Re: dselect

[Brad <lists@anomie.dhis.org>]

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On Sun, 31 Oct 1999, Randy Kaplan wrote:

> Dselect question -
> 
> I am trying to figure out if Dselect is doing what it should be doing. I
> installed Debian Linux and at the end of the installation process,
> Dselect is run. I set Dselect to install XFree86. It has been
> "unpacking" quite a bit of stuff that doesn't seem to be related to
> XFree96. The question is, is this what it is supposed to be doing? Does
> it install all of the stuff it has marked for installation when you
> first install?

Yes, because all that stuff isn't installed on your box yet. Once it's
installed, leave it marked for install unless you want dselect to remove
it. Many newbies make the mistake of thinking "It's already installed, so
I should unmark it so it won't install again" and end up removing nearly
everything from the box.


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