gnome-panel disappeared

[Russ Cook <russcook@mbo.net>]

After a recent upgrade, dselect seems to have removed my gnome-panel.  I 
have gone back to
dselect and installed gnome-panel (2.14.2-1), but it does not appear on 
my screen at bootup.
Without it, I can't launch a terminal, or any other apps.  Can someone 
tell me how to get
the gnome-panel back on my desktop?