> Downloading the lists of packages and the packages themselves are > separate steps in the installation - you need to select the update and > install options to do these things. >
Having set the http_proxy variable I was able to perform a successful Update within dselect. I saw a login take place etc. However, I remain unclear about what exactly is taking place within dselect. Is dselect installing packages from the base install or does everything dselect wants live on the ftp site? Also my update apparently overwrote my dial-in package option - is there a simple way to tell dselect I want those packages again? - that does not appear to be an option within dselect. Finally, I don't appear to have X or at the very minimum it doesn't appear to be configured. Is there a config script for X too? > There is an option in /etc/apt/apt.conf or you can say "export > http_proxy=http://proxy.host:port/"; before running dselect to > configure > it at runtime. Yes thank you that seemed to address the internet access issue. Thanks for your help - I'm this level of questioning is a bit tedious, but its very much appreciated. Kind regards, Hagen Finley Longs Drugs Walnut Creek, CA
