Re: Help needed setting up Debian

[Loki <redvision@geocities.com>]

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On Thu, 19 Aug 2004, Glenn Keenan wrote:

> I am a complete newbie to Debian and just installed it using sarge.  Install
> went fine, machine rebooted without a problem, continued install over
> network via http and then got to the package installation.  Here is my
> problem.  I can't figure out how to actually select the package I want
> (desktop environment).  I've tried all the keys and only the arrow keys and
> the enter key seem to do anything, so I can't select a package.  Can someone
> tell me what I'm doing wrong?  Thanks for the help.

It depends on which frontend you're using. I'm used to dselect (debian
select); in dselect, you use a + to select a package, and a - to deselect
it.

You can also install packages if you know what they're called using
apt-get. man apt-get for more information on this rather common method.
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