Re: dselect access screen does not have ftp update method

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Subject: Re: dselect access screen does not have ftp update method
From: "J.H.M. Dassen" <jdassen@wi.leidenuniv.nl>
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 13:35:23 +0100
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In-reply-to: <[🔎] 007501be3a39$d17e6120$0200a8c0@teotihuacan>; from David Wayne Williams on Thu, Jan 07, 1999 at 09:32:41PM +0900
References: <[🔎] 007501be3a39$d17e6120$0200a8c0@teotihuacan>

On Thu, Jan 07, 1999 at 21:32:41 +0900, David Wayne Williams wrote:
> I've tried to use dselect to update my Debian distribution via FTP.
> However, the dselect access menu items does not contain an FTP option.  How
> can I fix dselect or use other means to update my debian distribution?

You need to install the "dpkg-ftp" package which provides dselect's FTP
method. You might want to look into "apt" and "dpkg-http" too.

HTH,
Ray
-- 
Tevens ben ik van mening dat Nederland overdekt dient te worden.

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