atd - at daemon missing?

It is in the repos, I always do an "apt-get update" and then "apt-get install at" when I install MEPIS
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I did an apt-cache search and couldn't see it, and then must have done an apt-get install atd.

Now I've done apt-get install at, and it's installed.

Thanks very much

Moray

Moray, remember when you do an initial install of ANY Linux distro, that you should then use whatever tools are provided to "bring it up-to-date". So when you first install Mepis (the current version), there is the "apt-notify" icon on the toolbar. It will show you that some updates are necessary. Usually the number is not-quite-right. So start it up (this will start synaptic), enter root's password, and then click the Reload button, Mark all updates, and Apply.

What that does is, not only bring your system up-to-date, but also updates the list of available packages. If the list isn't current, no amount of "apt-cache searching" will find what you're looking for

BTW, glad you found "at"

I'm curious. For what purpose are you shutting your system down at a specific time? Don't you want your computer running all the time?

Jon

The ability to comfortably use a computer is directly proportional to desire to listen, learn, and experiment, and is inversely proportional to the fear, anger, and stubbornness that you show.

Hi,

Thanks for taking the time over this. I've done an apt-get update, and when I search for "at" the results I get still don't seem to include it. There are a lot of them, so perhaps it is somewhere else. I presume the whole thing is going alphabetically though (unless it is done separately by repositories), so I would have expected to find it around here:-

"acm4 - multi-player aerial combat simulation
ale - A tool that merges images to increase fidelity or create mosaics
annoyance-filter - Filter that uses Bayesian statistics to detect junk mail
aolserver4-nsimap - This is AOLserver 4 module that implements IMAP4 interface
bbrun - An elegant tool for the Blackbox window manager that runs commands"

I don't seem to have an apt-notify and I'm using the command line rather than synaptic - perhaps this makes a difference?

It's a home PC in my bedroom so I leave it playing music and then it powers down. I don't use it during the day at all, or even the evening at the moment, so I feel guilty leaving it burning power. I've already got a SME server running 24/7 so figure that's my bit for the green movement

Thanks morayj for the clarification.

Yes, searching for a common word in amongst so much software's going to give you too many hits. In synaptic it is possible to do a search "by name" rather than a "search by description and name". The former will give you a much smaller list. The command-line "apt-cache search" will give you TOO MUCH GOOD STUFF.

I just did a "man at" (man is your friend) and found that you can do this instead:

$ apt-cache -n search at

The "-n" is a "names-only" search. It does not look for the string in the long description. The results; however, are still a bit long, and unordered. Do this instead:

$ apt-cache -n search at | sort | less

That will give you a nicely sorted (by name) list and allow you to page through it. You will find "at" about the second screen full

Jon

The ability to comfortably use a computer is directly proportional to desire to listen, learn, and experiment, and is inversely proportional to the fear, anger, and stubbornness that you show.