Re: Help with mouse - newbie
On Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 03:03:08PM +0800, thus spake CHEONG, Shu Yang [Patrick]:
> Have been following your thread....well here is what you need to do.
>
> Fire up dselect and select #1. Change the source to the cdrom...I think it's
> the last option....
I think he said that he doesn't get a cdrom option with dselect -
neither do I!
This is what I did, for what its worth, which may not be a lot.
As root
1. Rename /etc/apt/sources.list ( I went for /etc/apt/sources.listnet, so I canuse it later on the net...)
2. gb@bg# touch /etc/apt/sources.list (creates a new,empty file)
3. gb@bg# apt-cdrom
This will prompt you to insert your cdroms into the drive. You
need to scan all three.
4. While you are at the command line run "apt-get update" to
update apt's database.
5. Then run dselect. You will need to run the "update" option
before trying to select any files.
There - that worked here. There is probably a more elegant way,
but I'm a beginner too! When you want to start upgrading via
the internet, change the names on your /etc/apt/sources files and
remember to run "update" - apt is only as good as its database.
HTH
Glyn M
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