Auto Compiler/Installer for Debian?

[Artificial Interceptor]

Ok, and thank you for your help everybody, i have alot of issues on the matter of Debian, i'm a fresh fish in water of linux

but i still can't install programs with Aptitude.

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apt-get install 

is still bugging :

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E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13 Access Denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?

[ph0bYx]

Hmm, have you tried it like this:

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su apt-get install

[Artificial Interceptor]

Thanks for your help people

[Artificial Interceptor]

allright now i have tried :

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su apt-get install Mozilla Firefox 

That didn't work :

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theodor@debian:~$ su apt-get install Mozilla Firefox
Unkown id: apt-get

[Artificial Interceptor]

Solved:

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theodor@debian:~$ su
Password: 
debian:/home/theodor# 

and i have become root.
and comes another adventure:
(sentence below is translated with Google Translate, i use the danish version of Debian)

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debian:/home/theodor# apt-get install Mozilla Firefox
Reading package lists ... Finished
Parse
Reading state information ... Finished
[color=#FF0000]E: Could not find package mozilla[/color]

it looks like it can't find the mozilla package, - any one got an idea how this can be, or what im doing wrong or not doing?

[Lundis]

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user@whatever $ su
<enter root password>
root@whatever $ apt-get install synaptic firefox

That'll install firefox and synaptic (so you'll be able to find packages graphically in the future) and any dependencies they might have.

[Artificial Interceptor]

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user@whatever $ su
<enter root password>
root@whatever $ apt-get install synaptic firefox

That'll install firefox and synaptic (so you'll be able to find packages graphically in the future) and any dependencies they might have.

I am doing what you are saying but it doesn't work, i'm kinda lost here
when i type in your command it gives me this:

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debian:/home/theodor# apt-get install synaptic firefox 
Reading package lists ... Finished
Parse
Reading state information ... Finished
synaptic is already the newest version.
synaptic set to manually installed.
Package firefox is not available, but is referred to by
another package. This may mean that the package has been obsoleted, or
only available from other sources
However the following packages replace it:
   iceweasel
E: Package firefox has no installation candidate

im sorry for all this trouble

[Lundis]

Do what it says, replace firefox by iceweasel:

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apt-get install iceweasel

Why they've relabeled firefox: http://wiki.debian.org/Iceweasel" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Artificial Interceptor]

Do what it says, replace firefox by iceweasel:

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apt-get install iceweasel

Why they've relabeled firefox: http://wiki.debian.org/Iceweasel" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;"

Well the thing is, i don't want Iceweasel. Firefox is what i want. i have downloaded the package now so im gonna try to

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config,make, make install 

[lilrofl]

Firefox and Ice weasel are the same, at least they were conceptually.

Debian linux doesn't use proprietary software, and while Firefox is open source, the graphic was patented, so Debian took the source and recompiled with a new graphic and a new name.

[Artificial Interceptor]

okay ... Thanks for your help anyway ...