Re: Problem with Dselect
Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Apr 2000, Adam C Powell IV wrote:
> > So I hate to say this, but you should erase the .deb files from
> > /var/cache/apt/archives (or attempt to put them back into the
> > dists/potato/main... filestructure if you removed them from their former
> > location), then put the file: URL in /etc/apt/sources.list, then run dselect and
> > tell it to use apt to get the files, and use the update, select, and install
> > steps in dselect to complete your installation.
>
> I don't think it doesn't harm and you really have to delete them from
> /var/cache/apt/archives.
Of course, you are right. I don't know what I was thinking. Sorry about that!
But it doesn't help, and can waste a lot of space, to have *everything* in
/var/cache/apt/archives.
I stand corrected,
-Adam P.
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