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Re: Newbie: problems intalling aps



On Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 02:28:55AM +0300, FFF wrote:
> I'm a newbie to debian, I had problems when I try to install from a
> local disk, after selecting the packs using either "simple" or the
> "advanced method" it fails to find them. I checked the installation
> path file:/mnt/hde6/debian and is correct. So I can't understand why
> it says it can't find anything.

Does this have everything with correct file structures.  Do you have
new pool directory?

> I did the following dpkg-reconfigure base-config, and after that I
> choose "advanced" and all packages. BTW is there a way to install one
> just to try without breaking dependencies ?

If machine has internet connectivity, apt-get install -d package
will not really install but you get package.  You can see its content
using "mc".  See below web page for more.

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