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Re: Thanks/X11



On Wed, 9 Dec 1998, KTB wrote:

> First I'd like to thank all those who helped me with the base
> instillation!  I would now like to install X11 but when I am in dselect
> and have highlighted xbase and then try to install I get a message:
> dselect: unable to open/create access method lockfile: Permission
> denied.  How do I get past this?  The file has the "*" beside it but it
> hasn't been installed yet.

Just a first guess; your running dselect as a normal user instead of as
root.

> 
> Also looking at the description of xbase in dselect it said that
> xcontrib was a more complete package.  Does this mean I don't need xbase
> and could start with xcontrib?
> Thanks,
> Kent

Can't even guess at this one.


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