Ed, Dselect is just a front end to dpkg. So dselect knows everything dpkg does. So just execute:
dpkg --install <package1.deb> <package2.deb> ...... and you should be set. If you don't have a package file that is needed then dpkg will tell you when it installs the packages. This is the way to go for files that you download. It is a pain to install single file with dselect. Don't worry, Brian *-Young, Ed ( 9 Jul) | | | I want to install some debian packages which I downloaded. I used the Debian | packages area of the Debian web page and ftp'd all the files which were | indicated as necessary or recommended. I'd now like to copy them to a | machine and install them. | | An example is Midnight Commander and there were 4 files which I downloaded | to install. Some that were required, I already have installed. | | My questions are: | Should I use dselect or dpkg or apt (apt not yet installed)? | | Since I've previously installed other packages via the dselect ftp method, | will this break my update status table(s)? That is, will subsequent dselect | ftp sessions know that I had installed these other packages using another | method and handle things accordingly? | | If I should use dpkg then there is some dpkg usage algorithm I should | follow? I have the Debian Users Manual which I got some time last year with | 1.3.1 and it gives some usage notes, but since I've never used dpkg to | install, I'm not sure of the ramifications. | | I may be over spooked about doing this, but I want to learn as much as | possible before I charge ahead. That's how I broke my other Debian system. | | Thanx, | | Ed | | ********************************* | Ed Young (303)706-5425 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Software Engineering | Echostar Technology Corporation | Denver, Colorado | ********************************* | | | -- | Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Brian -- Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
