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Re: Debian GUI





Toshko wrote:
Hi,
I have just installed debian 3.1, and have all the 14 cds. however, i do not know which one the GUI is on, and how to load the cds from the text interface for that matter. Can you help me please?

It's been a while since I've used it, but I believe you want the apt-cdrom package. It adds cds to your sources.list so that you can install packages from the cds much like you would from a web archive.

There are several good ways of building your system from the cds, but since you're using a text interface, the older dselect method of installing your packages will probably work the easiest.

Once you've loaded all the cds into your sources.list using the command "apt-cdrom add" as root, then use "dselect" with apt as the access method and start selecting the packages you want.

As I've said it's been a while since I used this method, so by all means read the man pages for "apt-cdrom" and "dselect" before you start.

Good Luck.
John







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