On Thu,03.Dec.09, 16:01:43, debian@toursbymexico.com wrote: > Now I know that not all of the DVDs are necessary. Respect the > 'expert' mode installation, when booted the DVD #1 it showed only > "Install" and "Graphic Install" (I have tried both of them), but at > any moment saw the expert or advanced installation, it just ran itself > without asking When I boot a lenny image I see: Install Graphical install Advanced options > Help You need "Advanced options" where you can select expert install and also alternative desktop environments (like KDE). > Kelly: > I have already done the graphic login deactivation. Respect KDE I don't > understand what you mean with meta-packages, is it that there are > different versions of the same package? if so, how can I choose one of A "meta-package" is an empty package used to install whole groups of packages. kde-core will pull the core of KDE ;) Most (all?) your other issues below can be solved if you learn how to use the search capabilities of apt: apt-cache search <string1> <string2) will search for packages containing <string1> OR <string2> in package name or description. Use -n to restrict to package names. If you want to search for specific files you can use dpkg (for already installed packages) and apt-file. aptitude (the recommended package manager) has even more complex search abilities, but is slower for such simple searches. See http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser#SoftwarePackages for some more tips. > - My Debian box has ssh (openssh as I could see), but did not find a > 'sshd' or similar... it has no server installed since am unable to connect > to default port 22... do I require a separate package and which one? and > how can I change the default port? Until now, I've always used the latest > Tectia free SSH version (3.x, since 4.x it is commercial) and configured > it by hand running "sshd -p #port"... The package you need is openssh-server, its config file (quite readable) is /etc/ssh/sshd_config HTH, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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