Re: Thanks/X11
*-KTB <ktb@binary.net>
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| 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.
Are you doing this as root? It is not possible for ordinary users
to tinker with the selections in dselect.
| 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?
You need xbase too. There is no overlap, xcontrib just contains
many of the utilities that are very common.
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