On Mon, May 06, 2002 at 01:11:30PM -0500, D. Michael McFarland wrote: > craigw <craigw@lvcm.com> writes: > > > I did a net install of woody a couple days ago, using a CD I burned > > That's what I probably should have done. > > > I have decided that I will never again touch dselect. Not with a ten > > foot pole. You couldn't pay me enough to suffer the agony and > > frustration of using dselect. > > I suppose I feel I need to master it for use in a pinch. Maybe I'm a > traditionalist. Maybe a masochist. Maybe just dense. > > > So anyways, finally, in answer to your question, here is the recipe that > > I used which much success for installing X: > > > > apt-get install task-gnome-apps task-gnome-desktop task-gnome-net > > Yes, I can see that would pick up a few dependencies. :-) But I'm not > sure I want Gnome, at least not yet. > > > I don't know, maybe I was just lucky. YMMV. > > The tools are impressive, to be sure, if a little daunting (and I > think I know what I'm trying to do). Just gimme an evening to digest > them all. > > > You might consider posting what packages you have installed, what method > > you are attempting for further installation, what error messages you are > > getting regarding which conflicts &/or depends, etc. > > Another response, suggesting dselect, went into enough detail that I > think I can muddle through. If not, I'll be back with a more specific > failure. Thanks much for your interest and advice. Another frontend to try is 'aptitude'. It's quite nice and (to me) a lot friendlier than dselect. Of course, you probably just want to get your system working first;) Goodluck. -rob
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