On Sun, Aug 27, 2000 at 10:04:25AM +0200, Preben Randhol wrote: > kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote on 26/08/2000 (13:33) : > > I believe it's possible (and generally recommended) *not* to go about > > using dselect to install packages on installation. My generally > > suggested MO is to get the minimal install set (the default), and then > > start adding packages afterwards. > > But that is how I did it. > > The problem is really when one is trying to find a package that should > do X, but one have no clue what program/package that can provide this > service. So it is a tool to search for packages that I miss. Like the > one one the debian web-pages (if it had only worked properly), but for > use on an off-line computer.
Until you work out the tools for doing this, the Packaging section of the Debian.org website is a good spot to search for things. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://www.netcom.com/~kmself Evangelist, Opensales, Inc. http://www.opensales.org What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Debian GNU/Linux rocks! http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ K5: http://www.kuro5hin.org GPG fingerprint: F932 8B25 5FDD 2528 D595 DC61 3847 889F 55F2 B9B0
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