Re: ssh access to etch
On Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 16:30:46 +0100, Chris Robinson wrote:
> Hi Kushal
>
> It is not that I do not like the interface. I can not answer the
> questions. I key newline and nothing happens.
>
> Can I get it to use the readline interface all the time?
Run
dpkg-reconfigure --frontend=readline debconf
and select the readline interface, i.e. option '2' for the first
question that you are asked.
> Kushal Kumaran wrote:
>> On 6/7/07, Chris Robinson <list@krc.org.uk> wrote:
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I am trying to install packages etc to etch using ssh.
>>>
>>> In previous versions of debian (woody and sarge) I have been able to
>>> answer question which filled the screen and had <OK> or <Y> 0r <N>.
>>> These questions appeared as a result of apt-get and would involve
>>> configuring packages.
>>>
>>> I am using vt100 emulation.
>>>
>>> Can anyone help, please?
>>>
>>
>> Sure, someone could. But you forgot to ask a question. So here I'm
>> going to use my Crystal Ball and answer it anyway.
>>
>> dpkg-reconfigure <packagename> will let you configure a package after
>> it's been installed. If you want to change the interface it uses and
>> the level of detail in its prompts, use dpkg-reconfigure -plow debconf
>> and configure away. If the curses interface (the one with the text
>> dialogs with OK buttons, etc.) doesn't work for you or you don't like
>> it, you can use the readline interface and see if you like that
>> better.
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