Dependences Problem - dselect
I'm trying to install Debian slink over the web. I don't
have the CDs. The base install from the floppy images goes
ok & when debian.org is up I can update the packages. Now
after 2 weeks of repeatedly trying & now using the 2/23/99
disk images & selecting the very smallest package, 25MB,
this evening I got it to install over the web, I
think. I've read all I can find on dselect, dpkg,
installation instructions , v1 & 2 Debian manual & none of
them cover my problem. The 'Q' command character in
dselect doesn't do as the online documentation says & only
lets it start the install until it checks the dependences &
then it, I presume dselect, refuses to go ahead. I have a
suspicion, with only scant evidence, that the following
modules are set to both require the dependent
modules/libraries & be incompatable with them.
libc6-dev 2.0.7t-1 requires libc6 2.0.7t-1 and
perl 5.004.04-6 requires perl-base 5.004.04-6
Yes, the dependent modules are selected to be installed but
that doesn't help.
I selected Debian because of the completeness of the
packages included & because of the volunteer nature of the
project. However, this reminds me of the GNU software that
I have tried to install & use a little in years past. As
near as I could tell the programs worked well, with scant
evidence, but I could never be sure what was going on since
the documentation was mostly not there.
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