How do I...

• Become root?

Best way is to log in as yourself and type "sudo tcsh". (Or some other shell of your choice.) It'll ask for a password, use your regular login password. If that still doesn't work, contact your supervisor or group's CSCF Research Point of Contact.

• See if a package is installed?

Try: dpkg -l "*PKGNAME*" (that's -el)

• Install a piece of software?

Best way is to become root, then run "apt-get update" to update the list of possible packages. After, you can search for Debian package names with "apt-cache search foo". Once you have a package name, try "apt-get install packagename".

• Update my install?

Try "apt-get update" followed by "apt-get dist-upgrade".

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