On 05/30/11 at 11:34am, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > Do I need to download and install pppoeconf + dependencies or is there > > > another way to get a PPPoE connection? > > Debian packages are binaries, because Debian is a binary distribution. > > So there is no 'make' component to installation. > > The metapackage for X.org is xorg, and the metapackage for gnome is > > simply gnome. So `apt-get install gnome xorg` should get you started if > > you don't need to customize which packages to install. > > It's said that I don't need to install PulseAudio, that's very important > for my needs, so the GNOME package doesn't set up PA? The gnome package does not depend on pulseaudio. > Pardon for my broken English, I wish to know if there's a meta package > to install packages for "autoconf, subversion, checkinstall, fakeroot > build-essential kernel-package" etc. ... anyway, at the moment there's > no pppoeconf command after installing by the netinst CD. I don't know if there is, but you seem to be aware of what you need already. build-essential, autcoconf, automake,etc. Just install them each as 'apt-get install autoconf build-essential fakeroot subversion' etc. > > "Debian Installer, starting with February 2007 supports installing a > system via PPPoE and will configure the system accordingly. At the > regular Debian Installer boot line just append modules=ppp-udeb (e.g.: > type installgui modules=ppp-udeb to start a graphical installation via > PPPoE). " (http://wiki.debian.org/PPPoE) > > I did boot "install modules=ppp-udbe", but pppoeconf is missing. During > installation I didn't notice that there was an option regarding to > PPPoE. Pppoeconf is missing? Is this after you've completed the full installation? -- Liam
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