Re: New User having Problems with dselect
On 13 Aug 1999, Vaughn J Lujan wrote:
> Hello,
>
>
> Let me start off my saying that I am new to Debian. Previously I've
> been using RH since v 5.1. I swithched over to debian because I was led
> to believe the packaging was more stable and robust. I've done a basic
> install of slink of a CD with no problems. I installed the basic
> system, and after rebooting, tried to install updated binaries using
> dselect,apt from the unstable-main archive. after downloading the new
> binares I get the following error:
>
>
[examples snipped]
I also switched to Debian from Redhat about 18 months ago and
never regretted it.
May I respectfully suggest that if you are new to Debian you'd be
better off not trying to install unstable stuff at the beginning.
The very fact that it's called "unstable" tells you that it's
likely to break things!
I'd say you should concentrate on gettin slink up and running,
which is pretty easy, and only when you've used it for a bit try
the unstable stuff if you really want to. Personally, I'm holding
off for the present.
Anthony
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