On Thu, Aug 24, 2000 at 10:37:09PM +0200, Preben Randhol wrote: > kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote on 24/08/2000 (19:20) : > > > > FAQ: dselect is being obsoleted. New tools based on apt (capt, etc.) > > are its replacements. Searching descriptions *is* supported. > > Obsoleted it may be in the future, but it is still the tool one gets > when installing Debian 2.2 I believe it's possible (and generally recommended) *not* to go about using dselect to install packages on installation. My generally suggested MO is to get the minimal install set (the default), and then start adding packages afterwards. I'll grant that this isn't eminantly clear from the installation docs, and that particular preferences may vary. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://www.netcom.com/~kmself Evangelist, Opensales, Inc. http://www.opensales.org What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Debian GNU/Linux rocks! http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ K5: http://www.kuro5hin.org GPG fingerprint: F932 8B25 5FDD 2528 D595 DC61 3847 889F 55F2 B9B0
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