On Mon, 02 Dec 2002, Brian Kendig wrote: > I have a fresh install of Debian Linux 3.0. I want to use dselect to > install some additional packages... but it appears that, by default, > dselect wants to *uninstall* most of my Debian installation, unless I > go through the list by hand and tell it to keep each installed package!
How did you install Debian Linux 3.0. As far as I can remember after the base configurations you are asked to run tasksel or dselect. Then you have the possibility to choose your packages. > I run 'dselect' from a command line and I can get it to load and > display the list of available packages. But if I don't change the list > of packages at all, and instead go directly to the 'install' option, > then it tries to deinstall hundreds of packages (including basic stuff > like 'at' and 'adduser' and 'cpp' and 'dc'). If I go back to the > 'select' list and try to tell it to keep any of these packages, it > complains about dependency problems and lists a lot of packages which > seem to have nothing to do with the one I'm trying to keep prevent > being deleted. If there are unsolved dependencies or conflicts then dselect tries to solve them. Oliver -- ... don't touch the bang bang fruit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
