Christian Eckert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: CE> I always used successfully "dselect" with the option multi-cd for CE> to install some deb-packages of my distribution. Now I like to CE> install a downloaded deb.package or one from another cd. I tried CE> (with option mounted) and dselect wants to know some CE> packages.gz-file, but I haven' t any. CE> CE> So I have some questions: CE> CE> Do I have to use dpkg -i
Pretty much, yeah. (Or you could use dpkg-scanpackages to build your own Packages file, but this is less practical if you'd be trying to write it to an already-burned CD.) CE> is dselect only dedicated for the installation of the deb-pakages CE> delivered with the distibutions cds? I can't believe it. No; I use it all the time for network updates. It's only really useful for sources of packages that have Packages files, which includes the official Debian package mirrors and the official CDs, along with some other FTP/Web sites. CE> After having installed some deb-packages with dpkg -i (with CE> respect to some dependencies etc) dselect tells me all these CE> packages to be obsolete. Why? They're "obsolete/local", which in your case translates to "local". These packages are "packages dselect can't find advertised in any Packages file", which in the "obsolete" case would mean "used to be on the Debian mirrors but aren't any more". CE> What do I have to consider, how can I install some packages with CE> dselect? I just read in s.o. mail to aviod dselect, but why? Some people Just Don't Like dselect; I think it's fine. The one caution I've heard is that running dselect for the first time can cause all of the Required and Standard packages to be installed, even if you don't actually want them. -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mit.edu/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." -- Abra Mitchell
