| 1 | The APT installation method encompasses most other installation methods |
| 2 | under the umbrella of the new Package Acquisition code. This method allows |
| 3 | installation from locations in the filesystem, ftp and http URLs, supports |
| 4 | full installation ordering and dependency checking as well as multiple |
| 5 | sources. See the man pages apt-get(8) and sources.list(5) |
| 6 | |
| 7 | HTTP proxies can be used by setting http_proxy="http://proxy:port/" before |
| 8 | running DSelect. FTP proxies require special configuration detailed in |
| 9 | the apt.conf(5) man page (see /usr/share/doc/apt/examples/apt.conf) |