Re: dselect and lprng...
On Thu, 27 Feb 1997, Bob Clark wrote:
> Scott,
>
> The message "Nothing to get" simply means that dselect found the package
> already on your system. Go ahead and install and it should work. Then
> you'll be give the option to delete the package file.
>
> --Bob
Oddly enough, I have never looked at lprng before, so there is no way it
found it on my system. When I complete the install process, it still
says I want to install it, but that it isn't installed. It is almost as
if dselect does not recognize that I want to install the package, so it
does not hunt for it on the FTP site.
Scott
>
> Scott Stanley wrote:
> >
> > I was just trying to download and install the lprng package from stable
> > using dselect 1.4.0.7 with the ftp Access method. Basically, I went into
> > Select, and selected the package lprng (I got the dependencies window
> > saying lprng recommended magicfilter, but I did not select magicfilter).
> >
> > The select menu item for lprng looks like;
> >
> > _* Opt net lprng <none> 2.4.2-1 lpr/lpd printer spooling
> >
> > When I exit (pressing Enter) and Install, I get
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------
> > Processing status file...
> >
> > Processing Package files...
> > stable...
> > contrib...
> > non-free...
> >
> > Constructing list of files to get...
> >
> > Approximate total space required: 0k
> > Available space in ../../../../../dosc/Debian/1.2: 235632k
> > Nothing to get.
> > Processing downloaded files...(for corrupt/old/partial)
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Nothing to get??? If I go back into the Select option after this aborted
> > attempt, it still says I want to install lprng, just like is shown
> > above. Seems like I must be doing something silly, I just can't figure
> > out what....
> >
> > Any help is appreciated.
> >
> > Scott
>
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