Hello,

See responses below - hope this helps.

Manoj


>Hi i installed pure::dyne the other day and was a bit lost. the whole
>system seems a bit different to me.
>
>i wanted to know. if there was something like apt for this OS and has
>anyone ever installed octave on it.
>

All the software available for d:b is collected in modules. You can refer
to:

http://dynebolic.org/index.php?show=modules

This will tell you how to install the various available modules. I wouldn't
know if Octave is part of any of these.

>also does dyne come with a utility to safely erase a partition so that
>i could have a dedicated area to run it?

d:b has fdisk and cfdisk to partition disks.

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