[wellylug] kppp alternatives

Gordon Paynter lists at paynter.info
Wed Nov 10 09:44:45 NZDT 2004


Hi Nick,

I've never used kppp (but assuming you haven't yet changed 
your /etc/apt/sources.list file so it still references your install CD) then 
try this as root:

apt-get remove kppp
apt-get install kppp

Gordon


On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 09:28, Nick Jensen wrote:
>  Hi all, I have recently gotten a Debian (Woody 3.2 I think) box up
> and running, looks lovely, behaves well etc, but I still haven't
> managed to connect it to the wide world, the reason being that in my
> excitement of getting it working I forgot to select kppp in dselect
> while installing. kppp is the only dialler I have used to date, I know
> there are others but I don't know how to use them.
>  I have tried running dselect again, and it now says kppp is
> installed, but it if is I don't know where. I seem to have some empty
> kppp folders here and there, which isn't encouraging. I even
> downloaded a kppp.deb package and tried to install it, but it had
> heaps of dependancy problems. What I would like to do is get a
> connection working somehow, set up apt to point at some web locations
> instead of my installation discs and start upgrading - and if I can
> get a different dialler to work I'll be happy to stick with it. A
> simpler one would be good, I don't want to rely on the GUI.
>  So...what do the rest of you who, like me, are crippled with a 56K
> modem, use to touch the outside world with your linux machines? Is
> there a generic dialler that probably is already installed on my
> machine that is easy to configure?
>  Thanks,
>
>         Nick




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