Re: dpkg-ftp or installing via FTP
Ricardo Kleemann <ricardo@americasnet.com> writes:
> I grabbed and installed dpkg-ftp. But I see no mention of any ftp usage
> when I run dpkg --help. Is there supposed to be a separate binary called
> dpkg-ftp? Because I can't find any...
>
> I'm trying to download the latest Debian distribution via FTP, but I've
> had problems both with ncftp and with dftp. I was hoping dpkg-ftp would
> be a better solution...
>
> Another suggestion was to mirror debian. How much space is required to
> mirror? Can a mirror be partial?
>
> Lastly, once I've gotten all that's required from FTP, is dselect a good
> method to use for performing the install?
dpkg-ftp provides a new 'method' to dselect. After installing
dpkg-ftp run dselect and when you choose the Access function it will
prompt for a method .... select ftp, it will then prompt for ftp
site/dir etc. After that run Update, Select, Install etc.
Andy.
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