RE: X windows, Dselect, and then some...
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> From: Athas Nikolakakos [mailto:asn@prodigy.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 1998 5:23 PM
> To: Debian User LS
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> Subject: X windows, Dselect, and then some...
>
>
> (1) What is the graphical configuration utility for Xfree86
> called ( and
> where is it)?
It's "XF86Setup". I don't recall where it lives offhand (and my
computer is in an odd state at the moment, needing re-installs of the MS
OSs on my tri-boot 95/NT/Linux machine; anyway, I can't get to my Linux
partitions right now [under NT]). XF86Setup is in root's path on my
system, and I don't think I've modified said path.
> (3) Is there a program that will compare packages installed
> on my system to
> current packages on the FTP site and suggest / download all upgrades?
As has been mentioned, dselect can do this. Yell if you have problems.
> (4) In dselect I accidentally told it to re-download a file which was
> already on my system. However the file is 17 megs, and I
> don't want to
> download it. Everytime I try to download un-related packages
> it insists on
> asking me if I want to resume it, then does it any way.
You could fire up dselect & make the offending package "on hold", which
is the character "=". When/if a new version comes out, mark it back as
"install" ("*").
Chris
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