If a standard package depends a non-free package, it won't resolve it and I have to manually install the non-free package free before installing the standard package.
Lawrence Dale Scheetz wrote: > I can offer several suggestions... > > I did about 5 installs from scratch during pre-release testing with > varying degrees of smoothness. However, I was always able to complete the > installation. Here is what I have found: > > 1. Depending on which packages are chosen, the order of installation will > be different, resulting in different degrees of success satisfying > dpendencies. When the X installation is attempted along with the > "standard" installation the order of installation causes dependency > failures. The most important of which is that, because of missing > libraries, the configuration programs will not execute successfully. There > are two solutions to this: > > A. After a failed intallation pass with dselect, make a > "configure" pass followed by another installation pass. Repeat > until all packages successfully install. > > B. Install the "standard" packages in one run, and the X packages > only after the standard installation is complete. > > The second method (B) provides a smoother installation path and is the > recommended path. > > Method A is the "proven method" for dealing with dependency ordering > problems in dselect. At times the error messages look un-recoverable, but > succeeding passes will eventually resolve the problems and allow complete > installation. Simply have faith and keep plugging. (Note: if the same > error occurs over and over even after several passes, and is the only > error occuring, then there is a "real" problem with that package that > should be asked about on the list. > > 2. Several X packages have "hidden" dependencies on other packages, so it > is possible to select a set of packages that dselect thinks are fine but > where there is actually a dependence on a package not yet selected. My > testing experience produced the following list: > > Required Packages: > > xbase Basic X programs > xserver-vga16 Configuration server > xserver-<your choice> Operational server > xfntbase Basic Font set > xlib6 Library provided in "standard" > > Recommended Packages: > > Some Window Manager: > fvwm2 A window manager > xpm4.7 Pixmap runtime libraries > fvwm-common Files common to fvwm2 and fvwm > xloadimage A suggested graphics viewer > > Additional Fonts: > xfnt100 100dpi fonts > xfnt75 75dpi fonts > xfntbig Large fonts > xfntcyr Cyrillic fonts > xfntil2 ISO 8859-2 fonts > xfntpex Pex minimal font support > xfntscl Scalable fonts > > Available Window Managers in Debian 1.3 > 9wm Plan 9 Window Manager > afterstep NextStep look and feel WM > ctwm Claud's Tab WM > fvwm F Virtual WM > fvwm2 F2 VWM > fvwm95 F VWM with Win95 look and feel > gwm Generic WM > olvwm OpenLook VWM > wm2 Small unconfigurable WM > > Many of the "hidden" dependencies are being worked out for the 1.3.1 > release, and this should make X easier to install. > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
