Re: dselect Woes

[Jim foltz <aa204@acorn.net>]

Hi Patrick,

I suggest that you not change the package selections during the initial
installation. You can always go back and add/remove packages later. Don't
try to add/remove too many things at one time, the dependancies become
difficult to sort out. 

On Sun, Oct 25, 1998 at 03:09:24PM -0500, Patrick Durusau wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to install the Debian Release 2.0 (CheapBytes) and am having trouble with the dselect utility. If I am reading the help file correctly one can highlight "all packages", press return, and then proceed to installation.
> When I do that there are an enormous number of packages that are not installed. (I would think "all packages" would mean exactly that but it apparently does not.) I have also tried selecting the packages of interest only to result
> in an installation that ls X* would show X86Config under /etc but ls -l would not. More could also not find the X86Config file. Rather than puzzle out why this was happening on a new install I am simply reinstalling the entire
> system. Comments or suggestions for dealing with dselect?
> 
> Patrick
> 
> Patrick Durusau
> pdurusau@mediaone.net
> 
> 
> 
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