One trick that I have learned is to SELECT NOTHING the first time you run dselect, simply let it install the PRESELECTED things only. THEN run dselect again and choose your other software. George Bonser grep@oriole.sbay.org, grep@cris.com -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org . Trouble? e-mail to templin@bucknell.edu .