Re: Installation scripts - a request
On Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 02:00:26PM +0200, Johann Spies wrote:
...
> I have had the privilege to help more than 20 people from a windows
> background to install Debian Linux in the past two weeks. We found the
A congratulation seems appropriate: Great Work!
> debian installation procedure not very easy but workable.
>
> A request of many of the people was that there should be more
> opportunity to go back to a previous screen during the installation
> scripts - especially while configuring packages like xserver-xfree86.
> If a mistake was made during the installation process e.g. while
> selecting packages, it is not always possible to go back and rectify the
> situation. For a newbie this is a serious problem.
Not only for newbies:)
Look into dpkg-reconfigure, this will allow all debconf using packages
to reconfigure. Other packages, like xserver-xfree86 have different
methods to do a basic reconfiguration (search the debian-user archive),
but mostly we read up on the package and go directly to its config files.
On debian based systems this isn't as harsh as it sounds. All config
files are to be found in /etc (/etc/<package> for bigger packages),
and may have comments in them to help alter them.
--
groetjes, carel
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