Re: dselect taking ages to install
Robin Stephenson <robin.stephenson@blackwell.co.uk> writes:
> When I have picked out a couple of packages in dselect to install
> (over NFS from a local mirror) it takes ages to complete: it seems to
> be scanning every available package rather than going to the ones that
> need installing. The messages are `Skipping deselected package foo.'
> and `Version bar of foo already installed, skipping.'. Is there a way
> to configure this to not happen?
Installing via a local ftp server prevents this. Also I heard that
some other options disable it, but afaik that something for the TODO
list for dselect.
What works best for me is "apt-get install <package>". Its the easiest
way to install a package quickly.
> Also, a while ago I mentioned the <sc 208(...... stuff: Paul Slootman
> (IIRC) said that it was debugging information. How can I turn this
> debugging output off? -- it's less than enlightening, and I'm wearing
> out my control-L key.
Get kernel 2.2.4 or later.
> On a third, and final note: I just got a discarded 19" Sun monitor
> working with my VGA video card and XFree. It was a bit scary delving
> about in the back with a soldering iron, but all seems !$%^£$^!"$%^£NO CARRIER
Nice. :)
May the Source be with you.
Goswin
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