Re: Debian package installation
At 02:40 PM 4/21/1999 -0600, friddell@earthlink.net wrote:
>I have downloaded Debian 2.1 and all of the packages to the harddrive
>on my Dell GX1 400MHz with a WD 6.4GB drive. I got the kernel and base
>system installed fine. Using 'dselect' I chose the Dialup default
>Profile for the install. The 'Access' and 'Update' options run fine
>and find all of the packages on my DOS partition. However, when I run
>through the 'Install' option it errors out saying, "Installation
>script returned error exit 1." I have reinstalled twice but it does
>the same thing. It sounds like there is some package dependant on some
>other but I'd prefer not to have to look through the more than 2000
>packages.
>
>If you have any ideas please send direct to me. I haven't decided if
>I'm going to subscribe to the Mailing list yet because I'm already on
>3 others and get more than 100 messages per day.
>
Because dselect doesn't do as good of a job as apt at ordering the
installation of packages, sometimes you'll get a package installed prior to
the one it needs configured before it can be configured (go [con]figure!).
Just go through the configure phase 3 or 4 or 8 times and everything should
eventually settle out.
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