your help!!
 
Old 08-23-2009, 01:51 PM   #2
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The file list is simply the list of files provided by the package. I guess you refer to http://packages.debian.org: to actually download the package you have to follow the links by clicking on the architecture field (see the attached image).
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Old 08-23-2009, 11:17 PM   #3
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thx man, now im downloading dependencies, there are a lot..
 
Old 08-24-2009, 02:29 AM   #4
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thx man, now im downloading dependencies, there are a lot..
Why don't you use Debian's package management system (APT) to get the software you want? It'll take care of the dependencies for you.
 
  


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