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Re: dselect has me baffled..



In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> ... or I'm just dense today.
> 
> I am installing slink from the Cheapbytes 4-CD set. The base package
> install went smooth.  I selected the default dialup packages.  However,
> when I tried to install it I got a lot of messages scrolling up the
> screen that looked like everything was going ok until I got this message
> on the bottom line:
> "installation script returned error exit status 1"
> 
> I have searched through the Debian manual that was included on the CD
> set and I have looked through the archives but haven't found an
> explanation for this.
> 
> Could someone let me know what the problem is and point me to a fix?

One of the packages barfed when trying to set itself up.
To find out which one it is, rerun the Configure option in dselect.
It should have a shorter list of scrolling stuff this time,
with the culprit clearly identified.  Post the results here for
more help.

-Mitch


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