Re: Where is dselect-install's error log?
On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 12:30:17AM -0500, EmmetHayes@cs.com wrote:
> I installed debian from linux central's 3CD set. The install went fine
> until it started installing packages.
> I used the simple selection method, and dselect picked up ~400
> packages from the CD's and began installing them. During the install
> there were a number of failures due to missing prerequisites. At the
> end, it told me to get the prerequisites and rerun the install.
>
> Fine, except that I can't find the log to find out what's missing?
There isn't one. If possible, scroll back (Shift-PgUp) in the terminal
running dselect to see what happened.
Chances are that running dselect's [I]nstall step again will resolve
most of the problems. At the least you'll find it easier to see what's
wrong then.
> A second question: When I find out that I'm missing lib-xyz, how do I
> find out what package it's in?
http://packages.debian.org/
Cheers,
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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