Re: dselect taking a _looong_ time

[Rick Macdonald <Rick_Macdonald@shaw.wave.ca>]

Erik Forsberg wrote:
> 
> When I use dselect, with the debian distribution mounted from a local
> nfs mirror, it really takes quite a horrible time telling me it's
> skipping deselected packages. I'm not so interested ! :)
> 
> I think I've read somewhere there is a way to get dselect to just
> install the packages I've asked for, and quit. 

Yes! Install apt and then and then tell dselect to use it:

        0. [A]ccess      Choose the access method to use.  

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...RickM...