When run from dselect apt should do as much as possible IMHO. IIRC it quits if any download fails or if any configuration fails. Cheers Adrian email: adrian.bridgett@zetnet.co.uk, http://www.poboxes.com/adrian.bridgett Windows NT - Unix in beta-testing. PGP key available on public key servers Avoid tiresome goat sacrifices -=- use Debian Linux http://www.debian.org